{"id":23614,"date":"2020-02-13T11:01:36","date_gmt":"2020-02-13T19:01:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/?p=23614"},"modified":"2020-02-13T11:08:49","modified_gmt":"2020-02-13T19:08:49","slug":"spaceballs-inspired-robot-mask","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/02\/13\/spaceballs-inspired-robot-mask\/","title":{"rendered":"Spaceballs-Inspired Robot Mask"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:976,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.norwescon.org&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20260129185329\\\/https:\\\/\\\/www.norwescon.org\\\/&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-01 16:33:29&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-09 19:08:47&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-16 09:47:31&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-21 18:12:29&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-25 01:05:40&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-28 09:46:05&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-01 04:14:12&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-04 19:06:08&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-07 19:17:06&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-11 03:18:34&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-11 03:18:34&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:1916,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.machinewerks.org&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20211204074408\\\/http:\\\/\\\/www.machinewerks.org\\\/&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-03 18:24:17&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-23 08:10:16&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-08 02:35:06&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404}],&quot;broken&quot;:true,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-08 02:35:06&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:1917,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/facebook.com\\\/events\\\/s\\\/carnevale-oscuro-a-venetian-go\\\/3081988001829402&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/events\\\/s\\\/carnevale-oscuro-a-venetian-go\\\/3081988001829402&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:1918,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/duckduckgo.com\\\/?q=spaceballls+vinnie&amp;t=iphone&amp;ia=images&amp;iax=images&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p>Since we\u2019re going to have a Longest Night masked ball at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.norwescon.org\">Norwescon<\/a> this year, I picked up a basic mask this past Halloween season. However, it was all black plastic, so I knew I\u2019d want to decorate it somehow so it didn\u2019t look like wearing blackface. I just wasn\u2019t sure what I wanted to do.<\/p>\n<p>This Saturday, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.machinewerks.org\">the Mercury<\/a> is doing a <a href=\"https:\/\/facebook.com\/events\/s\/carnevale-oscuro-a-venetian-go\/3081988001829402\/\">masked ball<\/a>, so this gave me the impetus I needed to find an idea. What eventually came to mind as inspiration was <a href=\"https:\/\/duckduckgo.com\/?q=spaceballls+vinnie&amp;t=iphone&amp;ia=images&amp;iax=images\">Vinnie, Pizza the Hut\u2019s henchman in Spaceballs<\/a>. He\u2019s a robot, but it was all done with makeup, no prosthetics.<\/p>\n<p>My painting skills aren\u2019t great\u2014I have no idea how to do actual shading, it\u2019s all solid colors and lines\u2014so I doubt people would really connect the final result with the inspiration. Even so, I\u2019m pretty happy with the end result.<\/p>\n<p>Day zero: The base mask.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/6304A865DD454848B3F566D66C0A86CA.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/6304A865DD454848B3F566D66C0A86CA.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" alt=\"The base mask.\" style=\"display: inline-block; max-height: 200px; width: auto; padding: 1px;\" class=\"sunlit_image\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Day one: Sketching the design in pencil, and the first coat of white.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/F35D1888C5CF43A4B21D5B91AC2A6019.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/F35D1888C5CF43A4B21D5B91AC2A6019.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" alt=\"Sketching the design in pencil\" style=\"display: inline-block; max-height: 200px; width: auto; padding: 1px;\" class=\"sunlit_image\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/C772F394E8F04676886D9F4D97A125CB.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/C772F394E8F04676886D9F4D97A125CB.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" alt=\"First coat of white\" style=\"display: inline-block; max-height: 200px; width: auto; padding: 1px;\" class=\"sunlit_image\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Day two: Second coat of white, and adding the metallic silver.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/F00F634ECE254D27BD52673189682786.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/F00F634ECE254D27BD52673189682786.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" alt=\"Second coat of white, and adding the metallic silver\" style=\"display: inline-block; max-height: 200px; width: auto; padding: 1px;\" class=\"sunlit_image\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Day three: Detailing in black, and the finished product. Likely won\u2019t be easily identified as the inspiration, but I think it still comes across as decently robotic. I\u2019m happy with it, at least.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/172398523CC54A1395DE4BBF0E5A50B9.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/172398523CC54A1395DE4BBF0E5A50B9.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" alt=\"Detailing in black\" style=\"display: inline-block; max-height: 200px; width: auto; padding: 1px;\" class=\"sunlit_image\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/17FFE1EDBE2D40248CB1AB615EEFA158.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/17FFE1EDBE2D40248CB1AB615EEFA158.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" alt=\"The finished mask \" style=\"display: inline-block; max-height: 200px; width: auto; padding: 1px;\" class=\"sunlit_image\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Likely won\u2019t be easily identified as the inspiration, but I think it still comes across as decently robotic. I\u2019m happy with it, at least. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2747,2043,2049],"tags":[61,2756,3730],"class_list":["post-23614","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-conventions","category-personal","category-photos","tag-norwescon","tag-nwc43","tag-spaceballs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23614","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23614"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23614\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23614"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23614"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23614"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}