Crafts: Fallout 3 Helmet

3D Printed Power Armor Helmet (from Fallout 3) by KirbyDowney

Template available for download at My Mini Factory.

3D Print: Dreamer Mask

"Dreamer Mask: Emergence" by Melissa Ng of Lumecluster

Designs available as 3D printed works from Shapeways.

Artist and entrepreneur Melissa Ng of Lumecluster designed and created these two beautiful 3D-printed masks for her Dreamer/Nightmare Mask Series. Although they appear quite delicate, the masks are made of a strong, flexible ABS plastic that makes them suitable to be worn. However they make striking display pieces as well.

Lego Creation: Star Lord Mask

"Star Lord" by Orion Pax

Papercraft: Woven Masks

Woven Masks by Kansas-based origami artist Joel Cooper
Original pieces available for purchase from Etsy. 

Joel Cooper creates awesomely intricate three-dimensional masks and geometric shapes, each using a single sheet of paper. In keeping with origami tradition, no cutting or glue is used to make these paper sculptures. Some of his pieces are hand-painted, dyed, or stained both before and after the complex folding process. As a final touch, each piece is treated with polyurethane, acrylic or shellac to make it sturdy enough to display. 

Papercraft: Graphicarnival

"Graphicarnival" by INK Studio, 2012

Sculpture: Moveable Type Face

"Redacted" by Dale Dunning

 Source: Oeno Gallery

Dale Dunning welds together metal type and steel hardware to create intricate masks. 

"The head that has been featured in my work for the last 13 years is a generic, simplified form not specific to gender, devoid of detail, resembling an egg. The head is universally recognized, easy to identify with. We live in our heads, see, feel, and experience the world in our head. It serves as the foundation upon which I can develop various paths to explore."

Papercraft: Origami Masks

Gnome King 2

Paper artist Joel Cooper folds these astounding masks and tessellations from single pieces of paper. Given the right conditions I might be expected to fold a piece of paper in half, and on a good day even into fourths, but I simply can’t fathom the patience and understanding required to transform paper into three-dimensional objects like this. You can see more of his work on Flickr and even buy some of the pieces on Etsy.

Sculpture: Ceremonial Helmet

Ceremonial Helmet by Danielokeefe

Daniel O'Keefe writes: "Okay, this is a ceremonial helmet I made I'm currently studying Character creation and technical effects at University of Hertfordshire, I'm in the second year and this was for a negotiated project where the student pitches an idea to the tutor. I wanted to make a piece of ceremonial armour, for a piece of set dressing for a fantasy film. I wanted it to look like a museum piece. I designed it myself; you can see the designs for it in my scrapbook section!"

Link Round-Up: October 11, 2010

Gremlins mask by Nik Holmes

23 Family Guy Pumpkin Carvings

30 Awesome Pumpkins Artwork of The Simpsons

200 Pumpkin Carvings: Ultimate Halloween Pumpkins Collection

Occular Invasion has posted a selection of printable Classic Movie Monster Masks

SpeckBoy offers a round-up of 25 Last Minute Traditional and Downloadable Halloween Masks