• Deer Skull Mask
  • Deer Skull Mask
  • Deer Skull Mask
  • Deer Skull Mask
  • Deer Skull Mask

Deer Skull Mask

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DIGITAL DOWNLOADThere are stories of a sanctuary amongst the trees. A forest for the skinless where flesh is unwelcome. On All Hallows Eve, the animals...

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There are stories of a sanctuary amongst the trees. A forest for the skinless where flesh is unwelcome. On All Hallows Eve, the animals of the earth rise to dance, shaking the earth with pounding strides and howls from deep in the forest. Dancing around the Pyre of Luminescence, they bleach their bones of flesh-form restrictions in the moon-rays of immortality. In revelry they thrive at the spiritual oasis of the fire dance, free to be wild and protected from mortal interference forever.

Don the dead head of the Stag and leap toward the heart of the skinless wood over rotting leaves and limbs. Join the great fire dance as you clop around the flames with your bone-white antlers reaching toward the moon as fleshless fingers.

  • As practice follows tradition, on the darkest night the bravest of mankind will disguise their form with paper masks to traverse the Fleshless Forest and join the carnival of the animal dead. Obscuring their humanity from the skeletal souls that prowl the darkness they will leap, stride, stalk and pounce to move as animal undetected. Take your place in the great dance but leave by dawn. Soft and pale, weak and frail exposed in first light you’ll be. Living intruders beware of the sharp bone and claw of those who wait to stretch skin over drum.

  • Simply print the templates on paper, stick them to card, cut them out, match the numbers and join the tabs together. The Mask is scaled to fit an adult but you can make children's masks by scaling down the templates when you print - check our FAQ page for details. The templates come with instructions for an internal head band that can be adjusted by moving the fixing points to get a snug fit. Some templates are supplied with component colour guides to help you create identifiable markings unique to the Mask.

    • Supplied as an instant access PDF that you can download and print on any home printer
    • Choose to build with tape or gluing tabs
    • Robust polygon construction to survive the wildest of parties
    • Ideal for festivals, parties, special events or simply for fun

 

DANCE WITH THE ANIMALS OF THE FLESHLESS FOREST

Thundering drums rumble and crack amongst calls of unseen creatures echoing over the hills, carried on the edge of a still night from the glowing heart of the forest. Shadows flicker in front of the flames where the great fire burns, warming the bones of those brave enough to dance with the animal dead. 

 

 

 

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Simply print the templates on paper, stick them to card, cut them out, match the numbers and join the tabs together. The Mask is scaled to fit an adult but you can make children's masks by scaling down the templates when you print - check our FAQ page for details. The templates come with instructions for an internal head band that can be adjusted by moving the fixing points to get a snug fit.

Supplied as an instant access PDF that you can download and print on any home printer

Robust polygon construction to survive the wildest of parties

Ideal for festivals, parties, special events or simply for fun

SIMPLE, FUN AND ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY

These masks are designed to be easily built by anyone, using local materials, removing the need for mass manufacturing or shipping and with the minimum environmental impact.

FULLY COMPATIBLE WITH BOTH A4 AND US LETTER PAPER

The templates are supplied along with a set of instructions as a PDF that you download immediately and print on any home printer.They are supplied plain white so that you can decorate the finished mask however you like.You are buying the templates and instructions only. You will also need access to a printer, paper, card, tape, and scissors.The masks are designed to be easy to build: you don't need to be some sort of arts and crafts wizard.

Use this file to make as many masks as you like for yourself but please don’t share or steal the templates as there was a lot of work involved in creating them. If you want to use them for any other reason then please get in touch.

BY PURCHASING AND DOWNLOADING OUR MASK TEMPLATES YOU ARE AGREEING TO THE FOLLOWING TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF USE

The files are protected by copyright and are not to be shared or distributed in any way.The templates and completed masks are for personal use only.The masks and templates will not be used for commercial purposes without prior consent.Selling items made from our templates and designs is prohibited.

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02/02/2023
Thomas H.
United States United States

Worked great for my Nowhere King costume!

Love making these masks! The antlers were a bit tricky, but it turned out great! Probably shouldn’t be the first one of these you make.

TH
02/02/2023
Thomas H.
United States United States

Worked great for my Nowhere King costume!

Love making these masks! The antlers were a bit tricky, but it turned out great! Probably shouldn’t be the first one of these you make.

T
04/15/2022
Tyler
United States United States

Just like anything, practice makes perfect

First let me say the finished product when using 110lb cardstock is quite firm yet easy to fold, and the finished product is something to be proud of. With that said, practice making the antlers a few times before doing the ones you want to use in the finished product. You'll learn certain nuances that will help with the construction the more you do it, finding out what works and what doesn't. For example, all tabs on the backs of the bent parts of the tines (tabs 91, 26, 24, 19, 32 and 96) need to be bent in a slight mountain fold instead of a valley fold. Even though the final bend for the tab is a valley fold, folding a mountain fold will apply pressure to the joint when gluing those tabs last. Practice makes perfect. If you're not happy with how your first build turns out, make another; you'll be pleasantly surprised at how much better the second comes out.

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03/16/2022
Simon M.
United Kingdom United Kingdom

Fun activity whilst self isolating

Really loved making this. Clear instructions and whilst the antlers are a bit fiddly, get a square edge chop stick to get to all the hard to reach bits. Comes together really well when complete and is very sturdy, even when I only used fairly thin card. Going to make another one with thicker card.

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11/05/2021
Simon P.

Difficult antlers

I believe I had left a review for this mask in the past but it's not visible now. My experience on making this mask was frustrating due to the tabs for the antlers. In fact, my first build attempt had to be abandoned because of it. It is impossible to stick all the tabs down because with some of them, having glued one tab prevents access to another. Specific example: tabs 96, 99 and 101 on part C. If you stick 99 down first, you cannot then access 101 unless you have not yet stuck down 96. You cannot stick 101 down first because it's then impossible put 99 in place if you have already closed tab 100 (which is supposed to be the first tab you stick). However, if you stick 100, 101 and 99 down, you then cant' stick down 96 because it's impossible to apply any proper pressure to it from "inside" the antler. The only viable solution was to do it in the order 100 >96 > 99 and leave 101 unstuck. This tab configuration is the same for many parts of the antlers.

11/11/2021

Wintercroft

Hi Simon, Fletch from Wintercroft here. Thank you for your feedback and sorry to hear about the build difficulty. Enclosed shapes in papercraft are always the most challenging aspect of the build - for this reason there are as few as possible in our designs, sometimes we employ a chopstick or pen to apply pressure to that pesky last tab in these type of shapes. ;) We're always here if you get stuck and hope you have fun on future mask builds. All the best, Fletch