Video Study #8: Bespoke

The 3D sculpting and molding process is indeed growing by leaps and bounds. With this, you can actually get yourself a custom-designed (and sized) mask that's everything you want.

A pioneer in this area is Jeremy Gardner at Evolution Masks.

For the longest time, I've wanted to get a "Kano" mask from the movie "Mortal Kombat", but this isn't exactly a high-demand visage. The character was played by Trevor Goddard, an English actor (often mistaken for an Australian), who is best known for his role as Lt. Commander Mick Brumby on "JAG".

He's also been in a number of other roles - both on TV and movies - generally as a mercenary, or just an overall "villainous" or unsavory character. He's also played the pirate Grapple in "Pirates of the Carribean" as well as a Gothic-styled vampire in present-day Los Angeles.

Unfortunately, that shiny metal faceplate of Kano is still not quite within reach in full silicone design, but Goddard has such great facial planes, I decided to go with a custom made mask of Trevor Goddard anyway.

I also purchased Jeremy's "Chemist" mask, which was based on the main character of "Breaking Bad" - Brian Cranston. I would definitely say Evolution is probably the best vendor for actual character-based masks.

Jeremy has some amazing 3D sculptors, and after submitting a plethora of reference pics, we came up with a composite that really stood out. He also worked out how to extend the bib, which was one of the things I missed in my Studio135 "Knuckles" mask.



The mask is very well-made, with a beautiful flashing job and smoothly finished inside. Facial fit is absolutely AMAZING. Lip fitment is a solid "9" on the Silva scale, and the paintjob, texturing and hairwork (done by Jeremy) was top-notch.

Trevor is now being sold on the Evolution website as "The Soldier." Within reason, the mask can be scaled up (or down) to fit your noggin and neck size. 

I unreservedly recommend Jeremy's new masks and hope to see many more being worn!