Jason Voorhees Hockey Mask Painting Techniques Tutorial

First, I just want to say there really are a lot of REALLY bad molds and paint jobs of so called “professional” quality Jason hockey masks out there, but sometimes… if you want something done right…

onto the tutorial…

First take a look at an example of this paint job to see if you like it:

It’s difficult to get an accurate picture of the paint job, it truly looks different in all types of lighting, but it always looks good. In actual sunlight, the yellow looks great.

What You’ll Need

- A quality Jason hockey mask. I’ve searched endlessly, and happily I must say the best I could even find happened to be the most affordable around $50, which is what you might pay for a cheap mass produced mask. You’ll want to pick your mask up from Fright Stuff. Used from the mold of Friday the 13th: Part III.

- Rough Sand Paper

- Dark Brown Model Paint

- Dark Red Model Paint

- Light Yellow Spray Paint

- Painter’s Tape

NOTE: It really doesn’t matter exactly what paint type or tools you use, improvise and use your best judgment, everything should be pretty cheap and and easy to find with a quick stop to the hardware or crafts store.

Steps

1. Take the sand paper and sand (or scratch really) the whole mask, emphasizing on the outer edge, eye holes and ventilation holes scratching them up more thoroughly. You could also take a nail or other tool to add more depth to scratches, gouges. This is to add wear and tear to the mask, but also for later so the paint can find grooves to create texture.

2. Paint the whole front of the mask solid brown… let dry… then take your sand paper and for the most part sand ALL the paint off or as much as desired leaving wonderful texture to the mask.

3. Take your yellow spray paint and lightly and in short blasts from a good distance lightly mist the mask to create that old look. Sand spots out if you accidentally over do it.

4. Now if you got the red striped stickers with your mask, go ahead and place these carefully and symmetrically on your mask. Then tape the outline of the stickers. Now, peel the stickers off so you just have the taped patterns now. Take your red paint and paint them in. Important! Make sure to let them thoroughly dry before removing the tape so that the paint doesn’t come off with it. If you like, go ahead and scratch up the stripes to give them the “used” look.

Let me know if you have any questions, need any help or if I missed anything…