![]() ![]() I thought a more utilitarian fabric choice would make sense for a traveling doctor. I used a super glue gel to stick them to the mask.įor the cape, I used Simplicity Pattern 5840, cape B, and a black canvas fabric. The “rivets” along the seam strips are copper brads used for scrapbooking and paper crafts with the little bendy pieces on the back cut off (many thanks to my husband for snipping the backs off of 160+ brads!!). The eye pieces are made from plastic spice containers covered in the same faux leather, and the lenses were cut from old CD cases with a hot knife ( Scrap Bmore is an awesome place to find craft supplies to reuse and recycle for things like this!). Using a light tan thread, I sewed together thin strips of the faux leather fabric, right sides out, and glued them along the seams to make the edges look more finished. Then, using the same pattern pieces, I cut out craft foam that I glued inside to help the mask keep its shape. I used a faux leather fabric for the outside, and sewed the complete mask together. The mask as-is was very small and didn’t fit over glasses, so I had to enlarge the pattern in Photoshop. The pattern is very well drafted, but I highly recommend doing a mock up in an inexpensive material so you can make sizing adjustments. I used this pattern from BluPrint to make the base mask. We browsed Pinterest and social media and saw some really cook takes on the costume – lots of steampunk versions especially, some with armor, some with antique medical tools – all of which looked amazing. We usually see one or two neatly done plague doctors during our faire visits, and this year they had a whole unofficial weekend dedicated to them! This is a historical figure that is simultaneously fascinating and horrifying, while also making me grateful for modern medicine and skilled doctors! The historically accurate attire of a plague doctor is fairly plain, leaving a good amount of room for us to take some creative liberties and have some fun with it. I also decided to use mesh instead of the glass lenses that came with the goggles, to prevent fogging.For our local Renaissance faire, my son wanted something roughly historically appropriate and on the spooky side to make it ideal for Halloween too, so we went with a classic plague doctor. Next it was time to seal/paint/weather/varnish the mask:įinally, I aded some LEDs to the eyes, and wired up a hidden on off/switch which will be attached to one of my hands, allowing me to turn the eyes on and off at any time. Later I sanded the whole thing by hand to make it smooth and carved some cracks/holes with an xacto knife: I used a pair of welding goggles that I trimmed with a dremel tool and molded to the shape of the mask, covered by more fast-mache to blend it all in. I then covered it all with plaster bandages, followed by fast-mache: ![]() ![]() I started with a paper mask for the forehead/eyes and made the nose out of cardstock. We were all planning on doing different versions of plague doctors so for my costume I decided to go big. ![]() One costume I always wanted to do but never had a chance to was a Plague Doctor, this year a few of my friends suggested we do a plague doctor group so I finally had my chance. **Build Finished, Scroll down (or click here) for finished pics (post #4)** ![]()
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