Well, here is a shot from the view of looking inside the mask I made as part of my plague doctor Halloween costume this year. You can see the cheap masquerade mask I used as a base. I used glue/water mix and a sheet of blue shop paper towel to build up the beak area, sorta like paper mache. Some of the blue paper can be seen on the inside but the outside is completely covered in flat black spray paint.

I also hot-glued some stiff paper (you can still see some of the ads printed on it) under the open section of the beak. I then folded the loose ends of the paper towel and hot glued it to the bottom and added a few more spray paint, stiffening it in the process.

Originally, I had the back ridge line pressed on my forehead. But due to the heavier weight of the stuff I add, it was pressing down on my glasses and putting quite of bit of pressure on the bridge of my nose. So I added the foam pad, which made it much more comfortable. It also pushed the mask out from my face like a quarter inch but it wasn't too bad.

The mask came with the two black straps to hold it up. I added an extra grey strap on top to provide more support though I ended up not using it, the two straps was enough.

The vision wasn't all that bad as well with a little bit of tunnel vision. The lens made it a little distorted but it was the black cloth (from the cut off piece of the robe) that did the darkening. I still was able to see enough to walk around. The bigger issue was toward the end of my first walk that the heat buildup was great enough to cause the lens to fog up a little.

A good addition to this is to add a electric fan to keep the underside cool and less likely to fog up. If I do plan to use it again, I'll have to implement that. Nothing too big. One of those old-school CPU fans, the tiny ones of days long past. Just enough to get the air circulating.

I liked how it turned out. I since bought more of the mask bases on a huge discount (20 for 25 cents each, quite a steal). I want to use it build on other future mask. Will save me tons of time especially since my glasses fits nicely under it. Eventually I will build my dragon mask from this, using a bit more permanent materials other than paper. Or just seal the hell out it. I like the texture the paper towel gives and is quite pliable. Not sure what else will give me the similar results.

Anyone have question on how I made this and stuff? Or ideas that will give me the dragon hide texture for upcoming costumes? Anything really.

BTW, I forgot to mention the tissue paper I stuffed down the side of the beak. I can pull it out and use foam or fiber filling in need be. But it served my purpose.