/cgl/ - Cosplay & EGL

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Depends on the style of mask I guess. Traditionally those long grooves you see in the sides of the beak in Venetian-style plague masks would have been cut open, which is how they made sure the air being breathed in while wearing the mask would be 'purified' using the herbs stuffed into the beak. Depending on what you're making the mask out of that could be an option, and you could even stuff some spices and things in there if you were feeling particularly adventurous/anal-retentive about history.

The poking stick is really simple, I just got a dowel from Home Depot and whittled it with a thick-blade craft knife to shape it into a slight taper and give it a more rustic look, then I wound some coarse thread around it and sealed it with a glue gun to make the handle, eventually I'll run a lighter over the thread to burn off the excess stuff sticking out. No need for paint or varnish.