The Crimson Ghost Mask Room (my collection)

[Crimson Ghost]

Very interesting. I always assumed that mask molds were always plaster.

Latex mask molds are, but vinyl masks came out of metal molds like these in a rotocasting machine

[Gory Glenn]

This is the only known original paint/original hair Verne Langdon Zombie. He now is a permanent fixture in the Mask Room! I dont think I can ever top this find, it doesn't get any rarer then this. I am very excited (and overwhelmed) that this mask ended up in my hands.
(I posted him in another thread but wanted him here in my collection post as well)

I see that you did wind up blacking out the eyes. Looks great.

[Crimson Ghost]

This is all very overwhelming! Your collection is beyond what I would call the work of your typical collector. It really is the level of a professional museum. All you're missing are little name plates that give a description of what each mask is. I would love to be able to do something like this but no way do I have the financial resources to even try. Simply amazing. Thanks for sharing, your photos are the closest I'll ever come to viewing masks of this caliber.

That is an amazing compliment Gory, it's greatly appreciated. There are too many collectors out there that keep their pieces locked away from the world. I love sharing it with everyone. In doing that I've met many new friends and have acquired new pieces as well. I'm glad people can see some rare things up close like this. I love sharing it with the community.

[Gory Glenn]

That is an amazing compliment Gory, it's greatly appreciated. There are too many collectors out there that keep their pieces locked away from the world. I love sharing it with everyone. In doing that I've met many new friends and have acquired new pieces as well. I'm glad people can see some rare things up close like this. I love sharing it with the community.

Well deserved praise my friend. That really is a big part of the fun, isn't it? Sharing your love of something with other like minded individuals. UMA is one of the best places to do that too. A lot of great people here. I feel privileged to be a part of it. 

[Haunted hearse]

The Don Post metal molds for the Hagatha Witch and Skull

The Skull mask is my favorite of the Don Post masks, so I loved seeing the kind of mold from which it was made.  Did they use more than one mold on some of the masks?  Something tells me, rather than using original mold for the H3 tribute masks, they made all new molds.

[Crimson Ghost]

Multiple molds were used since they eventually would wear out. Sometimes they would even use old molds during the mid seventies run of skulls. They had a change in the sculpt in 76' so the skull teeth were changed slightly, but you'll also see 76 dated skulls with older 67 copywriters in the from the old molds. I wrote a very extensive thread on The HMA on the history of the Don Post Skull.

Here is my thread on it:

http://www.thehma.net/forum/index.php?topic=43467.msg300862#msg300862

[Crimson Ghost]

The DP Skull is on my if all time favorite masks as well! I've owned quite a few of them.

[Crimson Ghost]

Here is a link to the Facebook page for the mask room.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/CrimsonGhostMaskRoom

Here is a Karloff I recently painted to resemble a old Frank toy head. I then sent it to Rob Tharp who added the hair.

[Crimson Ghost]

This one is a one off factory made prototype of the Timberwolf. Made at Don Post Studios from the original mold by Rob Tharp to show Don as an idea for a retro line.




The grey one on the far left is a rare copy from the original 70's master mold. He was painted by Cathy Tharp and haired by Rob Tharp.

[Mike Scott]

Good lord, man! Your collection of skull masks is larger than most mask collectors entire collection!!

Your collection continues to stupefy me!

[Crimson Ghost]

Haha, thank you! I was buying quite a few Skulls when I was preparing to write my thread in them, aside them from being one of my favorite masks of all time. So many questions have popped up over the years on them I decided to research the heck out of them and try to put it all to bed in one place. I'm still in love with the skulls, there really isn't any other mask like it.

[Haunted hearse]

These are my two.


One dated 1967, and a H3 tribute mask.

[Gory Glenn]

Here is a link to the Facebook page for the mask room.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/CrimsonGhostMaskRoom

Here is a Karloff I recently painted to resemble a old Frank toy head. I then sent it to Rob Tharp who added the hair.

Super nice! I'm a big Frankie guy so this is right up my alley. You definitely nailed the toy green color. #1 on my "to get" list is a Glenn Strange Frankie which I'm still working on acquiring. Do you have a copy of Justin Mabry's Aurora Frankenstein? I love that mask too.

[Crimson Ghost]

Super nice! I'm a big Frankie guy so this is right up my alley. You definitely nailed the toy green color. #1 on my "to get" list is a Glenn Strange Frankie which I'm still working on acquiring. Do you have a copy of Justin Mabry's Aurora Frankenstein? I love that mask too.

I have a rare pull of Strange from a 70's DPS mold. I really need to repaint it though, I'm not too happy with whoever did it originally. It's a nice size copy. I'm hoping to paint a strange soon if I can find the right blank, I bought one on eBay but it's lacking details.

[Crimson Ghost]

Gory, when we were talking about the DPS Mummy reissues, I forgot to mention that I am in the process of buying one of the two original paint masters for the reissue Mummy. The paint master, along with a set of hands produced by Rob Tharp are with Kelly Mann now for a special project I am having him do. I'll post pics when the time comes of the progress. Here is a shot of the mask and hands.