Spriggan masks..HELP NEEDED F-LIST!!

[merimask]

Well, I finished my newest mask, Spriggan, and I'm pretty happy with it. 
   
I did it three times, with three different shapes, and I did it in green leaves as well as autumn leaves.   This is meant to be a theatrical mask, for wearing, and constructive crit is VERY welcome as I have to pick the best of these three for an important project.

The first mask:
narrowly shaped & green.
viewed from above...
viewed from the side.
Below is the second mask.
Splayed & green.
from the side.
Below is the third mask.
Narrowly shaped & autumn-colored.
Viewed from the side.

Here's the tricky part...this is meant for stage theatrics & needs to look good on a person, from a distance.  I personally think the ones that sweep back (#1 and #3) are the most dramatic & easiest to wear & move in.  Charlotte modeled for me.  Take a look:
number 1...
number 2...
number 3.

I need help picking ONE, because now I don't know which is more striking; the autumn color or the green?

Comments

[golden-meliades.livejournal.com]

The green. I don't think you'd even see the colour difference from a distance. Though up close I think the autumn one is very neat, more subtle and expensive looking.

[merimask.livejournal.com]

I think you're right. One thing I was thinking of doing was making the autumn leaves Maples and doing them in shades of red & orange, instead of orange & yellow. The values are too close to the brown.

It didn't help that I was running out of brown dye by the time I got to the "autumn" mask & had to cut it with thinner to stretch it (that's why the brown is a few shades lighter on that one).