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

[merimask.livejournal.com]

Thank you. :-) I'm liking the way the drawing turned into this design pretty deamlessly...sometimes it works out that way.

I think you're right about the green being a better contrast. The autumn colors, though, really are especially pretty. That's the one I'd send to the gallery, y'know?

Thanks for the input. :-)

[smillaraaq.livejournal.com]

Oh yes, the subtlety of the leaf shading on the autumn mask is definitely display/gallery material. It's gorgeous.

As for the green looking fake, once again, I'd say maybe see if you can get Char or someone else to try modeling it for you at a much greater distance, under rather harsh light, and see if it still strikes you the same way? You may be a little too close to that one in the most literal sense -- seeing it from camera's-length under household lights is quite different from the way it would look on stage, after all! But to make yourself happier with how it looks up close, maybe it's the flatness of the green compared to the shading on the yellow-brown leaves that's making this one not quite so pleasing to you? Perhaps mixing in a bit of darker or lighter greens would help to give it a subtle richness like the autumn piece up close, while still preserving the color contrast needed for stage work.

As for all the different color ideas folks have been floating, I can imagine doing variations of different types of leaves, with the appropriate bark/leaf color changes, could make for a quite impressive display. It'd be like an Entmoot! :)