The Japanese Mask
Wednesday 14 December 2011
Tuesday 1 November 2011
Gaulish Brennus
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The Celts were no warriors taken lightly. These brutal, cunning, strategic fighters carry a heavy history on their backs today... wear the mask of Gaulish Brennus and become King for a day...
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You've been born again and again inside of each culture, and inside of each cradling nation your name has barely absorbed any change.
It seems that what is truest to form can rarely be altered.
Frozen water in an icebox is no less barren than the frigid arctic locked into the darkness of night -just as a melted, hammered sword of steel is no less lethal than sharpened blade of stone.
You are born and conditioned through every era to charge masses and transform them into a raving, questioning mass of rebels who will fight and fall with bloody smiles on their face for a King who flies and battles alongside them.
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Brennus began as the title of two Gaulish Chieftains in a Gallic tribe, but this title, though varies through the ages, has always meant the name thing: Fearless Leader, Leader of a family of rebels, Pre-eminent, Outstanding and King.
The Irish name Brian is thought to be another variation, originally used as a title like Brennus, more than a personal name.
Mata Hari Hidden Within
Her color was caught in the setting sun and from it she leapt and began to dance like a purple flame. Wear this mask and discover your very own fate...
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Slipping in-between the outstretched fingers of awestruck patrons you shimmy and shake… moving you body like a trembling feather with impossible lightness and grace.
With unimaginable eroticism. Your colours blaze hooking hungry eyes and rolling around minds wondering if these same colours can be made to dance between the petals of your body.
You say you have been plucked from the orient. You say you lay with a bed of snakes for company. You say rose scented ink drips from the tips of your fingers which you then compose love letters from.
You say a lot of things and not a soul dares question you. Men fear that if they grasp you to tightly you might evaporate into a scent and disappear.
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Mata hari (stage name of Margarita Geetruida Zelle) was a dutch exotic dancer, courtesan and accused spy who was executed by firing squad in France under charges of espionage for Germany during World War 1. She was a hypnotic contemporary of dancers Isadora Duncan and Ruth St. Denis who looked to Asia and Egypt for artistic inspiration. She was unparalleled in her time.
Hannibal's Night Pass
You have friends in high places despite being locked in your maximum security cell, but tonight is Your night.
Beyond these prison walls about an hour's ride away, down a cobblestone alley and into a grand hall, a black tie affair overflowing with society's most succulent socialites and intellectuals awaits you. They have gathered in honour of your temporary release to celebrate your diabolical life.
Your wired muzzle has been, for this special night, traded for mask with barred eyes to act as a constant reminder of where you'll be returned after indulging in the delicacy that is human interaction.
Tonight… your mouth must be used for speaking, not adding more notches onto your belt of abominable crimes. Behave and you might just acquire a day pass…
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Hannibal Lector is a well known fictional character described as a brilliant psychiatrist and cannibalistic killer made famous in the movie 'Silence of the Lambs'. As a refined, resourceful, dangerously intelligent and manipulative man, almost every one of Hannibal Lecter's victims fall willingly into his biting embrace before realizing the mistake they've made.
He is a psychological connoisseur who revels in the sport of dissecting the mind… figuratively and literally.
Thursday 20 October 2011
Finest Flapper Frenzy
You slink through every Speak Easy and Soft Shoe your way into the arms of any gentleman looking to embrace the most sultry taxi dancer in town.
You're queen of the swankiest joints and one of the first to perfect that legendary new dance the 'Charleston'...
You usher Jazz and Art Deco into New York and make your name as the Big Apple's Finest low down, underground, dame of the night. Anyone who's in the know, knows that you're the cat's pyjamas.
You're queen of the swankiest joints and one of the first to perfect that legendary new dance the 'Charleston'...
You usher Jazz and Art Deco into New York and make your name as the Big Apple's Finest low down, underground, dame of the night. Anyone who's in the know, knows that you're the cat's pyjamas.
Everyone is stuck on you!
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The roaring 20's says it all!
The Spartan Traitor
Gladiators, Samurais, Vikings and other warriors from past lives have battled their way into Oculto Masks! Come feast your eyes or the ruthless men and women who cut down legions through the ages.
There's a snake laying among lions... an equally brutal predator in your own right.
You fight along side them, just as lethal as your partners but there's a poisonous place beneath your tongue.
A place that could fell a King and his Kingdom in a single stolen breath. For years you have followed Leonidas, King of Sparta, and when you're drawn into his favoured ring of 300, it isn't the blow of a Persian that kills him.
It is your blade protected with the fortress of his shield that reveals his naked heart to the one he would never suspect.
You fight along side them, just as lethal as your partners but there's a poisonous place beneath your tongue.
A place that could fell a King and his Kingdom in a single stolen breath. For years you have followed Leonidas, King of Sparta, and when you're drawn into his favoured ring of 300, it isn't the blow of a Persian that kills him.
It is your blade protected with the fortress of his shield that reveals his naked heart to the one he would never suspect.
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Eden's unforgettable snake. The wolf in sheep's clothing. David Berkowitz and images of the devil seducing people to commit heinous deeds within the conviction of their own religion. The thorn hidden between the bushy leaves of a fragrant rose.
These were all the inspiration for The Spartan Traitor.
These were all the inspiration for The Spartan Traitor.
The Bestiarii Fate
Whether you fight for your King by his side, or fight in the colosseum to the death for his amusement... if you survive, revel in the glory of your fame. Even if your fate has been sealed by chains.
Shining with the same brilliant bronze of your skin, your handler firmly attaches your helmet to your face.
You ask him "Why should I wear such shining but small protection when the rest of my body remains naked to the beast?"
Slowly he replies "...should the public be so excited to watch an armoured Gladiator fight the hide of a amorless beast? No. Hear out there their screams. They chant for triumph of nature over man, not man over nature. They chant not for the blood of the beast... but yours.
Shocked you stutter "Then... then if my fate is sealed why won't they give me a older greater weapon? a broader mask? should not the fight last longer for the sport of death??"
Your handler shakes his head sadly "They care not about the time it takes to die. They call for the spectacle of your vulnerable skin, torn naked to the newer weapons of nature.... I promise to bury you well, Warrior."
You ask him "Why should I wear such shining but small protection when the rest of my body remains naked to the beast?"
Slowly he replies "...should the public be so excited to watch an armoured Gladiator fight the hide of a amorless beast? No. Hear out there their screams. They chant for triumph of nature over man, not man over nature. They chant not for the blood of the beast... but yours.
Shocked you stutter "Then... then if my fate is sealed why won't they give me a older greater weapon? a broader mask? should not the fight last longer for the sport of death??"
Your handler shakes his head sadly "They care not about the time it takes to die. They call for the spectacle of your vulnerable skin, torn naked to the newer weapons of nature.... I promise to bury you well, Warrior."
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The Bestiarii unfortunately had a greater chance of losing against his opponent than gladiators fighting other men because the rules of the game dictated that regardless of what beast The Bestiarii came up against... regardless of which weapon he wielded -he had to wear the least amount of protection to make the spectacle of man fighting foreign creature even more exciting for the blood thirsty crowds.
Chief of the Red Paint People
What past ghosts of our land of come and ruled in stronger, better and more accurate ways than us? Find out with these Chiefs in The Shaman Line
As Chief of the Red Paint People you explored North America's shores over 7,000 years ago rivalling your European counterparts in oceanic navigation. You led the swordfish sea hunt while your tribe glistened in layers of red paint.
Others would see your boats on the horizon as if you were sailing into the blood orange sun. They spoke of your people being born in the mouth of fire. You came and you left like a forest blaze long before the Vikings rose
They found your tools and weapons painted crimson but by then you and your people had climbed back into the round flame in the sky.
Others would see your boats on the horizon as if you were sailing into the blood orange sun. They spoke of your people being born in the mouth of fire. You came and you left like a forest blaze long before the Vikings rose
They found your tools and weapons painted crimson but by then you and your people had climbed back into the round flame in the sky.
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Chief of the Red Paint People came from a real tribe of Red Paint People also known as the 'Moorehead Phase'. They covered their grave goods and their dead
in large quantities of red paint... but at one point completely disappeared from this earth. They were only discovered 30 years ago and were titled the 'Maritime Archaic Indians'.
It was thought that their entire tribe might have been killed and swept away by tidal waves caused by violent earthquakes which made the already low land they resided on to sink below sea level.
in large quantities of red paint... but at one point completely disappeared from this earth. They were only discovered 30 years ago and were titled the 'Maritime Archaic Indians'.
It was thought that their entire tribe might have been killed and swept away by tidal waves caused by violent earthquakes which made the already low land they resided on to sink below sea level.
Sunday 16 October 2011
Flight of the Queen Bee and The Honey King
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Check out this gorgeous Fundraising Auction Mask along side 'The Honey King' and take steps to work towards making human beings and the earth become two elements that finally begin to work together...
Flight of the Queen Bee
'Flight of the Queen Bee' along side her King and 'The Honey King' beside his Queen
both carry the weight of this delicate creature's powerful journey to stay alive in a place where danger lurks around every corner.
Wear this mask to not only show that you will fight for yourself, but also for the lives of others.
Wear this mask to not only show that you will fight for yourself, but also for the lives of others.
The Honey King
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Bees demonstrate that survival is only achievable when you work with and for your unit. Humans only reached full behavioural modernity 50,000 years ago while bees existed 35 millions years before us.
They haven't made it through environmental catastrophes by isolating themselves from one another. They understand sacrifice... and in order for us to sustain our species like the Honey Bee, we must learn to see and act beyond ourselves.
They haven't made it through environmental catastrophes by isolating themselves from one another. They understand sacrifice... and in order for us to sustain our species like the Honey Bee, we must learn to see and act beyond ourselves.
Mythical Creatures
'King of the Ashrays' is the newest addition to Mythical Creatures! Learn about Scottish history and become a hidden water spirit dancing in the churning currents of night when you wear this disguise...
As 'King of the Ashrays' you corral your subjects, leading them through oceanic hot springs and frothy rifts... frolicking below the crashing waves of the sea.
As the moon rises you rouse your people and settle into your throne to bare witness to their disappearing, reappearing dance until dawn breaks.
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As the moon rises you rouse your people and settle into your throne to bare witness to their disappearing, reappearing dance until dawn breaks.
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Ashrays are mythical beings found within Scottish Mythology. They are completely translucent water creatures often mistaken for sea ghosts and sea foam. Both males and females are completely nocturnal and can only found beneath the water. It is said that if ashrays are captured and exposed to sunlight they immediately melt with only a puddle of water remaining.
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Ashrays are mythical beings found within Scottish Mythology. They are completely translucent water creatures often mistaken for sea ghosts and sea foam. Both males and females are completely nocturnal and can only found beneath the water. It is said that if ashrays are captured and exposed to sunlight they immediately melt with only a puddle of water remaining.
Super Villains
is the first addition to Oculto's newest shop category Super Villains! Be ready to set the world aflame with this disguise and string your followers along behind you!
'Joker on the Town' releases the curling, pungent scent of trouble. You're infectious and donning this mask will enable you to control the will of others and entice them into doing things they never thought they were capable of.
You encompass danger, raw sexuality and move without consequence. Toss on a top hat and you're ready for action. Lead your brood into the fire with confidence.
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'Joker on the Town' was created on a whim, not knowing that he would birth a brand new Oculto Masks shop section: 'Super Villains.'
'Joker on the Town' was created on a whim, not knowing that he would birth a brand new Oculto Masks shop section: 'Super Villains.'
Watch as this section fills up beyond capacity with some of the most feared, hated, lusted after and hypnotizing villains of the comic book world.
'Joker on the Town'
'Joker on the Town'
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