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Queen of Hearts
Hi, my name is Laura and I'm an SFX artist from Panama, Central America.
I am submitting this makeup based on the Queen of Hearts.
I applied this makeup using a foam latex prosthetic piece made by Luis Vega FX.
Hope you like it!
IG: Isabelqsfx
Re: PS4 Marvel's Spider-Man - 2099 White Suit
Thank you! This was my first time trying documentation so I hope to get better
Re: Burmans still in business?
I just visited SoCal last week (April 11) and Burman's was indeed open. You enter through the service door in the parking lot. I lost a whole lotta money on my visit!
Re: Waxxed thread/fake sinew screen color matching
The leather and the thread are looking great. This is in very golden lighting and will look far more gray in blue light. I am a lot too light on the straps so they get treated next. Need some grunge grey on that top strap. @Chris Ellerby. The wax mix I ended up really liking was beeswax and paraffin lamp oil but needed to be slightly thicker for the purposefully uneven application, so I added some tallow. It needed to be patchy to match the screen, instead of even in tone, so thicker turned out better for this project.
Re: Advice on molding a latex mask
Hi Ashley, you make the clay wall with EM 210 white clay. And the mold with white hydrocal plaster. If you mold the back half of your sculpture first you can lay it on table so that when you mold the front of your sculpture you can brush plaster into your teeth and details of your mask. The Stan Winston School has a lesson on mask making by Tim Martin.
Hope this helps. Sean
Hope this helps. Sean
Re: Perma Wet vs Flex Gloss
I've not had the opportunity to work with either of these. I normally just use Liquitex high gloss varnish as it's pretty flexible and holds a good shine for years. Though depending on your application your results may vary.
That said, I know a lot of folks that use perma wet with good results, so I wonder if it was an application issue, reaction to other materials, or perhaps a bad batch. I know it can have reactions if frozen, which they mention on their site.
/Chris
That said, I know a lot of folks that use perma wet with good results, so I wonder if it was an application issue, reaction to other materials, or perhaps a bad batch. I know it can have reactions if frozen, which they mention on their site.
/Chris
Young Orangutan
Hello,
I'm Taina, a London based Hair and Makeup artist.
I made Fulang Chang (monkey's name) during my phrosthetics course at Gorton Studios.
Originally I wanted to make the whole body of a prop Orangutan but due to time constraints I ended up settling for a bust.
I'm Taina, a London based Hair and Makeup artist.
I made Fulang Chang (monkey's name) during my phrosthetics course at Gorton Studios.
Originally I wanted to make the whole body of a prop Orangutan but due to time constraints I ended up settling for a bust.
Lou
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Re: Waxxed thread/fake sinew screen color matching
Really love the attention to detail you are putting into this project! Part of the fun in making something like this is learning about the history/materials/techniques that would go into the real thing, and the stories those can tell. Awesome stuff!
/Chris
/Chris
Waxxed thread/fake sinew screen color matching
This started with me asking the forums about a bear grease replacement and color question for making the Revenant/Dicaprio leather coat. I will paste Chris Ellerby's awesome and highly effectice suggestion here and then follow that with my discovery for coloring the waxxed string/fake sinew to match:
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Look into making a mixture of beeswax and an oil, similar to how beard waxes are made. I'd also look into non-spoiling oils so the costume lasts. You could even mix in natural scents like pine, leather, smoke, to add to the impact of the costume, but I'd be careful to stick to pleasing scents and not go too heavy with them.
Lanolin may also be an optional additive/base.
Then you could mix in oil-friendly pigments to get the color and saturation you are after.
You can run small tests on scrap fabrics to fine-tune your mixture.
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That worked very well, there will be a darker patch of grey brown in the pics below that came from testing. I then found I needed to color my thread as it is identical to the coat color. My string was too bright but is wax so will not accept pens, sprays or similar. I used makeup dry powder cakes and rubbed the powder manually into the string by pressing it down to the cake under my thumb while pulling the string through with the other hand. I finished by rubbing and dragging the string through my fingertips.
Final color of seriously weathered grey brown of leather and cordage above are getting very close to this inspiration photo from the movie:
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Look into making a mixture of beeswax and an oil, similar to how beard waxes are made. I'd also look into non-spoiling oils so the costume lasts. You could even mix in natural scents like pine, leather, smoke, to add to the impact of the costume, but I'd be careful to stick to pleasing scents and not go too heavy with them.
Lanolin may also be an optional additive/base.
Then you could mix in oil-friendly pigments to get the color and saturation you are after.
You can run small tests on scrap fabrics to fine-tune your mixture.
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That worked very well, there will be a darker patch of grey brown in the pics below that came from testing. I then found I needed to color my thread as it is identical to the coat color. My string was too bright but is wax so will not accept pens, sprays or similar. I used makeup dry powder cakes and rubbed the powder manually into the string by pressing it down to the cake under my thumb while pulling the string through with the other hand. I finished by rubbing and dragging the string through my fingertips.
Final color of seriously weathered grey brown of leather and cordage above are getting very close to this inspiration photo from the movie: