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One very unique thing that I learned during this was the color of a prosthetic and some makeups will change depending on the camera used. As seen above, the gelatin coloring was complete and was correct but the photos with a different camera caused it to look tan instead of matching my very pink skin tone.

My apologies these are not in time order. 

Because I want to do in reality what some do in photoshop, I pride myself on no touchups of my costume and makeup after the original shoot. I call this form of cosplay, Scene Stealers because I am attempting to cosplay the original actor as the character. I try to find a very well known scene, pose or promotional shot where I can attempt to match the original to the point of passing it off as the original to someone who is a super fan or has a good eye for detail.

This is my first prosthetic, ever. I followed the face cast, mold, sculpt, recast process learned here at SWS to create the nose for Liam Neeson as Qui Gon. This nose was my second pour. I failed on the upper edge blending and then chose to leave it as my mark that it was me, when asked if I had "just photoshoped it". The beard is fake as well, paintbrush hairs and prosaid, another SW specialty.

Final touches was clipping out Liam and pasting in my pic with an overlay of blue to match the poster.

Zoom in and you will have plenty to critique but I am very excited about my first prosthetic and the opportunities this new skill offers for new builds. Seriously, a true joy to build and my thanks to Sw school for raising the bar.

My green screen pose shows how much fake beard was still needed for fill before the final picture. This is one of my only purchased costumes, was won in a contest. No claims to costume on this build, just hair, makeup and nose.

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Thanks for the input, right after I posted this I did some experiments.

I needed a new razor anyway, so I purchased a kit off Amazon that came with a "thinning" guard, which I've never actually seen for a razor (maybe I'm just oblivious, I'm not sure!), along with 3 different built-in length settings and a number of other guards. I posted some of my results (the cardboard head is just a prototype, I promise I don't really make costumes out of cardboard!).

This is what the fur looks like without any work done:


Now this is what it looks like razored down on the shortest setting, with no guard on the razor:


And this third picture shows a mix of cutting with the thinning guard and two different length settings on the razor itself. The left side of the piece is the thinning guard with the shortest cutting setting on the razor. The right side is the thinning guard with the LONGEST cutting setting, which cut away a lot of excess fur, but left a lot of the general length and guard hairs, just what I needed!

The pictures don't really do the work justice, I know. Looking back on them, you can't really see the difference between the first and last examples. But in person, I can assure that it worked like a charm! When the fur is moved, it is much less poofy/doesn't stand up as much when the thinning guard/cut setting combo is used. So all in all, problem solved, and I hope this helps anyone else with the same issue!

Been a member for a few years and finally finished my Crash Corrigan Hollywood Gorilla Suit. 

I started the process in 2018 with absolutely no experience. I joined the Ape Suit Cinema FB page and with the help of fellow Ape Suit members (Chris Walas being one) I pushed my way through. 

I'm a huge fan of Hollywood Gorillas. They were not realistic in any sense of the word, but they were Hollywood's first monsters and they gave me my fair share of nightmares as a kid. Ray Crash Corrigan was my favorite Gorilla Man and Bonga being my favorite suit. I remember catching the movie THE APE on TV and the scene where Bonga the gorilla looks into the window of Boris Karloff's doctor office, then crashes through, traumatized me for years. Lol

Saying that, I present my Hollywood Gorilla Suit. I sculpted his face in WED and hand tied kanekalon to a mesh shirt and pants. It has a basic underskull with lip curl mechanism. 

These pictures are my inspiration and nightmare maker. Ray Corrigan and Bonga:




My suit: