Left 4 Dead Smoker Makeup

Lauren Bennett
Lauren Bennett ✭
edited March 2022 in Character Makeup Contest 2022
Hi there! My name is Lauren Bennett and this is my Left 4 Dead Smoker makeup. I've always wanted to recreate my favorite zombies from Left 4 Dead and the Smoker is one of them! It's my first time making an overlapping appliance makeup. I made 3 overlapping face and 2 arm encapsulated silicone appliances, and a silicone tongue. I used aluminum foil previously covered in set silicone in the biggest tumors of the face pieces and in the center of the tongue to cut back on material and reduce weight (I think foam would've been the best option for the face pieces but I've never worked with foam before, still learning!). I also made the tumors on the arms hollow but unfortunately my positive mold broke so I just ran them as flat molds.

I learned everything from SWSCA, especially Bruce Fuller's lessons on multi-piece character makeup and mold making! Very thankful for all of the information here, I learned so much from this project.



Here's a short video of the makeup as well:
https://youtu.be/Nci_la6Z6I4

Makeup by: Lauren Bennett (@soulfirefx)
Photos and Video by: Harrison Webb (@justharson)
Model: Joel Arriola

Thanks and hope you enjoy!

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