Make-up effects, materials and tips!

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Permalink Reply by Stranger on October 9, 2008 at 9:15am

I've got the pre-production make-up work we did for Trail of the Dead on video. Think I should post it?

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Permalink Reply by Laz on October 9, 2008 at 1:52pm

sure!

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Permalink Reply by john may on October 9, 2008 at 3:32pm

you really dont need all that profesional junk to make effects you can crush corn flakes mix them with clear gellatin and add a little stage blood for a burnt flesh or a scabed wound depinding how thick you paste it on

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Permalink Reply by john may on October 9, 2008 at 3:33pm

ruber cement and fake blood can be made to look like split open flesh

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Permalink Reply by john may on October 13, 2008 at 9:09pm

Fake Scabs you can use corn flakes to make the scabs more crusty and old looking

You'll need: Water, Unflavored Gelatin, Fake Blood (not essential)

Using 50/50 water and unflavored gelatin. Just smear the stuff on the skin, but work quickly because it hardens really fast and won't stick anymore. It comes out crumbly, and scab-like, some will flake off while you work color onto it, but it'll wash right out of your brushes with warn water. You can also mould gelatin if you use the same mixture but heat it until it melts.

Notes:

> Don't let the gelatin boil because then you'll have bubbles in the final product

> You can speed up the drying of scabs using a hair dryer, and molds by sticking them in the fridge

> Gelatin will melt in the hot sun
FAKE FLESH
You'll need: Flour, Corn Starch, White Glue (Wood Glue)

Steps:

1. Mix together equal parts of flour and corn starch

2. Add glue and mix until you get a doughy substance

3. Roll out this dough to end up with a slab of 'skin'


Notes:

> As this stuff dries you can bend it and the surface will crack and look more realistic

> After a couple of hours it dries hard (and shrinks a little bit) but looks the same, then you can paint it with normal paint

you can get a nice impailed effect with rubber cement paste a thin coat on your skin and then for example lay an arrow acroos the pasted area or another sharp object bend your skin around the object and it will form a skinflap around that object it loock like an impailed entrey wound it can also be used as a magic trick

dont doubt these methods until youve tried them they help save alot of money and time for alot of directors

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Permalink Reply by Laz on October 9, 2008 at 3:55pm

Somehow I think that crushed up cornflakes and fake blood would not be able to make stuff like this:

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Permalink Reply by leviwalton1 on October 14, 2008 at 8:03am

thanks, and thanks to gorify for the help!

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Permalink Reply by Nick Thompson on October 9, 2008 at 4:07pm

i use kecthup and tomatos. it looks really good.

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Permalink Reply by ClericRuss on October 13, 2008 at 7:08pm

VERY nice find Laz!

There's even a couple of tricks here I'd like to add to my repritoure!

In this instance, the "zombie bite" [that's the first one I looked at as well!] is what I'd call an intermediate step and a very well done one as well- it can be done with latex and simple make-up products that aren't necessarily from this particular site's shops- but for the neophyte or someone who's got a lot of extras to get ready for a weekend shoot- it's really tough to beat a complete kit & on-line instruction manual!

Exceptional find Laz!

Cleric

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Permalink Reply by Laz on October 14, 2008 at 9:19am

The owner used to be Mod on here and used to offer a 10% discount to all LZ members.

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Permalink Reply by Captain Okie on January 15, 2009 at 6:53am

4 books for all the fx tips you need.....

Film and Television Make Up by Herman Buchman - this books is cited by Tom Savini AND Dick Smith and is hard to find, I got mine last year by total accident, given to me, I should pdf it, it has a lot on jello molds.

Dick Smith's Do It Yourself Monster Make up Handbook - This boook is the bomb for the beginner, very detailed instructions on jello molds and latex - Im on my 3rd copy of this book and did every make up example in it as halloween costumes growing up, wonderful.

Tom Savini's Grande Illusions 1 and 2 - Its Tom Savini, its Tom Savini telling you how he did all those wonderful tricks that make him Tom Savini, get them both.... includes teeth making and a very easy intro to foam latex.

never underestimate the grossness of jello and toilet paper with a little bit of almond colored silicone caulk......

on absolutely no budget, cant afford a thing of food coloring? try adding a packet of generic cherry koolaid to your jello mix. Walmart generic koolaid packets = a dime :)

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