Frequently Asked Questions

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Permalink Reply by Bunkerbewahrer on October 20, 2009 at 3:40am

Is there any harm for my health when i use professional makeup products on my or others skin?

Permalink Reply by Bunkerbewahrer on October 20, 2009 at 3:50am

All cosmetic products can cause allergic reactions, liquid latex and all kind of makeup colors have to be handled with care, i recommon to use bodycare cosmetics because greasy theatre makeup, spirit gum and
latex dont treat the skin like their friends. If you use any special effect products, test it first on a small part of the skin. If you get acne, dont worry that can happen and is quite normal, they usually disappear after a few days.

I heavily recommon to use Latex if you are not allergic to it. A basic layer of latex protects your skin again any aggressive colors or modelling clays. Thats even more important when you use alternatives such as
elmos glue, plumbers epoxy or normal colors. Using powder is also a good way to protect the skin from the worst things.

The basic rules are:
1.Make sure your skin doesnt react from what you use
2.Use Vaseline to protect facial hair.
3.Skincare is essential and necessary

Permalink Reply by Greenman on October 20, 2009 at 5:26am

My wife has sensitive skin. So, before I did her zombie makeup, she put down a protective layer of "sensitive skin" everyday cosmetic makeup.

Permalink Reply by Greenman on October 20, 2009 at 5:23am

I am wondering if anyone has any tips or techniques for the nose. I would like to achieve the look as if the non-boney end of a zombies nose is is starting to decay. Especially if you have a fairly prominent nose to begin with. lol

Permalink Reply by Bunkerbewahrer on October 20, 2009 at 5:27am

I just lately worked with a voldemort mask where the actor had to get a really small nose. The only thing that i have tried so far is to raise the cheeks, that the nose gets more "inside" the face.

You can fill up the gap between the cheeks and the nose with fx wax or plastiline, its sadly not a thing you easily can do. As an alternative you could build up a structure from elmers glue and paper, but the best thing would be to create a mold from you and using childs clay to sculpt your nose "away". This you have to make into a gypsum mold again nd fill it with liquid latex, if you can wear it on the skin, if not there are lots of alternatives in the fx supply.

Permalink Reply by The Bruin on October 21, 2009 at 12:31am

I would like some pointers on using liquid latex to create effects. How do you use it? In Layers? Goop it on and sculpt? Is it better to put it on a person and use it or better to create the makeup effect off the person and then stick it on them? enquiring Bears wanna know!

Permalink Reply by Bunkerbewahrer on October 21, 2009 at 4:25am

I will do a makeup tutorial this week, sorry i have work at the moment.

http://s714.photobucket.com/albums/ww146/Bunkerbewahrer/?action=vie...

http://s714.photobucket.com/albums/ww146/Bunkerbewahrer/?action=vie...

here are too info pics, maybe that helps for the start

Permalink Reply by Storyteller07 on October 21, 2009 at 8:48am

Here's one I asked ZH a while ago along with her response:

Q:Any suggestions for keeping blood from beading up over wax and greese makeup?

A:All you have to do is dust some powder (loose powder like baby powder works ok) over your makeup and it will set it. If you happen to put too much powder just get a baby wipe or a damp paper towel and pat off the excess. if that still doesnt work you can lightly spray the makeup w aresol hairspray.

Thought it might be helpful for others, it was for me.

Permalink Reply by Bunkerbewahrer on November 8, 2009 at 3:24pm

Powdering is essential, not only for setting the blood, but shiny never looks that good on skin. Except for gory wounds.

Permalink Reply by Bunkerbewahrer on December 7, 2009 at 7:53am

SO heres a question John Milton brought up, it was about Romeros grey zombies in the classic dwan movie,
but thats not the case here, i just wanted to lead this question a bit further and repeat that discussion in general.

"What is the perfect Color for undead flesh?"

I still use a lot of grey, but mostly mixed with alot of plae flesh tones, a green grey, red brown, a dark yellow and the classical purple red black variation for wounds.

So what do you think would be the best color combination? Or what do you have seen in movies and like to reproduce? I think if we work together on problems like that, we really could do some more amazing makup, at this point i want to encourage you to upload your FX Makeup Stuff. Look at the other great contributors, not to say any names, but Chronic666, Buckaroo Bonsai, Rotti, Zombie Hunter and alot of other great people do such an amazing work, and already helped a lot. I dont think bad makeup exist, as long as you do it.

Personally im proud of the bad stuff i did, and i never thought that could be offensive to someone to have "low quality" stuff as well. Why not? Its just realistic or do you think any director cares about the makeup? It has to be done when its needed and sadly that often means it isnt that good as it could be. But dos this means thats bad? Hell no! if you want to have plenty of zombies, then youll probably doomed if you try to make everything perfect.

So what are you waiting for? I already wasted enough of your time now go out and shoot some!!!!!!!!!!!!
(movies of course)