Scars Using Rigid Collodion

One of my favorite makeup techniquies is creating scars using rigid collodion. Above is an effect I did for talk like a pirate day, but I've also been known to scar myself up, just to go to Walmart... try it some time, it's fun.
Here is a video that explains how to do it... but just a few notes. I don't color under the collodion with pencils as shown in the video, and I never use greese paint. I color the scar with a LS-7, Natural color lip stick, and then shade (to give the scar a little more depth) with a Suntone cream foundation (I can't remember the number right off the top of my head, and I don't want to dig out my case right now.) Also, the video sayes to use 10 layers of collodion... I've never used more than 4 layers to achive a really good deep scar. But other than that, It's a pretty good vid.
Enjoy.

Vampire Fangs.

There was a time when I was the weird one, because I LOVED vampires. Of course that was 25 years ago, but hey, I can reminisce. Now with the advent of Stephanie Meyers (curse her black heart) and the Twilight series, every middle ages housewife with 3.8 children, wants to be a vampire… and not just on Halloween. Now, forgetting the fact that vamps (leach-men) in Twilight don’t have fangs, I offer you aspiring vamps this little link.

http://www.vampfangs.com/

If you want to get a good quality, customizable set of fangs… this is your place. Now, they don’t sell full custom, dental porcelain fangs… for that you need to go have them made… by a fang technician.
These fangs are made by a company called “Scarecrow.” They’re dental quality plastic that comes with the chemical molding kit. It takes a good 20 minutes to get a good tight fit. And you will have to re-mold them about every year, depending on how often you use them.
I own a set of “Natural Length” fangs. They make for a really good fit. My 13 year old daughter got a set of “Subtle” fangs, and I found them to be a little small, even for her mouth.
They have some good instructional vids to teach you how to mold your teeth, as well.

And as for the “Clown White” makeup… you Twilighters… You’ll have to find that for yourself… I don’t do Clown White.

Look around, you’ll find some good stuff… and some freaky stuff… after all, they are a Gothic Superstore.

Eyeliner

I'm a guy, which means that by definition, I have trouble with eye makeup. When I was doing Seussical I felt really sorry for the Wickersham Brothers because they had to have me stick an eyeliner pencil in their eyes for two weeks straight. So I decided to pick up a Ben Nye EL-1 cake liner, and an angle brush to use on my daughter for Halloween. It was a little harder that I thought it would be to use... so here's the video I found to help me out. Hope it will work for you.

Makeup Tips.

Hey folks, I never use this blog site for geek stuff anymore, so I’ve decided to change it into a site dedicated to Theatrical makeup. I’ll post Tips, tricks, great vids I find on Youtube and the like. I may even post pics of the work I’m up to with Community Theater and haunted houses. I don’t know, check back often to see what’s up, you might even learn something… after all, if I can do this, anybody can do this.
So to start off this new Idea of mine, I’m going to post a pretty good vid about how to do a simple… but really gross cut.

Marian Call

Marian Call is a singer who does... well... geek music.
My wife and I are going to see her next month... if you'd like to go... email me and I'll give you the website address.
Anyway, I found one of my favorite songs of hers on YouTube.
It's not a great recording... but you should like it.

Into the Black

I love it when fans just can't let it go.
The Browncoats are among these.

Here's a group of 'coats that took matters into their own hands and built an original film based on the world, if not the characters, of Joss Whedon's Firefly.



Looks like they are late getting it out, but I'm willing to wait.

Gary Gygax (1939-2008)

Gary Gygax, the co-author of Dungeons & Dragons, and for all intents and purposes, the father of role playing gaming died the other day at the age of 69.

Thank you Gary for all the fun you have given to me and to other geeks over the years.

God’s speed my friend.