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Hi from Stuart @ http://www.learnprostheticmakeup.com/
This tutorial shows you how to create great incision effects using scar wax. Scar wax is a great material for low budget effects, but is often used incorrectly or not to it's full potential.
One of the biggest issues is the colour that it comes in, and it suits few people in it's original form. While it is of course possible to add makeup after application, too much will obscure the translucency of the material which is one of it's main benefits.
This tutorial will take you through how to colour and apply it well, as well as how to deal with water based blood on a wax surface. If you like this, be sure to check out my sites:
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http://www.learnmakeupeffects.com/blog/
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http://www.learnmakeupeffects.com/awesome_latex_ecourse_pp/
Thanks for checking my video!
-Stuart
You mix the colours into it as a wax paste - not sure what you mean when you say you need it more solid so you can add colours into it. Could you email me a pic so I can see what you mean?
-Stuart
I wonder if I may use other type of paint to colorize the wax. I have various types of paint but none for characterization purposes. Would it be ok to use a classic oil colour set, watercolors or pastel color sticks to achieve a good skin tone on the wax?
-Stuart
I have one last issue concerning this method; I bought a thing called Nasenkitt/Nose Putty by Kryolan. It is really hard, it takes some time to heat it up in hands to make it formable. I wonder if you by chance stumbled across this product and know if it is possible to add something to it to soften it pernamently (I am afraid that after application this on the skin it would be too hard and would eventually brake or come off)
PS. When it comes to colouring my oil colours works well enough, thanks for advice :)
Stuart
Yes and no...
The skills of cosmetology usually end up in salons and beauty parlours and you can end up on a road taking you away from film stuff (which is phenomenally difficult to break into).
That is not to say knowing about that will not be useful, it's just that a large amount of the work usually happens in a workshop away from the performers...the application bit is a tiny percentage of the job.
There are FX done by makeup artists but full on FX is a separate field which bears little resemblance to conventional makeup. If you want to do straight/conventional makeup then I would say it is worthwhile (maybe legally necessary for insurance) if you spend all day every day working on human skin.
I answered a similar question in Yahoo! Ansers...read it here:
http://uk.answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=ArjzkI98mDSMv69U7vQ_d1AhBgx.;_ylv=3?qid=20110821202919AAAyIAe
Stuart
...but how do you know I have a frowny face?
I mean, I do...it's just I didn't know anyone was hiding there when I shot the video! He! He!
-Stuart