After months of work it has all boiled down to this moment. Due to illness I wasn't able to have a practice application on my model, so the day of my exam was the first time I had ever had to apply a full face prosthetic piece, although slightly nervous I was also very excited to finally see it all come together.
For my final piece to be applied I had the following:
- My pre-painted latex piece, now removed entirely from any excess latex, eye holes also ripped away (the final painted details were to be added once on my model)
- My airbrush and compressor
- Pros-aide
- Acrylic paint
- Airbrush paints
- Assorted brushes
- Filler (prosaide and cabosil)
Step one
I prepped my models hair, my final design included a wig and as my model has short hair already I decided against using a bald cap, I simply scraped back her hair and pinned it around her head flat ready for wig application at the end. I also added Vaseline to any straggly bits of hair (and eyebrows), this was in case any bits of hair did accidentally get trapped under the prosthetic.
Step two
Again due to illness I had missed the demonstration my tutor had done in class of how to apply the prosthetic, luckily I had done my research and as a first year had modeled for this very assignment just a year earlier therefore I could remember the routine! I started by adding a small amount of prosaide onto my models nose and onto the inside of the beak (prosaide needs to be applied to both parts to make it stick). I left this until it went tacky then applied the beak. I started from the center of the appliance then worked my way out into the edge. I carried on with this until it was just the edges left.
Step three
Luckily the edges on my appliance were repetitively good however a little thick on the forehead, this wasn't so bad as my model was wearing a wig anyhow. I then began to glue down the edges as neatly as possible. I also glued the edges around the lips and eyes (carefully) However some of my edges were still visible. So I used filler, I carefully added small amounts to edges that were a little too thick, I blended them into the skin better.
Step four
Once the prosthetic was fully stuck down I could then continue with the paint job (okay you can have a little sneak peak picture here)
Here we can see I have used a black body paint with my airebrush to blend the edges into the skin, we can also see how I have pinned my models hair out of the way.
Step five
Again using my airbrush I went in with a green colour over the black, this gave an iridescent green/blue/black sheen, as well as blending it it and breaking it out from the light grey base i had chosen. After this, I went in with a small brush and added the white details I had pre-planned. At this point I also airbrushed my models arms grey, and the palms of her hands and finger tips black.
Step six
After the painting had done, I helped my model into her outfit and applied her wig.
My final prosthetic piece was now done!
I know this post lacks pictures, but I wanted to bombard you all with the final photographs in a separate post!
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