SF non-prosthetic

topic posted Fri, December 5, 2003 - 2:06 AM by  furtographer
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Make-up artist available in the bay area for film production, or high-production stills.

Wax bullet holes and all that... but damned if I'm getting near a cake mixer again!

Call me if ya got a budget,
--randy
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furtographer
SF Bay Area
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  • cake mixer???

    Sun, March 7, 2004 - 2:26 PM
    cake mixer??? I'm curiouse what happened? Bad foam experience? Nice blending edge on your bald cap btw.
    • Re: cake mixer???

      Sun, March 7, 2004 - 4:25 PM
      I'm more about applying make-up by the stopwatch rather than by the calendar.

      Everyone in my class was so eager to get into a lab like ILM where they could inhale the vapors and clean the molds of someone else's designs. Not me.
      __

      The cap edge is blended by disolving the vinyl cap with acetone. Can you get vinyl caps anymore?
      • fair enough...

        Sun, March 7, 2004 - 5:26 PM
        where did you take classes? I have to say I enjoy both aspects of make up; lab and applying, although I agree with you, I would prefer to sculpt the designs myself rather than assist someone else. Have to start somewhere I guess. Yes you can get vinyl caps still,Cinema Secrets has them. I prefer making my own latex caps myself. I don't like the way the make up goes on the vinyl,or how easy it is to pop.
        • sticking with vinyl

          Sun, March 7, 2004 - 6:17 PM
          Joe Blasco, Hollywood
          class of 1994

          On the contrary, I like how you can use regular face make-up on the vinyl caps, rather than TPM (castor oil based) or acrylic airbrush mixtures.


          Yeah, whenever I hafta use over-the-counter latex Woochies, I coat them with vinyl sealer so i can blend the face make-up over it.

          Nobody in the class ever broke a vinyl cap. Maybe the $30 caps we used are different than the current CS type.
          • Re: sticking with vinyl

            Mon, March 15, 2004 - 9:13 PM

            I went to Make Up Designory,2000, and 2004

            I try to avoid airbrushing anything...lol. I really hate airbrushes.

            I have only ever seen one vinyl cap pop, I just don't like the way the paint goes on em,I do like how the edges melt away though.

            Oh well everyone has their preferred methods I guess. Do you apply prosthetics at all (other than caps) or just paint n powder?


            • Re: sticking with vinyl

              Wed, March 17, 2004 - 2:13 PM
              I haven't worked on a prothetics budget since school. My most recent jobs were wax bullet holes on features where they were using the direcor's sister for make-up until the FX came up.

              That's when I left LA.

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