Ok... lots of stuff, but I thought I'd just put it all into one posting, heh.

1) I'm new to the list and I'm pretty much what you would call an amatuer makeup artist. I'm good at bruises and wounds for very close-up work (I belong to a street theatre group so our stuff has to pass super-up-close inspection) and I uploaded a pic of me as a leper (did my own makeup on that one) from last year.

2) Professionaly, I'm an art photographer specializing in nudes. I'm doing a photoshoot series in August with a nude female entitled "Necro," and it will encompass all types of dead body makeup. Some shots will be zombie, other shots 'voodoo zombie'; I want to do an autopsy cut and some other stuff as I come up with it, so there's plently of room to play. It will probably be a multi-day shoot since each makeup style takes a while. Mostly I'll be looking for advice on this list, but if any makeup artist wants to work on this project TFP/CD only (prints & shared copyright, but compensation only for makeup costs) I'll be taking in some limited "guest artists." E-mail me at mn_detective(at)yahoo(dot)com for more details.

3) I want to make a lifecast of a female torso and I need to keep it pretty much on a budget. If I have to I'll use plaster bandages, but I'd rather use paper maché if I can get away with it. Has anyone on this list used paper maché to life cast? What do you use to keep it from sticking to the model. (I know with plaster you use vaseline or baby oil, but it seems like those might keep the underside of the paper maché moist and prevent it from drying solid.) Any help you guys could offer would be great.

Thanks in advance!
-- Richard Rasner
Nakayama Studios