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In issue #48 of Make Up Artist magazine. The out of the kit column was focused on this new technique of Christien Tinsley's. Any ways I was wondering if any one has got to play with these, and how well they really work?
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Re: Prosthetic Transfers
Mon, August 29, 2005 - 8:26 PMyah, iv used them before. I love them for some stuff...things like scars, cuts, swolen bruises, burn makeups...stuf like that, its the greatest. its easy to apply, stays on like crazy, and depending on the formula that you use, the come off fairly simple (or not so simple)
im prety sure u can call up tinsleys shop directly and order stuff (they arent cheap) i used some on the MTX show i did a few years ago (One Bad Trip) and on Chronicles of Riddick. Earlier this year we reverse engineered the system for Pirates of the Caribbean 2 and 3 and i came up with my own few formulas...diffrent softnesses, colors and stickiness...but just like Christian, i dont let my formula out of my hands. -
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Re: Prosthetic Transfers
Wed, August 31, 2005 - 11:54 AMI'll definetly have to check them out, thank you so much for your imput!
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Re: Prosthetic Transfers
Wed, August 31, 2005 - 6:04 PMwell, it's what.. you start with an inkjet printer..??
and poly coated paper? then you apply a glue layer I assume..
prosaide?
print over it...
apply another layer?
seems like that would be a starting point anyway.
maybe waxed paper would work well.
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Re: Prosthetic Transfers
Wed, August 31, 2005 - 11:09 PMno, the prosaite transfers shes talking about are 3 dimentional.
no ink jet involved. possibly christians TATTOO transfers are done in a manner like that, but not the pros-aide ones.
prosaide stickes to wax paper.
im sute you can get creative and make something work, but for film and tv use when continuity is important, and flawless makeup is a nessecity...these are amazing guns to have in your pocket.
problems people have fallen into with other methods:
shrinkage, color, flexability, method of thicking the pros-aide, shelf life, stickiness, removability.
you might know everyhting about 2 dollar brushes, but dont go thinkin u know everything about what i do, mike. -
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Re: Prosthetic Transfers
Thu, September 1, 2005 - 1:17 AMNo need to get hostile, really :) I'm just barely smart enough to know that I've only eaten a chunk off of an infinite space...
I was just musing on the subject... I think it's a very interesting idea, because I'm not good enough to get the same effect twice. It's just
a hobby after all, for me. And I've only done horror makeup for others, so I do even less of it than my cutsey animal stuff.
And I was referring to the tattoos actually. I guess I should have more clear about it. I liked the tiger one from that issue of playboy, it looked very real. I'm sure there was a lot of trial and error. The methods I'm using to build some of my stuff took a LONG time to work out... I certainly understand the investment in R&D.
(I design computer hardware and software for a living actually.. Though I'm thinking of "going commercial" with my costume stuff.)
I've been dipping horns today, they are looking very nice and glassy black... This one I've worked out :) Just wish I had the space to make fiberglas molds instead of ultracal ones... dremeling off the flashing is a pain in the ass, and it makes the first dip coat want to break up from surface tension disruption...
I have a nice neat row of gazelle horns ready for the herd of rubber gazelle costumes tho. Hey, I'm proud of my work too. :)
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