Cotten balls in latex???
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Wizard93
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havent read that topic yet. so the skin was shedding off?? was it due to the cotten balls do you know? ill have to check that out.
so far ive applied 2 coats of latex using a roller. it has some texture, but not enough. doesnt really have a 3D bumpy look which is most noticable for me on the shoulder area of the predator
roundhammer
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The shedding latex was due to the material it was applied over. I think it was fake leather.
Ruffkintoy
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Cotton balls and latex is an old make up effect that works really well. All you need to do is make the cotton whatever size you want it or a little larger(due to the latex soaking in making the cotton wet and smaller) and dip the cotton in some latex and apply to the skin. from there you can sculpt it before it dries. When its dy just add a coat or however many coats you want to make it all look pretty
Xalener
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No, the oils in the plether pushed the latex away from it, causing it to shead. He said he would use this to his advantage.
ScottAS
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You can also seperate 2 ply TOILET paper and apply it on a piece (or your own skin(careful of hair) of a pre painted with latex (that is still wet) and then apply more paper and do a build up. Ive made prosthectics like this that can be removed off a person then glued back on later. Don't forget the hair dryer to speed it up.
maverick118
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Yes cotton wool and tissue paper are old tried and true FX make up tricks for quick things that may pop up on set. I'veused tissue paper and latex to create an pretty convincing third degree burn look and it only tooktwenty minutes to build up.
As for using latex on your skin suit to create texture. Try cutting a large square of upholstery foam and using thick latex and stipple it over it to get a really nice bumpy texture to give the impression of scales or other protrusions....You can even sculpt with the cotton balls....Mel did a really fantastic alien face hugger for her queen costume.
As for using latex on your skin suit to create texture. Try cutting a large square of upholstery foam and using thick latex and stipple it over it to get a really nice bumpy texture to give the impression of scales or other protrusions....You can even sculpt with the cotton balls....Mel did a really fantastic alien face hugger for her queen costume.
ancientpredator
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Yep that's true, with cotton balls you get a cool bumpy skin!
Thanks for the tip xalerner indeed the oil was the reason! I´ll use a tiny bit of oil to get the same shedding effect later on )but I want that the latex has already got a shedding skincolour
Thanks for the tip xalerner indeed the oil was the reason! I´ll use a tiny bit of oil to get the same shedding effect later on )but I want that the latex has already got a shedding skincolour
Macguyver
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I was at a local arts & crafts store when I got the idea of using a different sizes of craft store "pom poms" instead of cottonballs!
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It should work out great since these fuzzy little pom poms are already shaped into a variety of different sizes & also can be bought in a tan color, although the color may not matter all that much, I still think it should work just as good, if not better since the rounded ball shape is already made for you. So, all you gotta do is dip 'em in latex & apply them into whatever pattern you want!
Anyone ever tried doing it this way before?
B)
It should work out great since these fuzzy little pom poms are already shaped into a variety of different sizes & also can be bought in a tan color, although the color may not matter all that much, I still think it should work just as good, if not better since the rounded ball shape is already made for you. So, all you gotta do is dip 'em in latex & apply them into whatever pattern you want!
Anyone ever tried doing it this way before?
maverick118
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Here's what you can do with it, I did a quick pair of AVP style hands out of a pair of heavy duty rubber gloves and used the cotton wool and latex to add detailing including claws, for what they are and only taking a couple of hours work they don't look half bad here, and even better since painitng. I also made the fingerless P1 and P2 style gloves to go with them so you can have something different to go on the top of the scales. Simple solutions don't always have to mean simple results
maverick118
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Ah but then you'd not be wanting to sculpt a load of things....The other thing about this is you can use it to patch latex masks and other things...I had a really bad pull of my pred mask and I used this technique to patxh it, and if you rememebr I had a sed load of trouble with airbubbles and the pred feet I did too, once again used the same tenchnique on it so this is quite a broad tool that you can use.
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