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clevermanka) wrote2013-07-28 07:35 am
clevermanka) wrote2013-07-28 07:35 am
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Who knew it was this hard to look bad?
Well, that was exhausting.
Yesterday I hit up three thrift stores and one consignment store in hopes of pulling together the clothes for Pit Girl. I almost got there. I found a shockingly awesome pair of short shorts that fit me like whoa and a tank top that'll work well for distressing/destroying. I had no luck finding belts (WTF) and a little bit too much luck finding a cropped jacket because the one I found is too nice and looks too good on me to distress so I'm going to incorporate it into my regular wardrobe and continue the search. I had moderate luck finding jewelry, but I think I'm going to have to make some cloth totem bags to make the necklace collection look believable. All in all, though, I'm pleased with what I found. Especially the shorts.
Dead Girl, though. Ugh. Dead Girl. After dropping about $30 on the makeup at Fun & Games (and even talking with the guy who consults on the makeup there), I don't think I can make it work. The gelatin 3-D stuff to build the scar is too soft and rubbery and won't take the gray makeup which is too dark, anyway, and blending it with the light flesh tone does not work for me. I spent about an hour and a half fucking around with it last night and...yeah. I don't know how to make this work.
There are a couple problems with the arm scar. I don't want to rebuild it every time, but the gelatin stuff makes the waxed paper base wrinkle so it doesn't lie flat on my arm. The eyelash glue I used wasn't adhesive enough. I could use spirit gum, but I'm vaguely allergic. Plus, it would rip the hair off my arm when I removed it--making the skin even more likely to react. It's kind of a moot point anyway, since I can't use the makeup to blend it into my skin tone. What the fuck to people with any sort of skin coloration whatsoever use for this type of thing? Jesus.
I did have a good time sanding and staining her dress, though. I wore it down nicely (sandpaper + gravel = good combo), and got a fairly convincing dried-blood hand print with some thinned-down acrylic paint.
The makeup issue, though. Blargh. Really not sure what I want to do at this point. Just half-ass it and make my face up to look (extra) pale and sorta dead? Seems a pity to half-ass it, seeing as there will be a lot of people there with amazing makeup jobs. I just don't have the knowledge or experience here, and not a lot of time to research and practice on my own.
By the time 9:30 rolled around last night, I was wiped out (oh, I also did the grocery shopping for the week, cooked lunch and dinner, and prepped food for the week in addition to all the costuming stuff). What with my session with Andrew this morning, I need to take it pretty easy the rest of the afternoon or I'm going to put myself in a world of hurt for the start of the workweek.
MORE BLARGH.
I kind of want a cigarette.
Yesterday I hit up three thrift stores and one consignment store in hopes of pulling together the clothes for Pit Girl. I almost got there. I found a shockingly awesome pair of short shorts that fit me like whoa and a tank top that'll work well for distressing/destroying. I had no luck finding belts (WTF) and a little bit too much luck finding a cropped jacket because the one I found is too nice and looks too good on me to distress so I'm going to incorporate it into my regular wardrobe and continue the search. I had moderate luck finding jewelry, but I think I'm going to have to make some cloth totem bags to make the necklace collection look believable. All in all, though, I'm pleased with what I found. Especially the shorts.
Dead Girl, though. Ugh. Dead Girl. After dropping about $30 on the makeup at Fun & Games (and even talking with the guy who consults on the makeup there), I don't think I can make it work. The gelatin 3-D stuff to build the scar is too soft and rubbery and won't take the gray makeup which is too dark, anyway, and blending it with the light flesh tone does not work for me. I spent about an hour and a half fucking around with it last night and...yeah. I don't know how to make this work.
There are a couple problems with the arm scar. I don't want to rebuild it every time, but the gelatin stuff makes the waxed paper base wrinkle so it doesn't lie flat on my arm. The eyelash glue I used wasn't adhesive enough. I could use spirit gum, but I'm vaguely allergic. Plus, it would rip the hair off my arm when I removed it--making the skin even more likely to react. It's kind of a moot point anyway, since I can't use the makeup to blend it into my skin tone. What the fuck to people with any sort of skin coloration whatsoever use for this type of thing? Jesus.
I did have a good time sanding and staining her dress, though. I wore it down nicely (sandpaper + gravel = good combo), and got a fairly convincing dried-blood hand print with some thinned-down acrylic paint.
The makeup issue, though. Blargh. Really not sure what I want to do at this point. Just half-ass it and make my face up to look (extra) pale and sorta dead? Seems a pity to half-ass it, seeing as there will be a lot of people there with amazing makeup jobs. I just don't have the knowledge or experience here, and not a lot of time to research and practice on my own.
By the time 9:30 rolled around last night, I was wiped out (oh, I also did the grocery shopping for the week, cooked lunch and dinner, and prepped food for the week in addition to all the costuming stuff). What with my session with Andrew this morning, I need to take it pretty easy the rest of the afternoon or I'm going to put myself in a world of hurt for the start of the workweek.
MORE BLARGH.
I kind of want a cigarette.
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Are there any online Hollywoodish sites that might give some ideas beyond what the costume shop had? I bet they have to do crazy stuff off the cuff from time to time.
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Had to tell you, due to all of your Loki gifs I finally watched Thor last night. Mmm hmmm.
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:)
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I am so tired, I can't think of anything else to say.
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What sort of jacket? Denim? Leatherish? I have a couple of cast-offs of both.
I'm sure that there's a way for scar work.
(Where are all the zombie walk folks?!!)
What about building it up with hot glue or that tacky glue or puffy paint, and then gesso'ing and painting it?
I also have some of that vinyl base that M uses for bindis, if you want to try that instead of wax paper base. And I think the fashion tape idea is workable opposed to eyelash glue or spirit gum.
Still, it sounds like the clothing is going well.
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due to all of your Loki gifs I finally watched Thor last night. Mmm hmmm.
I have a lot of feelings about that movie.
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The biggest obstacle to the scar is that it needs to be stitched shut. So I need to use something that is soft enough after setting that I can push a needle and thread through it, but is hard enough to take makeup.
I think that vinyl base is too thick. You don't think the fashion tape would be visible underneath?
sounds like the clothing is going well.
Man, wait'll you see these shorts.
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The denim I'm thinking about is already partially distressed and shorter than most denim jackets.
Silicone caulking that brilliant Kalimeg said, that's the texture I was thinking. Not any harder to stitch with a leather needle than say.. leather :)
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That jacket is already sounding great.
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Seriously though, Branagh did some amazing things with this movie that take it far beyond a comic book movie. In fact, my first viewing I didn't like it because it wasn't what I was expecting in a comic book movie. Then I read a few essays and analytical critiques and holy shit this movie.
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