You might remember some weeks ago I shared some behind the scenes photographs of the Music Video for “My Little Honda 50“. I shared the actual video later on facebook, but for those that didn’t catch it there I thought I would post it up on the blog too.
It is very tongue in cheek and was quite a bit of craic!
I did a Music Video with Hazel Entertainments for Seamus Moore a musician from London a couple of weeks ago called, “My Honda 50″. The song itself is written by Thomas Tuohy a musician from Timahoe, Co. Kildare. Christy Moore did a cover of this song last year on the Late Late Show.
It was a really fun and interesting shoot to work on. I got to hand lay some facial hair for this Desert Prince Look:
Also got to do other interesting character make-ups like Sgt Kelly – Garda , Beetle Juice, the Blues Brothers, a priest, a convict, a doctor, a gangster and a nun.
He also had a little accident
And of course had a bit of a scrape. Get the plaster!
Stefania Maniscalco was my wonderful Make-Up Assistant on the day, thanks
Here is a little test I did with the airbrush, just wanted to see how the colours lasted. I am using Graftobian F/X Aire Colours in Blue and White with the Graftobian Magic Set on top.
So far it is transfer resistant and quite matt, looks like it might just last the day. I am going to go outside and see how it holds up to the rain
I will have some step by step instructions of the AVATAR MAKEUP soon.
A while ago I told you guys that I was going to do the Make-Up of Avatar for halloween. Well I have had a really busy schedule which has meant that I haven’t been able to put aside as much time for this as I would have liked.
Anyway I have started the process and here are a couple of shots of me during my lifecast. We used fast set alginate and plaster bandages. First you vaseline all the back of the head and any hair in the front like eyelashes, eyebrows, nape of neck etc. Then you apply bald cap, in this case we just used a swimming cap as we had a bit of a disaster with our bald cap! You then build up the back half of the head using just plaster bandage as the detail of the cast doesn’t have to be that defined. Then you mix a small amount of alginate and do the nose first so that you can breath out of it. Then you go ahead and mix the rest of the batch of alginate and cover the entire face including eyes, ears and mouth. Be extremely careful that the noseway is kept clear at all times…you have to breath! After the alginate is set you then cover this with plaster bandages to strengthen and support the structure. You can then start to wriggle your face and pull apart the mould. All going well you should have a perfect cast of yourself.
Word of warning! Don’t wear make up while doing the life cast, for some reason whatever make-up I had on my eyelids really liked adhering to the alginate and made for a REALLY uncomfortable few minutes when I thought I wouldn’t be able to get it off! Also this lifecast was done by professional Make-Up Artists (myself and my friend). We are highly trained, we are just sharing the information with you, so please do not attempt to do this at home!
