Zombies was my favorite theme through the years (hence my nick) and I've tried every different theme I could think of.
Texturing is a great addition in zombie makeups and it can be done on the cheap without pricey prosthetics. One of my favorite ingredients is cereal. big wrinkly flakes (like Wheaties) spaced close together gives a great dry-rot effect, sort of like a dry lakebed. Grape Nuts gives a nice corroded look (vermiculite is also good for this... just don't get them mixed up and try to eat your vermiculite in the morning). Rice Krispies here and there make nice warty nodules. Avoid Alpha Bits cuz it would look really, really stupid.
Since makeup doesn't spread well on the cereal flakes I lay them out on a newspaper first and give them a spritz of grey hair-coloring spray on the "seen" side, then powder them when they're dry.
Happy Re-animating! :zombie:
Texturing is a great addition in zombie makeups and it can be done on the cheap without pricey prosthetics. One of my favorite ingredients is cereal. big wrinkly flakes (like Wheaties) spaced close together gives a great dry-rot effect, sort of like a dry lakebed. Grape Nuts gives a nice corroded look (vermiculite is also good for this... just don't get them mixed up and try to eat your vermiculite in the morning). Rice Krispies here and there make nice warty nodules. Avoid Alpha Bits cuz it would look really, really stupid.
Since makeup doesn't spread well on the cereal flakes I lay them out on a newspaper first and give them a spritz of grey hair-coloring spray on the "seen" side, then powder them when they're dry.
Happy Re-animating! :zombie: