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Saturday, October 19, 2013

Evil Dead 1981: Demon

                Well, this one should be fun. There is this pretty cool demon that I had my eyes on to recreate. This demon is pretty creepy for 1981. I was actually impressed to see is in The Evil Dead. This effect is a bit more advanced so you will need to get a few more things than usual. You can go to any Halloween store and get a few makeup kits. These are just for the colors and some extra accessories. You can get a zombie and a Frankenstein kit. Then zombie kit will help with the colors and Frankenstein for staples. You will also need liquid latex, tweezers, a few brushes, grey hair spray, and some white powder.

                 The first thing you will need to do is cover your entire face with the white crème makeup provided in the zombie kit. Next you can put some black and red around your eyes. Red should go to your nose and a bit on your forehead. We will be putting a gash on your forehead more towards the end. A light amount of black should be applied to your eyebrows and your lips. The next step is to apply the texture to your face. This is done by using liquid latex and single ply toilet paper. Make sure there is no design on the toilet paper. So basically buy the cheapest brand possible, they tend to have less designs on them. You apply each layer by layer, alternating between first liquid latex and then toilet paper until you get the thickness you want.
                Before the liquid latex is fully dried, you can make is smudge on the top of your forehead, the bridge of your nose, around your cheeks by where you smile, and under your eyes. You can also choose the side of your forehead you want the gash to go on. Take the tweezers and lightly separate the width you would like.

                While you allow that to dry, you can go ahead and spray your hair gray. Your hair should look messy so don’t worry about styling it or making sure it doesn't get messed up. Once the liquid latex is a bit drier you can start applying more color to your face. You should see light amounts of where previous color was previously applied. You can apply black around the gash and under your eyes. If you decided to make more cuts or tears then you should apply black to all of those areas as well. You should add some more/ a darker red to the very deepest part of the gashes or cuts.

                In the very end you should apply white powder to your entire face excluding the cuts and your eyes where the liquid latex has been smudged down. If you want and have the extra materials you could also add some black eye liner lines lightly to your chin with some water over it to look like drool and black matte eye shadow to your eyebrows to make them look dustier. If you did end up getting the fake staples then you can apply them to the large gash on your forehead. Whether you use skin wax, stick the staples into the already used latex, or apply using fresh liquid latex, you should make sure they are stable and won’t bother you the rest of the time. When you are done you can go ahead and apply some white power to the staples to make them look old like the rest of the face that you just created.

                Some of this stuff may come off throughout the day, so it would be wise to carry around your liquid latex so that you can do minor fixes when needed. Something else you could try is to spray some hairspray on your face so that there is less of a chance of all the powder coming off.

                Have fun scaring people!:)

Dramatic exit—Director J

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