Stormtrooper Helmets Background

here's the second in the lot of TK goodies from SDS/ AA please see other post for abbreviations.

This is commonly know as a background & or that miss-noma "Stunt" helmet, essentially the helmets worn in the background by the extras in starwars. The back & top of the helmet are quite possibly not from real screen used molds so too the same as the face plate. originally 50 or so of these helmets were made, then the molds were "re-worked" to make the 6 principle actors helmets "hero lids" the differences between the background & principle actors helmets are the backgrounds have longer grey painted frowns, more teeth holes are cut, the black rubber brow is lower, they have flat green film gel strips instead of bubbled lenses & there is only one screw fixed to the round body of the ear caps.

The assembly is fractionally better placed than the other SDS/AA lid but not by much, the back & cap portion of the helmet is also much larger.

Devil paint up pt2, pt3

nxt up is the 2nd stage of the devil appliance, same deal agin with the pax paint mix. So I stipled the face with a base of mixed red due to the probs with the horns I still wanted to continue but away from the detail work.

I was fairly pleased with the slight sheene to the paint but it did'nt last long...The areas around all edged are left unpainted as when it's applied to a blad cap & skin there needs to be an overlap area to blend in the seams.

I ltr add a second stipled coat to the face with a deeper off red for texture & added several washes over the horns, to remove any excese & gain depth, occasionally remove any overspill with a light brush dipped in water or a sponge.

& last pic's of the finished horn detail for now.

Paint Up of the Sexy Devil

So I'm jumping over topics, Hey ho wat dy'a no!

here's a start on the sexy devil foam latex appliance.
I started on the horns which in hind sight was a miss-take :( but you live n' learn:)

Mixing a little pros-aide with acrylic paint 50/50 in a foil container, I started with a base coat of off white, then biult up with a layer of milky yellow , then sadly it went belly up with the detailing but I eventually managed to back pedal.


This the first coat applyed with a sponge, "stipled" you need to bin the sponge afterward as glue & sponges are no freinds.

it looks a lot better with the re-paint Honest!!!, I'll post more pic's ltr, as I tend to jump from the horns to the base colour for the face then returned to the Horns again.

Making a Prosthetic Pull Over Mask, Ape

So to go back to the Gorilla appliance untill I figure how to make threads on topics.

Nxt up is as the title suggests:

You will need:

(1) a Foam latex appliance

(2) some four way stretch Spandex, black preferably & thread to sew.

(3) a styrofoam head

(4) Spray type Glue "carpet glue will do"

(5) a wig

(6) a beard

(7) Pros-Aide

(8) acrylic paints

(9) stipling sponges

(10) super sculpy

(11) some time, patience & a flare for EFX make-up

I pinned the spandex to the foam head, removed then sewed the hood, cut out material where I anticipated that I would need the clean appliance to be ltr on to glue it to my skin.

Here's a pic of the roughly finished spandex hood

Sexy Devil "foam Latex Appliance"

Quick update!

nxt up is a foam latex appliance, courtesy of Andy Wright from http://www.morphstore.com/ To learn a bit more about SFX make-up/blending & Generally getting into the goo a little more I opted to get this as another learner project & hopefully as a costume Character in time for the new years party.

here's how it arrives in it's raw form & placed on a five dollar polystyrene head.

There is also an excellent Tutorial on the morphstore website of applying a foam application & adding the make-up, it's in a pdf format & worth saving. However If you still need more info Andy is excellent with post purchase follow up. Occasionally the morphstore run bargin offers on various appliances via ebay, so if youve a little post Halloween cash you may want to check them out.

Gorilla "foam Latex Appliance" & cheap hair!

So I like thing's Ape.


One example of this is here:

This is one of my apemania gorilla appliance's on a spandex hood, with a cheap Do! it's still needs to be finished but it's getting there.

The great thing with Apemania is the mask's are from screen molds, it's a licenced product so there's no need for any skull-duggery in getting a hold of one but in the world of appliances they aint cheap, you will need to go Ape with the wallet but Brian & the gang are a professional Hollywood SFX company so you get what you pay for.

Check out http://www.apemania.com/ for other cool Monkey stuff. btw Brian & the Troupe there are top guy's & they have a layaway offer on the merchendise which comes in handy.

Buffy! Hush! "Gentelmen"

Ok! So whilst getting the hang of this I'm going to start with the most recent stuff first.

So first up, here's the newest little piece of my screen memorabillia in the odd's & end's collection.

It's a foam latex Appliance from the TV series Buffy TVS, the Character is one of the Gentlemen from the Fourth Series: Episode Hush, the Piece is numbered 1 & was not used on screen but was in the production, hense the lack of make-up/paint.

IMHO! I think It's one of the best Scary monsters ever, with vitually no dialogue through the whole episode it's a creepy entity that goes back to horror basics.

Here's a shot of what it looked like on the small screen with make up & ensemble. I'll post up some better pic's when I've the time.
The mask itself arrived quickly, well packaged & with an authentic COA, so I'm a happy Bunny.

I hope to add a few more items to this collection as I'm a big Buffy Fan, "Hush" & "once more with Feeling" are two of my all time favourite things to watch. Another plus is this gives me another great example of how to sculpt something sinisterly cool for when I break out the clay ltr on.