Claudia Face & Hair Chart

Mrs Laderman - Final Look & Evaluation

Products/equipment used (plus a hairdryer)

After stretch & stipple, cinewax wounds, liquid latex and oats 

After applying supracolor & bruise wheel colours 

After applying fake blood, wound filler and conditioner to the hair

 This was the make-up and hair complete, but me and my model persevered to get the contact lenses in because we knew that it would give that true zombie look... 

Eventually, we finally managed to do it! The model had to hold her eyes open, whilst I put the contacts in - this was definitely an experience I had never done before, but I was very happy with how it contributed to the final look. The only problem is that it made the models eyes water a lot, and so the make-up around the eyes ran and moved a lot, therefore I had to ensure I touched this up when the contacts were successfully in. 

Final Images

I was actually very satisfied with how the final look turned out - I felt she looked very zombie-like, and furthermore, she looked like a zombie specifically from The Walking Dead. 

If I were to do that look again, one thing I would change and improve would be the neck - where the face had quite a lot of product on and quite a few layers, the neck only had foundation and supracolor on, and therefore made them appear slightly differently on camera. I think I also should have added a bit of blood/darker bruises to the neck. Also, there is a small section just about the eyebrow where it is not as textured as the rest of the face, but I did not notice this until looking back at the pictures, so I would have touched this area up. 

However, I think I had just about the right amount of blood on the face, e.g. you could see that she had a lot of fresh wounds from where she had recently turned into a walker, and the look was not underdone, or even overdone, which was my main concern in this project. I feel that this has made me more confident and actually more interested in using Special FX make-up and I hope to expand my knowledge and technical ability within this area over time. I think my character fits very well into my chosen TV series because this is how zombies are portrayed throughout The Walking Dead (despite any previous/other perceptions of zombies being green,etc.) so I feel that I stuck to the brief and produced a good outcome that took the brief into consideration. 

The Final Touches... (Mrs Laderman)

One thing I noticed about the walkers in The Walking Dead is that they all wear contact lenses, and I think this is a key thing that makes them look so scary and so zombie-like. 

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After doing some research I found out that The Walking Dead have contact lenses specially made for the series, and they have special technicians to put them in. Having said that, I went ahead and purchased some all white contact lenses, so that I have the option there if possible, because I feel it would definitely complete my look, however I/my model may not be able to put them in, so I will just have to wait and see how the model copes with them. 

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Styling

The clothes the model will be wearing will appear quite innocent and typical clothing of Mrs Laderman before she became a zombie - it will almost be ironic that she will have such a 'cute' t-shirt, but yet is a flesh-eating zombie.  It will be a fairly neutral colour, e.g. brown/grey, because that it often the case in The Walking Dead. 

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Initially, when you think of zombies you automatically think ripped clothes covered in blood, but when you look at The Walking Dead this is not the case; in fact the clothes are merely just a bit dirty. Furthermore, at this point, Mrs Laderman has only just turned into a walker, and therefore will not yet have ventured that far or got into that many bloody, dirty situations. 

Further Practice Of Mrs Laderman's Hair & Make-up (on myself)

I did everything the same as shown in the previous post, up until it came to the wounds... 

I created the forehead wound the same way, I just toned it down slightly and made it smaller in size

 I created a much smaller wound on one side of the face, almost just like a cut

 I then created the bigger wound on the other side of the face 

I feel the I took the blood slightly too high up towards the eye, so I will not do that in the final look. I then covered the lips in wound filler and fake blood. 

HAIR

My models' hair is very short (much shorter than mine) and therefore will require little styling - I will backcomb it slightly and add conditioner to the hair to make it appear very dirty and greasy, just like they do in The Walking Dead. 

Final Look:

I was much happier with how this look came out - I felt it was much more realistic (or as real as a zombie can be!) and would fit well into the scenes of The Walking Dead. I now felt much more confident in what I was doing and what techniques/skills I needed to carry out, and I can only hope that it works just as effectively on my older model. 

Practicing Mrs Laderman's Make-up On Myself

It is key to remember that my actual model will be aged 45, so fits Mrs Laderman's character profile perfectly; I am only practicing the special effects techniques on myself, so it will look very different for my final character. 

Products/Equipment needed:

• Hairdryer
• Toilet paper
• A comb
• Conditioner
• A palette knife
• A small pot/container
• Foundation palette
• Supracolor palette
• Sponges
• Stipple sponge
• Translucent powder
• A puff
• Foundation brush
• Eye shadow brush x3
• Liquid latex
• Fake blood
• Wound filler
• Fake dirt
• Cinewax
• Bruise wheel
• A barrier/shield for the skin 
• Tooth enamel 

First of all I applied Kryolan pro shield, so to shield the face from any harsh products

Products needed for the forehead 

First of all, I used the stretch & stipple technique, whereby I stretched my forehead, applied liquid latex and then dried it using a hairdryer (on a COOL setting). 

I repeated this process 2/3 times

I then mixed some oats in with the liquid latex and applied this to one side of my forehead 

 I applied small random pieces of Cine-wax to one side of my face and picked at them with a stipple sponge. 

I then covered my nose in liquid latex, stuck pieces of tissue over the top, and repeated this process a few times to create more texture and zombie-like skin

I covered my whole face in a layer of liquid latex to tie everything together

I applied a layer of foundation, and started adding black/grey tones (from the suprcolor palette) to hollow out the face, following the structure of a skull

I began adding other colours to make it more zombie and ill-looking, e.g. greens, yellows, purples

 I then created 3 wounds (see previous post) on the forehead and each side of the face

 I then covered the lips in blood, as though the walker had just eaten someone, and tried to get blood to drip down the chin

 Finally, I added black tooth enamel to show that the teeth are beginning to rot and clearly aren't taken care of 

 Final look:

I felt that the make-up had been slightly overdone - there was too much going on, e.g. the wound on one side of the face needs to be much smaller, the head wound needs to be toned down slightly, and I'm not entirely sure if I will include the tooth enamel because it would be hard to have the model showing their teeth and be positioned in a natural, zombie-like pose. However, as a first attempt I think it was quite successful and allowed me to get to grips with the special effects products I am using, and I think if I make the changes (stated above) it will be quite successful.