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Visit From Kristyan Mallet

Disease Demo at AUB

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In this session Kristyan demonstrated subtle and realistic skin diseases.

The prosthetic pieces he used were leftover pieces from the different projects he has worked on.

This demo is particularly useful to my as I am doing a similar makeup for this unit.

Process

1. Skin Prep - before applying any other products Kristyan uses Bris to clean oils and dirt off the skin and help protect it.

2. For this application Kristyan used Telesis 7, this adhesive is his glue of choice when it comes to working with prosthetics that cover a lot of the face and need to last for a long time. - Telesis 7 has longer working time than telesis 5, and it is just as strong. Because it comes with the thinner already in the mix it turns out that it is cheaper in the long run.

The prosthetic on the forehead here. Is a bondo transfer.

During the casting process for mould release Kristyan recommends Vaseline, then zinc stearate spray release, and then 2 layers of sprayed cap plastic, then fill the mould with bondo.

Below is the set up for the demo, and the layout for the prosthetics.

This was so great to see how clean and organised a professional make-up artist sets out his work station.

And it was good to see how he keeps his prosthetics, pinned to foam boards.

He has his separate brush pots for his clean and used brushes to keep hygienic.

His materials also included Green marble, spray dirt and liquid skin illustrator. Which were just good to note, to have in my kit.

These prosthetics are encapsulated in Pro-cap plastic plus which is an acetone based cap plastic.

Kristyan claims that acetone cap plastic is stronger than Alcohol based encapsulator, and on application creates less wrinkled edges. It also allows IPA activated paints like Skin Illustrator to be painted directly onto the appliance without it destroying the encapsulator.

Also IPA encapsulator does not last as long as acetone cap plastic.

They run using pro-gel platinum silicone and are deadened to 80%.

When applying prosthetics under the eyes, It is best to remove most of the cap plastic prior to application. for a) ease and b) for comfort of the model.

Also when dissolving cap plastic, Kristyan uses and reccomends a small, precise eyeliner brush (like the one pictures below), with minimal acetone on the brush, and simply cut the cap plastic, try to to keep solvents away from the skin and not to brush it away into the skin.

Extra Tips from Kristyan Mallett

Throughout the application Kristyan was giving other tips and tricks that did not quite relate to this application. His tips are listed below.

Sometimes there can be air pockets under the prosthetic after application. This happens especially after the application has been worn for some time. This happens where the pores are trapped and air expands, to rectify this on set, you can use a small pin to pop the air bubbles, this does the least damage to the prosthetic, but must be done with care and precision for the model's sake.

To clean his brushes that are covered in telesis, Kristyan will use ethanol activator or IPA to clean.

Where you can, paint the prosthetic with silicone paints before application, as much as possible to cut down on application time.

On application, before repairing any edges, always paint the prosthetic first, as this may conceal the edges. If they are still noticeable after this then you can use bondo for a filler to blend the edge.

Make sure you do as little repair work as possible, make sure that your application is flawless before painting the prosthetic, it is worth spending extra time and care on this rather than repairing later.

Lips- when sculpting the prosthetic, try to avoid sculpting around the corners of the mouth, as these areas are extremely hard to blend, and move a lot, so often would cause problems throughout the day.

When dehydrating bondo pieces, you only need to dehydrate them if they are thicker then 3mm, if they are thinner it would dry them out.

For really thick bondo transfers, you can freeze them to keep them for longer.