Final Prosthetics Look

These are the images of my final prosthetics design. I was nervous at the start as I think sticking the pieces down in the right place is the hardest part as you have to get it in the right place without the baldiez overlapping it self and making it get wrinkly. Once I had done that part of the process the rest didn't seem to bad to continue. It took time and concentration for me to get the edges to blend away into the skin nicely. I found it a bit difficult to blend the balder away underneath the prosthetic piece as it is sitting on the brow bone but I tried my best and think I did well with blending away altogether.    I applied the foundation in layers to coverup what was underneath until it was completely covered and blended into the skin colour. Overall I think I did a good job and I am happy with how my application of blending the prosthetic into the skin. I think this was because of how much I had practiced and prepared myself for the assessment.

Final Low Tech Face Chart

This is my face chart for my low tech prosthetics design. After looking at the last 3 charts I had made I needed to think of time management and what materials I should use. I decided to create a design that didn't have as much detail as the previous 3 charts because I think they had too much detail and if I chose one of them it would have taken me a lot longer than it should to complete the look. For materials, I think I should use foil to create this look as I can manipulate it into shape and make it stick out of the face. Using foil will create creases but I think this will still look relatable to the concrete/ground and earthy look I am trying to approach.

Final Low Tech Prosthetics Design

These are the images of my final low tech prosthetics shoot. I made this look out of cereal oats and clusters by sticking them on with duo glue. I think I did well with application of the products as well as putting the cereal on symmetrically to match the other side of the face. I also think i covered the cereal well with foundation, making sure it matched the natural son colour. Thinking about it now, it could have been better if I had applied a bit more pattern to the face such as under the eyes and on the nose. It took me a while find a material that I could use for my design and decided to use the cereal because I can still place them on the face to match the shapes on my face chart and the cereal ca also show some texture to the face with the pattern. Overall I really like the outcome but could have applied more cereal on the face.

Low Tech Face Charts

These are face charts are for my low tech prosthetics design. These designs have been developed from the collages I made as well as the tribalism scarification and body art I have researched. I really like the designs but I need to think about maybe reducing some of it as when I create one of these designs it will definitely take me a while to do it and make sure everything is in the right place looking symmetrical. I also need to think about what materials I can use. I want to use material that will clearly stick out of the face and not just sit flatly like the fabric I used in the first low tech assessment. That material only worked because of the colouring I had used in that design.

These images of my first practice of using a bald cap. For a first try of applying a bald cap I think I did quite well. I found it difficult to make the cap completely skin colour but got there in the end and think the pictures make the cap look realistic enough. To practice this I would need to work on the placement of the cap so there are no wrinkles showing as you can see there are wrinkles on the front sides.

Practicing With Prosthetic Pieces

Equipment:

-       Powder

-       Buffer or blusher brush

-       Pin

-       Screenface Foundation

-       Prosaide

-       Acetone

-       Alcohol Active Vative Palette

-       Thick brushes

Method:

-       Cover the piece with powder. The piece is sticky and this will stop the stickiness.

-       Use a pin to get the piece off/out of the silicone

-       While doing this continue to powder and brush over while taking the piece off.

-       Put prosaide on face and piece using bud

-       Stick piece onto to face

-       With a bud apply acetone around the edges which will make it blend away. If acetone is applied around eye area have model’s eyes closed.

-       Once the edges are blended into the skin apply foundation over or the alcohol active palette

-       IPA BRUH cleaner activates the alcohol active palette.

-       Dip brush in IPA BRUH cleaner then in palette. Use yellow and red. Flick them onto to the piece and skin area.

Summary:

I found getting the piece off of the silicon quite difficult and took me a while. Once I had applied the piece over my eyebrow I think I did well applying the acetone and blending the edges away at the top. On the bottom I didn’t do as well but I just need to practice more to get it right.

Making My Prosthetics Pieces

Equipment:

-       Plastic base – non-pourous surface

-       Clay block

-       Sculpting tools

-       Hair dryer

-       knife

Method:

-       Take  a piece of clay from the block by cutting it off with a knife

-       Use a hairdryer on the clay to make it a bit softer and more malleable to sculpt

-       Place the clay on the plastic base and use the sculpting tools to create the shape you want of the clay.

-      When sculpting the shape, make sure the edges blend away like a slope around the shape.

Summary:

I found this part very tedious as it took me a day to create the mould. This is because I couldn’t make the edges properly without drawing away the shape and making it smaller and not the right shape I wanted. I think I did well smoothing it out in the end though.

 Equipment:

-       Cup

-       Measuring cups

-       Glue gun

-       Fixing spray

-       Petrolease spray

-       Pots A and B

-       Gloves

Method:

-       Wear gloves to protect from the substances you are using.

-       Spray the sculpt with fixer spray and wait to dry.

-       Then spray the sculpt with petrolease spray and wait to dry.

-       Cut the cup and use a glue gun to stick it down around the sculpt onto the plastic base.

-       Pour A substance into a cup and pour substance B into another cup at the same measurement of 50ml.

-       Mix A and B together to create silicon.

-       Pour the silicon over the sculpt and wait for it to dry.

-       When dry remove the silicon.

 Equipment:

-       IPA BRUH cleaner

-       Petrolease spray

-       Cotton buds

-       Baldiez

-       Acetone

-       Naptha

-       Sticks

-       Substances A, B and C

-       Pigment colouring

-       Scales

-       Measuring cups

-       Brush

-       Hairdryer

-       Gloves

Method:

-       Wear gloves to protect from the substances and sprays you are using.

-       Clean silicone with IPA BRUH cleaner using cotton buds

-       Spray the silicone with petrolease spray

-       Measure 100ml of acetone in a measuring cup and 50ml of baldiez in another. Mix them together

-       Use a brush to cover the mixture onto the silicone.

-       Use a hairdryer to dry this layer. Repeat this part again and make another layer

-       Using the scales measure 50g of A and B substances each and then 90g for C substance.

-       Mix these 3 together and put a very small amount of pigment skin colour into the mixture.

-       Pour the mixture over the sculpt shape in the silicone until full and spread it evenly with stick

-       Using a bud put Naptha on the silicone 1cm around perimeter of sculpt shape.

Summary:

I also found this part of the process easy and straight forward as my prosthetic piece dried without contamination.

Summary:

I found this part of the process quite easy and straight forward to do and the silicon dried normally without contamination.