ABSTRACT
TOOLS AND MATERIALS Ultracal Palette knife 1-and 2-inch chip brushes Chavant® Le Beau Touché clay Sculpting tools Burlap fabric (loose weave) Hemp fiber Fiberglass mat, cloth, and tissue Drill and ½- or ¾-inch (12 mm or
19 mm) router bit WED clay or other water clay
Sharpie® or other marker Van Aken® nonsulfur plastalina (or something similar)
Solvent (whatever you used in Chapter 4)
Alginate Hot glue gun 3/8-inch (1 cm) foam core Misc. wood pieces of 2 × 4 and 1 × 2
(about 6-10 inches) Misc. containers Plastic wrap Formica® board or Masonite® (× 2) Paint stir sticks Clay cutter Rasp or sandpaper Coarse sandpaper 2 large flathead screwdrivers Petroleum jelly Superglue activator/accelerator Plaster bandages NIOSH respirator Soft brushes Latex, nitrile, and vinyl gloves Scissors Utility knife Misc. mold keys Green Soap Tincture Safety glasses Polyethylene sheet (drop cloth)
I strongly suggest you read this chapter all the way through at least once before attempting what follows. That way there shouldn’t be any surprises. As I’ve said before, the Boy Scout motto is a good one for makeup effects artists, too: Be prepared!
