Last Minute Ideas: Zombie
Thursday, October 29th, 2009 by tcg
I asked around at work for ideas. I received two good suggestions from my coworkers. The first up is zombie.
This one is almost overdone, but it’s still soooo good when anyone puts in the effort. Luckily, the effort can be cheap! Gather your old clothes, perhaps the ones you use when you clean or work in the garage. Old nice clothes are better—you did just rise from the grave after all. But any will do.
This is important: damage the clothes. Really. Tear them, cut them, cover them in mud, whatever you like. Put them on. Mess up your hair. And prepare to zombify yourself. Shazam!
That’s me over there looking oh so nasty in the picture. I didn’t use a single bit of professional or stage makeup to achieve this look. No prostheses. First I attach puffs of cotton to my face for the wounds**. Next I applied purple and blue eyeshadow around the eyes, sores, and mouth. I added some blue pencil around the eyes for fun. You can’t really tell, but there is some very pale foundation and orange eyeshadow dabbed around the face to even out the blues. The seeping blood is good ol’ gooey red lipgloss.
I added the floppy skin at the last second just to see if I could. It’s foundation covered toilet paper. Glued it in place with the spirit gum**. Cool, huh? You don’t have to buy anything new…unless your a bachelor who doesn’t cross dress….which may be a few of you. *wink* Don’t fuss too much. Quick and dirty as they say.
You can pick up some stage blood at the costume store for your clothes and face. Or you can make your own blood at home.
**I used spirit gum. Do not use spirit gum if you have sensitive skin. I suggest purchasing remover when you buy the spirit gum. Failing that, use rubbing alcohol, baby oil, or cold cream. Spirit gum sticks well and all day through sweat. Or you can opt to use eyelash adhesive or even standard white glue (school glue that is non-toxic like Elmer’s).
October 30th, 2009 at 11:23 am
This is fantastic. My first reaction was, “oh, my God, what happened”, then I remembered I was on a costume site.
Great job!