This design was something I've always wanted to create but I wanted to give it a twist. Snow Queens and Ice Queens have been done so many times and always have that evil sultry look which was a trait I wanted for my design but I wanted to mix in the eeriness that prosthetics can bring to a character, that alien-est/ other worldly look. And so I begin to sculpt a forehead piece which would be the focal point of the character.
As with all my sculpts am using Monster Clay from +PS Composites Ltd which is quiet solid and firm which I find helps me get the details but you can soften it up a bit using a hairdryer to "melt" it a bit.
The prosthetic is moulded using gelatine purchase from +PS Composites Ltd One day I will learn how to cast foam latex but for now am happy with my gelatine.
My character story for this look is that she is Queen of Ice who rules over a barren waste land of snow and ice. She is fierce and a deadly warrior who protects her domain to the point she has begun to morph into her surrounds with the ice crystals protruding out her forehead and her skin turning to ice.
I keep the colour palette to more glittery/metallic effects using blues and whites from +MEL Products range of PAX paints to create the base colours and then build up the iridescent tones using +Kryolan Professional Make-up Body Makeup Powder in "Silver" and Mehron Metallic Powders also in silver which can be purchased from +Guru Makeup Emporium Ltd
I also experimented with a glitter nail polish which I previously used to create the crown for this character...worked out nicely on the peaks of the ice crystals.
I will admit that some of the edges on this piece were thick...which panicked me a bit but you know me, see a challenge face it head on. There's always a solution to the problem to disguise these sorts of things.
The application of this end up being a mixture of beauty makeup techniques as well as SFX techniques to disguise joins and create an overall balanced effect.
I used silicone based sculpt gel in the joins of the prosthetic piece to ensure they were disguised as best as position. I used Skin Sculpt from +PS Composites Ltd which is clear which makes it easier to colour the piece exactly to the colour of the rest of the character.
The entire piece was glued down using Telesis which is my favourite adhesive to use as once the piece is on its on, and because this prosthetic is gelatine based it can be heavy, which can cause problems with some adhesives but this one always works for me.
I used a mixture of Mehron Face paints for the base all over the face then began adding highlights with the Kryolan Body Makeup Powder in silver. Building the colour in areas that I wanted to draw attention to.
Using a mixture of eyeshadow I created further depth using +Sugarpill Edward Scissorhands palette in the shades "Home Sweet Home" ( a beautiful baby blue colour with sparkles.) and "Ice Angel" (shimmery white with blue tones.) as well as the Sweet Heart palette in shades "Afterparty" and "Tako"
As well as +Kat von D eyeshadows from her amazing monarch palette: chrysalis. Shade used include "Lunar Lights" (Soft silvery colour) "Melancholia" (Metallic Silver) and "Graphic Nature" (dark grey metallic colour)
All of which were using in some way to create the contouring and enhance the colours in the prosthetic piece.
The crown is also created by me, using the same colours used on the prosthetic and a hot glue gun and wire.
On the lips I used Mehron's Liquid Metal in Silver which is an amazing lush product that comes in bronze as well as gold and really does create this smooth metallic colour once mixed with there mixing liquid.
And there you have it, my Ice Queen character.
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