prosthetic peices and how to apply them-Sue Mainstone

Today In Sue Mainstone's we learned how to apply prosthetic pieces. Prosthetic pieces are used in movies because Sue gave us a demonstration and then we were to go ahead with the application.

Health and Safety:

1. Make sure that you set up your workspace neatly with all trip hazards out of the way.
2. Make sure you have tested the products on your client first to make sure there are no bad reactions.
3. Fill out a consultation.
4. Clean and disinfect tools before use
5. Cover your client

Tools Used:

1. Couch roll, tissue, cotton buds, wooden spatulas, palette, mixing bowl.
2. Prosthetic piece made from either Gelatine or latex
3. Prosade (Glue for prosthetics)
4. Pro-clean (to remove the prosthetic and glue)
5. Barrier cream
6. Fake blood in Dark
7. Witch Hazel for blending into the skin
8. Scissors
9. Baby Powder
10. Supracolor Palette Kryolan
11. Bruise wheel

Step by Step:

1. Cover model
2. Clean away any makeup or anything on the skin.
3. Apply barrier cream to the desired area.
4. Cut the prosthetic piece. Jaggedy to help blend it into the skin
5. Apply a thin layer of glue (Prosade) to the skin and let it go clear. This helps as it will have tack and help the prosthetic stay in place.
6. Also apply a thin layer of glue (Prosade) to the prosthetic piece and let this go clear also. Apply this all the way to the edge of the piece.
7. Lay it down on the skin carefully, making sure that every bit is stuck. Put a lot of pressure whilst applying it to the skin, pushing it into the skin. This will help whilst blending it.
8. Spend A lot of time blending in with the witch hazel on a baby bud. push outwards so to blend in the skin.
9. Use baby powder to set it and remove the tackiness. 
10. Then you can apply the colour from your supracolor palette. Blend the colours to create a sore look depending on the prosthetic piece. Referring back to your inspiration images. This helps with colour. 
11. Then you can apply the fake blood or pus or both to create a realistic look.
12. To remove, wash off the makeup and and colour and then remove the prosthetic piece with Pro-clean. 

Outcome and Thoughts:

I really enjoyed todays class. I found the process really relaxing and cathartic and enjoyed learning a new technique. I did however find this really challenging and I feel that this area of the industry takes a lot of practise, determination, and patience. This is all about realism and continuity and I feel that it takes a lot of commitment. I do also feel that this will help me massively in the future as I may not be using this technique in a direct way but I might need this is more artistic projects and I feel that this will be a really useful skill to learn.