Cody Beltram

Zombie Make Up

These are some shots of my custom make up from Halloween 2011.  I sculpted the prosthetics in Sculpy, created a molds with Smooth-On OOMOO 30, then cast in latex.  Painted quickly with acrylic and applied even quicker.  So the actual application job was pretty crappy.  Had 45 minutes to apply before kids started showing up for trick-or-treating.

MunnyWorld entry – “!BOOM!”

“!BOOM!”
This is my first custom DIY designer vinyl “Munny” toy from Kidrobot. I was inspired to see if I could capture action with my concept. Since the toys on their own are very static, I wanted to a design that was much more dynamic. I’m excited to start on my next concept.

My process:
First, I made the explosion form out of Great Stuff expanding foam on a styrofoam ball. I then created a 2-part mold of it with OOMOO® Silicone Rubber from Smooth-On. After that, I did a slush cast with a translucent urethane plastic (also from Smooth-On) so I’d have a hollow plastic form. Painted it with transparent red and acrylic paint.

The smoke trails were made with Great Stuff on wire so I could bend them once it was dry and it would have stability. Could have cast them too, but I felt it would have added too much weight with such a small area for adhesion.

The lighting was made of 2 yellow and 1 red LED that flickered. The flickering was controlled by an Arduino microcontroller that I programmed so it would flicker randomly. The Arduino I used was the Boarduino which has a much smaller footprint so it could fit inside the base.

The base was made out of paper mache (the kind in a grey brick at your local art supply store).