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How to Create Silicone Transfer Makeups: Plastic Wrap "Life-Casting"

Learn to create silicone prosthetic transfer appliances with award-winning Makeup FX artist Neill Gorton (Doctor Who, The Wolfman)

June 10, 2016
How to Create Silicone Transfer Makeups: Plastic Wrap "Life-Casting"

How to Lifecast with Plastic Wrap

In this excerpt from Part 1 of "Silicone Prosthetic Transfer Appliances: Age Makeup," award-winning Makeup FX artist Neill Gorton (Doctor Who, The Wolfman, Saving Private Ryan) shows you how to create an effective facial life-cast using nothing more than plastic wrap, adhesive, and a felt-tipped marker.

Free mini-lesson highlights:

  • Facial "life-casting" with plastic wrap & adhesives
  • Capturing "essential" information
  • Using hash marks to denote sculpture thickness
  • Tracing existing & new wrinkles, lines, and contours

Watch the Silicone Prosthetic Transfer Appliances Course Series with Neill Gorton: