Horn Application | clairegolbymue

Gelatine Horn Application

- I applied these appliances with pros-aide, applying it with a cotton bud to the prosthetic, pressing it to the skin and then drying both surfaces with a hairdryer until the glue was clear, before fully attatching the piece.

- As the edges came out so thick, I tried blending them away with witch hazel, and tried warming the witch hazel slightly (as my research suggested), but they were too thick. So I decided to try and blend the edge by using a few layers of cabopatch.

- This certainly helped, but created a bumpy texture around the base.

-I painted over and around the horns using skin illustrator, adding some veining (upon reflection, too much veining) as a side effect of the horns.

- I also added some ghoulish makeup by paleing my skin, contouring

my eyes and cheekbones with burgandy tones (to match the horns,

and blanking out my lips and adding black to the centre. I just wanted

to try matching some facial makeup with the horns, which I think

worked well, and creates a cohesive look overall, and more of a

character.

- I think with better edges and a slightly more refined facial makeup,

that this look would be appropriate for film/TV purposes. The horns

are certainly functional from a practical point of view and would not

hinder the wearer in any way, and would be able to be worn

for long periods of time.

Silicone Horn Application

- Because the edges on these pieces were so thick and were mostly silicone so they wouldn't blend anyway, I decided to cut them back to the base of the piece and try and blend them in the cabopatch.

- I applied about 3 layers of cabopatch, applying and smoothing it with cotton buds.

- The edges didn't turn out great, but I think it was a better solution than trying to work with the initial edges. The cabopatch looks too bumpy around the base of the horn, although it does fade into nothing, which is good.

- I coloured around the cabopatch with skin illustrator (which I can see in the photos is slightly too dark for my model's skin tone) and I added a couple of small purple veins as a kind of side effect of the horns.

- I think the edges and overall look of these horns are better than the gelatine ones. I wasn't sure which ones looked better after painting, but application has shown me that the silicone ones look better. I think its because the skin area of the silicone looks more realistic, maybe silicone is more receptive to skin illustrator than gelatine.

- Obviously because of the edges, these piece could not be used for film/TV. They're very stable and firmly applied, so they are practical for film, and I think if I re-ran them and was able o achievve better edges, then they would look ready as well.

Foam Horns Application

- Unfortunately, one of the silicone bases for the horns had completely torn away from its flashing, but the other one was intact. I applied pros-aide to both, positioned them on the skin and then hairdried both surfaces until the glue was clear before securing them.

- Thankfully the piece without flashing laid close enough to the skin without any need for a cabopatch edge. However, the edges on the other piece blended really well, and that side does untimately look better, as the base is fused with the skin more.

- I hadn;t really planned on what to do for a paint job, as I'd already pre-painted the appliances, but after they were on my model, I realised I needed some way to blend them more seamlessly into the skin

- I decided to take the carved linear lines down onto the skin, using a fine brush with skin illustrator in the matching skin colour and also the purple tone, to make it look like the indents ran into the skin as well as the horn base area, which I think worked really effectively .

- I attatched the horns to the appliances with spitit gum, as I felt it would hold the horns more securely than pros-aide.

- As I mentioned before, the appliances were slightly too big for the horns. I tried sticking the silicone to the horn to make them look like a better fit, but that kind of distorted the shape of the rest of the silicone piece, so I left it. I think painting the inside of the piece to match the horns helped cover this a little.

- I did powder the horns slightly after painting them with PAX paint, which I think mattified them down to a more accurate level of shine.

- Overall I think this design turned out really well. I think the look if fluent and congruous, and i'm really pleased with the symmetry of the horns and silicone pieces considering they were all sculpted seperately. I think the textures I sculpted work well together, and that the matte surface if the silicone looks good against the shinniness of the horn.

- I think that if the silicone appliances were re-done to accurately fit the horns better, then this look would be film ready. It's ready from a practical and wearable point of view, as my model was comfortable, and the horns were firmly secured and light to wear, I think aside from the fit issues, they are ready for film.