Walkers.
If you've never seen the show you need to understand that
one I really recommend you check it out it is on Netflix and two that
"walkers" are nothing like the traditional zombies from when zombies
first joined pop culture. These "walkers" don't skulk in the shadows
all the time, these walkers are in the Atlanta heat, skin decomposing and
rotting in the sun. But no worries none of the extras were hurt they used lots
of sunscreen and cool tricks to make sure they didn't sweat or ruin the
zombify-ed look that Nicotero, yes, the Nicotero from From Dusk Till Dawn. He is absolutely a master of his
trade. But moving on these walkers have their looks down to the finest detail, even
their eyes are void of most coloration and there is no sparkle no shine in
their eyes that signify life. There are around 60 different contact lenses the
makeup team uses and each are hand painted to give that sullen, blank slate
look that tells you there is no humanity left. It's not even eyes you'd see on
an animal, they are dull and cloudy, just dead in every sense.
Oh, the time.
One
of the first things that popped into my head was how long does it take for
this, and on a TV schedule time-line it must have been a living nightmare! What
I saw was that each individual zombie took an hour and 15 minutes. The team had
it set up as an assembly line of four makeup artists that finish 40-50 zombies
in one hour. Cuties, if that's not team work I don't know what is. Just saying.
And here's the run down, the first makeup artist shadows around the eyes and
cheekbones, the next makeup artist does a lighter color over the highlights to
make the bone structure pop, the next person splatters blood on them, and the
last makeup artist puts loads of conditioner in their hair, like more than I could
possibly use and I love my conditioner Cuties.
Zombify.
Want to just zombify yourself? If you want to be a full
blown "walker" you will need to start hours ahead of when you want to
be done by if that's not already obvious. First, you'll need to glue on your
prosthetics and paint them. Then make yourself as pale as possible, then add
some discolorations, like purples and browns, of course blending is magic. And
to get that real decomposing looking blood mix a lot of different colors to a
dark sludge, because our blood is only that bright red thanks to oxygen which
is reserved for living people. Then make yourself as dirty as possible and put
on some contacts and dentures if you have them. Easy, right? Not really, but
hey if you want to be a "walker" you got to look like one, you know
besides perfecting your zombie walk.
So much blood.
You know with zombies and "walkers" alike,
where there is the living dead that are hungry or not, there is blood. The
Walking Dead Series goes through about 30 gallons of fake blood every 3
episodes, that is a crazy amount of blood and when they need thicker blood they
use what I assume is a petroleum jelly called KY jelly for dressing up the set,
and they use thin blood for gags, aka when people get bit and such. For wounds
and such they soak nylon stockings in the blood and blue them to wounds to look
like torn muscle and flesh. And Cuties, it looks very very real. Ick. Really
cool and all, but ick none the less. I don't know how Greg Nicotero does it but
he does it fantastically well, kudos to you sir. Kudos.
Zombie fans unite.
Ever wanted to be a Zombie? You can! All you need is a lot
of time and a couple of tutorials. I’ll watch from over here though, thanks.
Also, no biting.
In case you Cuties want to zombify yourself this halloween I found you a couple of links that maybe helpful.
Video tutorial and tips
Instructions and Shopping List
Are you Cuties ready for the next Walking Dead season? I definitely need to catch up so no spoilers please!(:
Until next time Cuties!
Hi Cutie! I nominated you for the Liebster Award ^^ You can read my post and find out my questions for you here: http://nohotmess.blogspot.com/2014/10/liebster-award-facts.html
ReplyDeleteLooking forward to reading your answers.:)