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What would have happened in the world during the developmental period if the reptiles had had the better of the mammals ? The planet would probably be populated by a race of hominid more similar to that of the monkey lizard.. E’ what he wants us to believe the series V-Visitors, in which an alien race presents us with terrestrial human form and promises of peace.
As well as the present, however, in a friendly manner conceals double purpose (the desire to eat us!) also the appearance of the aliens is changeable: a mask hides what are their true appearance..

V-Visitors has been a cult series, that enchanted, impressed and frightened thousands of viewers, since his arrival in Italy on TV 1, in 1984.

I wanted to try to re-look made almost thirty years ago by the make-up of the series, with the same technology available at that time (plaster molds, latex masks).
That's how it came out!

The realization of the makeup:
I started taking the imprint of the face of Julia (my model) using water and alginate.
Qui sotto la potete vedere paziente e per niente infastidita mentre aspetta il suo destino 😀

I filled the mark with chalk rapid, that helped me to develop the first of its positive face.
I reused after its footprint to create the false mask of human, that once torn, revealed the appearance of extraterrestrial.
I modeled on the positive plaster, are availing of plasticine, the huge mask Visitors, based upon the images found on the web.
This model was then sprayed with plaster dental, in order to make a good impression even the texture scales.
The mask is then Visitors been realized in liquid latex prevulcanized, for stratification, irrobustendola wherever appropriate, because once applied maintained the form.

The application process was quite simple: once glued the mask from the face of alien Giulia, and finished the edges, I applied the color, verde e oro, to remember the scales of reptiles.
Everything was finished with a glossy powder to give shine and life to the Visitor.
I applied around the human mask, suitably cut, to give the idea that it had been torn away from her face.
In this case, the whole thing was fixed with bobby pins to the hair of Julia, previously collected, and covered with a wig with front tulle (attack film).

Always a lover of mystical charm exercised by the woman feline, I freely inspired by a work of makeup and special effects seen all'IMATS 2009 and manufactured by Nelly Recchia, for the realization of this chimera, which contributed in costest istuito by the National Film Bologna.

The most striking feature of makeup are these huge ears feline style, which confer aggressiveness and at the same time sensuality to the face of Silvia, building with the rest of the face an almost perfect triangular.
For their realization, I leaned against the head of my faithful dummy annni vintage 70s often used for testing body-painting.
Being a project commissioned and without sponsors, I could not use the materials' quality’ and I had to make do with what we already had at home. First I then isolated the head with a thin plastic film for food, pulled to remove any pieghetta and secured with masking tape, so that it can stay as integral with the head. Once established forms and volumes with a quick outline of paper, also useful to create the symmetry with the other side, I started modeling phase with modeling clay.

Given the particular shape of the ear totally asymmetrical and the presence of several undercuts, I decided that the only way available to me to get that object, was to realize a mold in three pieces and with dual key (the top of the photo one of the two molds obtained with positive silicone attached).
Although it is not new to this dipo working, I guarantee you that the opening of the first mold has been as exciting as the opening of the Christmas gifts that I did my grandparents when I was a child.
The platinum silicone fact that I used (really not cheap, but it was one of the few materials I had available in good quantity) is a substance very sensitive, whose proper catalyst can be inhibited by many elements. Plaster mold, carnauba wax and vaseline instead worked perfectly.
Holding all the pieces, the realization of the work was not particularly difficult, but it required a lot of patience on my part is that by the model.
In fact, I started applying a cap (bald cap) in Glatzan blended with acetone, I also served to hide his ears and eyebrows.
I then glued the cat's ears with the pros-aide to the shell, ears that had deliberately left rather rough at the bottom and treated with talcum powder to facilitate the adhesion of the glue.
But also in the next layer gave uniformly over cap and ears, after sealing minor imperfections with bondo (pros-aide + Aerosil), I noticed an excellent adhesion over the entire surface.
The pros-aide dried with a hair dryer and then powdered provided a great base for color-based fat (Supracolor) used for the bottom.
In about three hours, also spurred by Silvia (my model, I owe a special thank you and part of the credit for the success of the project), I completed the, completing work with stencils and airbrush for the realization of the track maculata and eyebrows.

Estate, sun. In an environment that closely resembles the style of David Cronenberg, cool colors of steel meets the warm tones of the flesh.
Maria, is immersed in geometric spaces of iron and cement, dressed in metal.
Law, blonde with blue eyes is cold, cold, but still meat, illuminated by the warm light of sunset.
Her makeup is a gray and black smokey eye, that goes with the color of the dress, and with a design to elongated oval it emphasizes the eyes.
The lips are mentioned appenna, marked with a pencil natural color, and then faded.

More pictures here.

Have in common a beautiful girl, a bright red dress medieval, un make up fashion moderno, an aseptic environment and gray cement, architecture and geometric essanziale, that surrounds ?
Should ask the photographer (Gabriele Bertolini) who set and achieved in this set, snapping a picture on your dream photo shoot. Certainly the effect choreographic works well, and leads the subject, Elena, our model, to dominate the scene, Look for evidence of color, Look for the dress, Look for its natural beauty.

For the realization of the makeup I followed also in this case the 'classic': fatty base for contouring & highlights sul fondo, Transparent powder, eyeliner and powder on top, with tone on tone colors with those of the dress. Despite the heat of the day (plus you add the one generated by the dress, not just 'summer') makeup has held up well and allowed us to shoot up into the night.

The make up for this shooting is to be made lighter and spring, almost invisible, which enhances the natural beauty of the model (Maria Ida Righi was named Miss Reggio Emilia and has participated in 2003 the final of Miss Italy) surrounded by a bucolic environment almost Leopardi (CFR. “On Saturday the village”).

The trick has been achieved starting from a light and dark and light points (contouring & highlight) to highlight the depth of the face; technique also used on the lips.
Given the summer temperatures are entrusted me with a foundation based fat, then fixed with powder clear, technique now used routinely even in makeup and in the film Bride, and which provides excellent sealing.

Eyebrows were already a good design, I only comb and fill them with water color eyeliner.

Lipstick and pink blush to the cheekbones shaded eyelids have contributed to the model's face looks more radiant and natural.