The Old Woman

Master-Macabre · #1 12-01-2011

My FORUMERS! I'm so sorry I've neglected you, I have so much to tell! Just recently closed our haunt for the year, total success. Promoted to assistant to the director in the huge theatre company from my Beauty and the Beast post. I also have my own project going on, a tragedy that will premier this February but I'll leave that for other posts when I have more time! For the past 3 months or so I've barely had enough time to squeeze some sleep into my schedule :P

Well anyways here's what the post is really about, for the haunt I worked on we did some promoting by going to big events before the month of October and doing some scare acting with primarily zombie characters to keep the characters inside the house secret. I always do the makeup but the night before our first zombie event I was asked to fill in for another actor. I had absolutely nothing ready as far as a character so that night and a little into the morning I created a character I simply call "The Old Woman" (Yeah I did horror drag :P) For being an EXTREMELY last minute improvised character, she honestly was the most petrifying character at our events hahaha.

I did my makeup in about 30/40 minutes at every event and used white hair spray to simulate greying hair (Yeah my hair is really that long :P) and contacts and veneers. Here are some pics of me walking around scaring people. The makeup might look different in some pics but that's because I went out in this character various times.

jdubbya · #2 12-01-2011

Wow! Intense! That's one of the best make-up jobs I've ever seen! I know that would scare the crap out of me. Very impressive!

Master-Macabre · #3 12-01-2011

Master-Macabre · #4 12-01-2011

Thanks!

It was actually a very simple makeup process

No prosthetics whatsoever

debbie5 · #5 12-01-2011

This looks AWESOME...however, my first thought (because my brain is weird) was how much She looks like lead singer Gary Cherone of the one hit wonder band Extreme...no really- look at the vid....LOL. Poor guy- we know what he'll look like....dead. I like how you hair is shaved on the sides- that's cool.

Extreme - More Than Words - YouTube

RoxyBlue · #6 12-01-2011

Damn, you look demented, both as the old woman with grey hair and the young woman with darker hair. The veining details on the face are perfect.

kiki · #7 12-01-2011

Okay I would piss myself to meet you in a dark alley.. Intense and incredible work...

debbie5 · #8 12-01-2011

I think what makes this a "piss yourself" costume is the androgynous quality plus the so very real makeup with the possibly real teeth. Being very thin somehow makes it creepier too..like she's HUNGRY... I agree- its scary as hell.

Drago · #9 12-01-2011

That's one great costume/make up, congrats.

Master-Macabre · #10 12-01-2011

Thanks everyone! All comments and advice are greatly appreciated

@Debbie, you got it. The number one comment we received from the public was "I can't tell if the thing in the dress is a woman, a man, a teenager, an actual old person, etc" They were toootally creeped out by the character, in part because they couldn't decipher who the hell the person behind the costume could possibly be. It was great :P