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Head Wrap for Full Head Life Cast Measurements
Neill Gorton
Head Wrap for Full Head Life Cast MeasurementsA head wrap is a technique developed for capturing a simple impression of a subject’s head shape for wig making. This process can also be adopted for life casting as a way to keep a record of the subject’s hairline and head shape, to help when cleaning up a life cast and checking its accuracy.
Latex Bald Cap and Long Hair for Face Cast
Neill Gorton
Latex Bald Cap and Long Hair for Face CastApplication of a latex bald cap with ears under the cap for a face cast. How to deal with long hair and how to define the area to be cast using water-based makeup.
Latex Bald Cap and Long Hair for Full Head Life Cast
Neill Gorton
Latex Bald Cap and Long Hair for Full Head CastHow to apply a latex bald cap to a subject with long hair in preparation for a full head life cast with ears out. This technique involves pulling the hair in to a ponytail and wrapping it so it can be kept external to the bald cap, so that the cast can capture the head shape as closely as possible. This approach is best for creating head casts for dummy heads or for producing skull caps for animatronics.This bald cap application also deals with how to modify a cap that is too large for the subject.
Plastic Bald Cap Application for a Full Head Life Cast
Neill Gorton
Plastic Bald Cap Application for a Full Head Life CastApplication of a plastic bald cap on a male subject with short hair in preparation for a full head life cast with ears out.The same basic process can also be followed for applying bald caps for use in a makeup to create a bald head effect.
Sculpting a Half Mask in Pottery Clay
Neill Gorton
Sculpting a Half Mask in Pottery ClayHow to develop a fantasy character using inexpensive, readily available pottery clay. This sculpture could be used to create both a display bust and a latex half mask.
Sculpting Bigfoot in WED Clay for an Animatronic Mask
Neill Gorton
Sculpting Bigfoot in WED Clay for an Animatronic MaskCreating a sculpture of a Bigfoot character head in WED clay. This sculpture is modelled on top of a head cast and designed to have a performer's own eyes incorporated into the mask design.
Sculpting Homo Habilis
Neill Gorton
Sculpting Homo HabilisSculpting Homo Habilis in WED clay. Homo Habilis was an archaic human who lived around 2 million years ago. This character display bust sculpture was based loosely on images from natural history reconstructions and fossil skulls and a little bit of artistic license.
