Ideas for video tutorials

Is there anything you’d like me to make a tutorial for? I’m all set up for making Youtube facepainting tutorials for larpers and now I just want to know what people want to know! My brain tends to freeze at the universe of possibilities out there. A request makes things so much easier. :slight_smile: So fire away. Anything from “Heck, I don’t even know how to load a sponge so it doesn’t slop everywhere”, to “My bases are all streaky” to “I’d like to be able to do a 5 minute zombie for crewing that’s not just white” to “I sort of thought about being a rusted decrepit android for my next character”

By the way, unless you want to spend 2-3 hours doing your makeup every day of the larp, I don’t actually suggest that last one. :wink:

Making yourself look old. I’ve been trying to do it for about four months now and I’m still convinced I suck at it :wink:

I think you’ve already talked about in the past, but I think I and probably some other regular crew would benefit from some sort of “The basics of the crew room make-up table” video. I’m mostly thinking of facepaint here, since in my experience that’s generally what crew use. I’m afraid I don’t really know enough about the matter to be much more specific, but I think things like how to actually use the facepaint pots correctly, how wet the sponge should be, which sponge to use (and which ones are the disposable ones and which are the expensive ones we should be trying to keep nice), and how to remove the make-up at the end would all be good things to know.

I’m thinking (and as I recall, you were too) it could be something that GMs put a link to in their crew briefing email and ask everyone who hasn’t already watched it do so.

I second aging. And the basics of changing skin colour.

Also, how to apply common prosthetics like latex noses and ears so the seams don’t show too much.

How to make a facial hair piece that can be reused.

Thanks, guys! Keep em coming, but now I have some places to start.

I was wondering if I should do a “basic techniques and tool care” for the crew room (and players, but the speed and chaos of the crew room has the greater potential for rapidly damaging stuff). Sounds like “yes”.

Aging, blending prosthetic edges and skin colouring. Will do. :slight_smile: Oh man, doing my own elf ears for the camera would be super hard, maybe I’ll start with a wound prosthetic instead, so I can face front.

Ryan, I’ve not yet made a reusable hair prosthetic myself, having never yet needed a beard or sideburns, but I will look into it for you.

Ooh! Along the same line as prosthetics, blending in bald caps. I’m a bit tired of shaving my hair when playing bald characters, but I’ve trouble making the bald caps less obvious around the edges.
Also, how to get even tones when sponging colour. I dress up as Shrek every year for a Christmas Charity, and I swear each time I get worse at doing the make-up.

I’m sure you could make a lovely bearded dwarven lady for Sabbat.

I’ve spirit gummed hair direct, but it has some drawbacks. Time consuming to apply, not easy to reuse, and bits of the hair can come loose.

Other guys have said you can glue the hair to some kind of fabric or mesh in advance with permanent glue, then just spirit gum the fabric to your face. That sounds pretty simple - to be honest the only things I’m missing are what kind of fabric to use and where to get it, and what kind of glue (but I’m guessing probably contact adhesive).

EDIT: On the other hand a lot of the art of it would probably be what kind of hair you use, how you apply it to the fabric, and then how you dress it (braids in beards, oiled mustaches, etc).

[quote=“theotherphoenix”]I was wondering if I should do a “basic techniques and tool care” for the crew room (and players, but the speed and chaos of the crew room has the greater potential for rapidly damaging stuff). Sounds like “yes”.[/quote]Yes, please do. It’s something I don’t know much about, so I would definitely give it a watch :slight_smile: I imagine a lot of other people would as well, and I would guess that GMs would be likely to mention it to their crew.

Seconded - I’d love to see this :slight_smile: