it's never too early

so since there is no blizzcon this year, i get to spend extra time on a halloween costume.  as of right now, my plan is steampunk zombie.  this is totally subject to change several times between now and then, but it's what i'm leaning toward as of right now.  a large portion of this is because it will give me an excuse to buy a shit ton of steampunk jewelry and accessories, which i can always reuse later at a con or just for every day use.  it also gives me more chances to do some crazy effects makeup.  i've already been plotting new idea for zombies march, and this way i'll be able to practice them on other people first before doing it on myself.  i'm going to add leg wounds, as well using things like cereal to add more weird skin textures, and i want to try out some things i saw with scar wax.  now if you'll excuse me, i have some window shopping to do. 

tardío feliz día de los muertos

for the zombie march, we were lucky enough to have tori moss from independent expression photography following us around and taking pictures.  while i didn't make it into any of them since i was doing make up forever, a lot of the people i made up are in the album.  below are the people i did.  some color enhancements were done on some of the pictures, but you still see the over all effect.  for the full photo album, click here.

some more pictures of the bride (she is the only one i did in these pics)

 

 i did the girl in the flower shirt

 

 i did the guy on the far left and the girl

 

i did the girl in the white shirt and the girl in the plaid shirt

 

 

and of course, i had to save the best for last

love, love, love that pic.  and i don't care what you say alex, it's perfectly ok to find a zombie sexy.  melanie will totally back me up on this.

blizzcon costumes, round two

busy making bite wounds, so don't really have time to type out a whole lot.  my plan is to distract you with pretty pictures and hope you forgive me.  let me know if it works.  oh and unless started otherwise, the costume is from WoW.

me, as tyrande whisperwind and a blood elf hunter with lady sylvanas windrunner

                          

goblin engineer and dragon

something from diablo we think, possiable wizzard or mage, and marine from starcraft

 

spirit healer and deathwing

dwarf hunter and night elves with draenei

 

moria  bronzebeard with warlock and candy and cake vendors

orc and tier five priest

 pandaren with undead rogue and death knight

 baneling from starcraft and murloc

blood elf and dragonhawk

tyrande whisperwind with night elf rogue and female arthas with sylvanas windrunner

 ysera and adjutant from starcraft (costume contest winner)

barbarian from diablo with blood elf hunter and succubus

high elf hunter with horde warrior and sylvanas windrunner

goblin rogue and paladin

 demon hunter from diablo and sylvanas windrunner

 troll death knight and blood elf mage (fyi, there has got to be a ton of pics of she and i together, let me know if you see any)

moonkin with hatching and gryphon

that's all for now folks.  inc zombie pics next. 

brb there's blood in my hair

so that was an actual phrase i used tonight.  and not for any bad reasons.  tonight was the practice run for the zombie march, so they showed us a few different special effect techniques.  basically, lots of liquid latex (love that stuff), cotton, bruise make up, and of course, a shit ton of fake blood.  which happens to be edible.  the end result will be something like this:

i added my white outs after.  very happy with the effect it has.  i just rolled them back for the pic.  love, love, love it.  oh and as a full disclaimer, i did not apply my own make up here.  we were practicing on each other, so one of the other guys did mine.  i was working on making some girl's arm look like it was all bruised to hell.  and i think i did a pretty good job of it.  can't wait until friday!

and as a ps, if you are going to the march and want me to be your effects artist, let me know and i will sign you up on my time sheet. 

more on the way

what up all you non-blizzcon going people?  miss me while i was out having an awesome time?  yeah, i know you did.  but rest assured, i'm back bitches!  with amazing stories and fascinating pictures.  well, at least they are to me, and since it's my blog, that's all that matters.  short recap: i got in the costume contests, didn't place but had a lot of fun.  used the stage name "camma" if you want to see it.  the new expansion is not going to be that bad, so stop freaking out.  the monk is actually fun.  blizzard most definitely loves WoW players more than any other group of gamers because we get way more cool stuff when, like diablo 3 for free.  the foo fighters put on the best show that i have ever seen.  and my costume was beyond kick ass looking.  don't believe me?  see for yourself:

sooooo happy with how it looked.  and that is like my new favorite pic.  more awesomeness is on the way, but it's going to take me a bit to sort it all out and such, so just hang tight.  trust me, it's worth it.