I can tell you, right now, what the hot costume this year is going to be. That, my friends, is the zombie. Zombies are back, thanks to the excellent Zombieland, and zombie walks and zombie-themed everything has been all over the place lately. So don’t get left out in the cold, get some grease paint and latex, and make yourself a zombie, too!
There are a lot of zombie makeup guides out there, but I’m terribly partial to About.com’s excellent How to Zombie Makeup. It’s easy to do, has a LOT of great pictures of the process, takes things slowly, and the results are… well, you can see the results up there. It’s pretty stellar.
I think that would be a great addition. A friend of mine used your makeup tips to great success when he went as Zombie Hunter Thompson to a zombie walk/Return of the Living Dead screening a few weeks back. It was a hit!
Hey Ron, Rain here.
Thanks so much for your compliments on my article about zombie makeup. There’s just something about zombies that makes me want to help others properly slather themselves in liquid latex and fake blood.
Next year, I really want to add ‘bloody scab’ to this tutorial, which really came in handy when we did Thrill the World last weekend. It’s like a thicker version of fake blood that is excellent for applying to the center of wounds (I think it has more cornstarch).
Happy Haunting!
braiiiins…