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Tribal Body Paint


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I was chatting with some folks at CC last night and the topic of Hellbound was brought up (since one was going on last night). I mentioned the one I was in and the awesome body paint job I got done and everyone stared at me blankly. Then I remembered that I posted those pics on my LiveJournal and never did post them here. So, I attached them below for your viewing pleasure. All images Copyright 2005 by Kamal Hanna. (Who, oddly enough, I ran into last night in the diner after I left CC. He just finished shooting last night's HB at the Masonic and was getting food.)

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Some gal named Sarah somethingrather did most of it. It took about 2 hours to do in a room full of people running around, getting dressed, bitching about the heat, stating how bored they were, etc. etc. I just stood there patiently and my only complaint was, "Can you do anything about the burning in my right eye?" to which the response was, "I can dry to dab some of the paint out with a Q-tip."

Here's an excerpt from my LiveJournal from about a year ago when this occured:

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After the bath I grabbed some stuff and jetted out to the Labyrinth for Hellbound. There were some make up people there to paint all the guys in the tribal scene. They did me first, so they took the longest on me and I turned out looking the best. I'll have to post a picture when I get one from Kamal. During the painting process, I realized a few things. A) I have a newfound respect for Alan Cummings in "X-2" and anyone else that has to undergo many hours of paint and prosthetics, and 2) The difference between professionalism, and amateurs. I'll elaborate on the latter: All the models were hanging out in a hotel room to get ready for the show. Most of us were putting our time to good use. Others were goofing off. But, there was one model in particular (who I won't name) who really got on my nerves. She complained constantly about how hot the room was, how bored she was, etc. She mentioned she still had to do her makeup which wasn't really much at all since her costume was rather simple and could be considered street clothes. Yak yak yak, bitch, whine, moan. Me on the other hand spent at least an hour standing motionless getting paint put all over my head and torso. The makeup artist was brushing all around my eyes and it was annoying, but necessary. Yes, I was hot. Yes, I was going numb from standing still for so long. Yes, I itched. All in all, yes, I was miserable. But I didn't say anything except once. Some red paint was dribbled on my head to look like blood and some of it got in my eye. I asked, "Is there anything you can do about that burning in my right eye?" The makeup artist replied, "Not really," and then had me stare straight as she dabbed my cornea with a Q-tip to see if that worked. It burned even worse for a while, then felt much better after it stopped tearing. So there you have it. Amateur = bitch, whine, moan. Professionalism = do what needs to be done without complaint. (Of course, I do suppose it helped that after rehearsal and before getting painted I downed a 40 of MGD. Heh, Ally did say we could have a drink after all. It may be a 40, but it's still A drink.)

The full writeup is here if anyone cares.

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And I can only imagine the following things:

A: Ally's face

B: WHO said model was (( which you told me ))

C: Just how bad that burning hurt. I've had makeup get in my eyes before and DAAAAAAMMMMMMNN it buuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuurrrnns!!

1: Itchyness (( gag ))

2: Heat (( therefore making itchyness worse ))

3: How annoying said model was. I'm quite surprised you yourself didnt tell her shut STFU and get ready already, maybe that would appease her boredom for a bit. oO

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Totally unrelated to the topic of tribal body paint, but I'm reminded of another story of when I was getting my vocational degree in TV/Video Production.

My group was shooting a milk commercial, and the concept was a guy crawling through the desert. So, the camera gal and I woke up really early one morning and went to Stoney Creek Metro Park just after sunrise to get footage of me dressed in tattered rags crawling through the sand on the beach (our desert). We cranked the levels on the camera to burn out the image and make it look hot, and we pretty much covered my body in rouge to make it look sunburnt.

So there I am, barefoot, torn jeans, almost no shirt, crawling through sand. It looked great on camera but nobody would believe that the temperature that day was 34 degrees. I was shivering like you wouldn't believe. Between takes I'd rush over to the curb, put on wool socks, wrap myself in a blanket, and sip on coffee. Then it was back out into the freezing sand again for another take.

It took us about four hours to get all the footage we needed. I'm surprised I didn't catch hypothermia. The shooter kept asking me if I wanted to quit early and just work with what we got, but the director kept insisting we plug away and get the shots just right. As an actor, I just had to listen to the director and do what he said without complaint. Of course, I was the director. LOL. I'm such a hard ass on myself.

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