Heading to a Halloween party on October 31st? Do you want
to get yourself done up as a terrifying zombie for your
costume this year? Awesome! here are some tips on getting
the right zombie costume together easily, quickly and
cheaply. You will need to pay visits to the thrift or
charity shop as well as a good party goods retailer either
online or in the flesh.
Clothes:
The Zombie outfit is easy to create. It would be best to
use older clothes or garments you have purchased cheaply,
especially for the costume. Pale colours for shirts are a
good idea, as these can be ripped and bloodied easily. If
you use darker coloured items of clothing then any gory
special effects you use won't show up as well. For example,
a white t shirt daubed with gore and tears, over a black
t-shirt worn underneath it, would look great, with the
black fabric under the white shirt further accenting the
'wounds'. When it comes to trousers and footwear, think
battered and gnarled.
Damage the garments a little, and also daub them with blood
and gore effects. These bloody and gory special effects are
really easy to make at home utilizing corn syrup and food
colouring, but a somewhat better idea for keeping your
effects looking good on clothing is to use paint. Once you
have the rips you want, paint dark red mess around the
'wounds' on the fabric and then decorate further with red
food colour and further splashes of paint. This creates a
good, nasty looking mess that won't melt or run while
you're partying!
Make-up:
Zombie make-up is one of the easiest types of special
effects make-ups to create. At the very basic level, you
want dark circles under your eyes and a pale, deathly hue
to your skin. A green tint works well to suggest rotting
and decomposition. This can very easily be attained with
greasepaint from any good party goods store, which is then
decorated with a little fake blood around your mouth area.
If you want to get a bit more technical, get some make-up
latex from your party retailer and follow the next steps:
On bare skin, freshly washed and dried, apply a small
amount of liquid latex to the desired area (Be sure to
follow all instructions on the packaging). Two main wounds
work well on a zombie make-up, and stop things looking too
cluttered. Shape the latex into the required 'wound' shapes
and let them dry. Once dry, apply another level to each one
and repeat the process until there are raised 'wounds' that
look suitably grisly.
Next, apply whatever colour of greasepaint you want to the
face, covering evenly and avoiding the eyes. Over the latex
'wounds', gently apply the colour with a sponge until
covered, but take care not to damage your 'wound' make-up.
Next step for your zombie costume is to create dark circles
around and under the eyes with greasepaint or other safe
make-up. The final step off this zombie make-up is then to
decorate the 'wounds' themselves. Take a paintbrush and
paint blood and gore colours onto the latex wounds. These
can then be highlighted with fake blood drops or the corn
syrup/food colouring mixture. Don't use much- just enough
for it to look good!
There you go. Zombie costume complete. Now all you need to
practice doing is yelling out "Braaaaaaaaaaiiiiinnnssss!"
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