Thread: Lon Chaney's Phantom of the Opera

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I apologize if this has been on the forum on the past. I'm new and I did a search, I swear!

Ok, so I always try to stretch my Halloween makeup skills. I seriously considered going into special effects horror makeup for a living but chose marriage and family therapist instead. I've been Beetlejuice, Pennywise from IT, a mummy (I even glued paper towels to my face)...but my ultimate costume would be Lon Chaney's Phantom. Any thoughts on how to pull up my nose without wires that will make me bleed like his did for the movie?

I always thought he put nickels up his nostrils. If you can find something to put up there to stretch them out, that could possibly work, then just deforem your face with some old man latex prosthetic. Or Maybe even a strip that's attached to your forehead then follows along your nose bridge and hooks them somehow...then cover it over with latex prosthetic or morticians wax...geeze such a small thing and so hard to figure out....That's a tricky one isn't it?

And just for the fun of it

-"I was Lon Chaney's Lover!" - Johnny Knoxville

There is an athletic material I use with my latex that's called pre-wrap or underwrap or some such thing depending. It's a foam like flesh colored material and streatches considerably. You might glue a small strip to the end of your nose then pull it up/back and glue to your bridge. After both ends has set you should have no problem glueing the spanse between the anchor points to lay flush. Then fill it in with derma, latex, or what ever is your preference to use.

You could possibly do this with a thin strip or latex, but you should find the underwrap being like foam will seat better to your spirit gum or what ever you might prefer to use.

Thank you so much! That's exactly what I needed! I knew someone out there had some tricks.

Originally Posted by Yubney

There is an athletic material I use with my latex that's called pre-wrap or underwrap or some such thing depending. It's a foam like flesh colored material and streatches considerably. You might glue a small strip to the end of your nose then pull it up/back and glue to your bridge. After both ends has set you should have no problem glueing the spanse between the anchor points to lay flush. Then fill it in with derma, latex, or what ever is your preference to use.

You could possibly do this with a thin strip or latex, but you should find the underwrap being like foam will seat better to your spirit gum or what ever you might prefer to use.

Thank you so much! That's exactly what I needed! I knew people out there had some tricks.

Originally Posted by peterose

I always thought he put nickels up his nostrils. If you can find something to put up there to stretch them out, that could possibly work, then just deforem your face with some old man latex prosthetic. Or Maybe even a strip that's attached to your forehead then follows along your nose bridge and hooks them somehow...then cover it over with latex prosthetic or morticians wax...geeze such a small thing and so hard to figure out....That's a tricky one isn't it?

And now that I think of it, those nose strips pull out nostrils well if ya set it low enough, so no need to shove anything up my nose. But indeed, Chaney's makeup is a bit mysterious. Guess that's why he's the man of a thousand faces.

I really hate to think that is what he did for his make up... Yeah you are right Man of thousand faces. the only thing I can think of is OUCH!!

Originally Posted by Miss Phantom

Thank you so much! That's exactly what I needed! I knew someone out there had some tricks.

Most welcome. If you find the wrap tears to easily on the stretch you might paint it lightly with latex to give it some stregnth depending on how much pull you need for your nose.