Thread: painting foam latex appliances

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I have a really nice foam latex prosthetic mask I'd like to use but it's completely unpainted and I can't get rubber mask grease paint. So if anyone could tell me how to go about this with water based makeup it would be much appreciated!


~~Truancy

I didn't use water-based makeup. Not sure if you are supposed to use this but I used airbrush (water-based paint) and water-based acrylic paints (like artist paint). For this mask, I painted the part I wanted metal black. Then, silver. Used black for detail lines. Hand-painted the red (blood), green (eyes) and skin tone.

I finished with a gloss clear for the metal and matte for the skin. The mask I used is called Chopper Charlie from CFX: http://compositeeffects.com/blog/pro...s/charlie-app/

Not sure I've ever heard of someone painting foam latex with water based paint.

http://www.instructables.com/id/How-...ex-appliances/

That's a neat How-to Mr. Chicken. So, if I get this right they are saying to mix the latex adhesive with the paint? I mean, I am reading that right but wouldn't it be sticky as heck?

I've never used it, but Dick Smith invented it, so it's pretty legit, as far as I'm concerned. You probably can powder it if it's sticky. DevilsChariot uses PAX paint, so you can ask him.

When I paint foam latex, I use rubber cement paints, but that doesn't really apply to appliances, since you can't put it on your skin.

Yeah, I decided to paint this one beforehand and then just blend it in with real makeup on Halloween night. Painting the terminator style into the mask seemed daunting so I wanted to do it ahead of time. I painted it three weeks ago and just checked it. Still looks good with no damage that I can see.

You can make a poor-man's Rubber Mask Grease by mixing a drop or two of castor oil into cream makeup. We color our pre-painted prosthetics with PAX, which is the mixture of ProsAide adhesive and acrylic paint in the Instructables link.

-Chris