Corpse Makeup for Our Thriller

Archie, our blank canvas with which to create a convincing corpse.  

We borrowed makeup from the costume department for the day, however there was not a lot of need for touch-ups, since the cold solidified the makeup. 

First, we (Leila and I) applied pale face powder, to give him a cold look for the camera.  It's important to apply it liberally, as it needs to actually change his skin tone and show up on the camera!

We had a selection of stage makeup with which to create bruises and cuts.  Most of it was putty, as this creates dimension on film rather than sweeping purple powder on. 

This palette was the most useful.  We began with the light yellow to build up dimensionality, building on top of that with purple and mauve to create the bruise colouring.  We didn't use black, that's normally used for decay or burns.  

Our final corpse.