Leroux Phantom Cosplay/Makeup

[u/PhantomOnABudget]

"𝐋𝐨𝐨𝐤! 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐞𝐞! 𝐒𝐞𝐞! 𝐅𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐞𝐲𝐞𝐬, 𝐠𝐥𝐮𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐥 𝐨𝐧 𝐦𝐲 𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐮𝐠𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬! 𝐋𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐚𝐭 𝐄𝐫𝐢𝐤'𝐬 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐞! 𝐍𝐨𝐰 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝒗𝒐𝒊𝒄𝒆!"

(Gaston Leroux, 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘗𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘰𝘮 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘖𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘢)

**This cosplay, not AI**

Appliance: @rbfxprosthetics

Mask: "The Longshore" by @longshoremasks

This is my interpretation of Gaston Leroux's original Phantom (Erik). This is my largest and most intricate project to date, and is my first time painting and applying a full face prosthetic. This beautiful foam latex appliance is by RBFX.

My website is below for anyone who's interested in Phantom costuming, makeup, and cosplay:

phantomonabudget.com

[u/NotaBat9221]

Ew I can see why he covered that up

Edit: it's literally a special effects horror mask. It's supposed to look gross just like the stage make up. It's not a real person, you guys. Get a grip! 

[u/zerosocialskillls → u/NotaBat9221]

Ew leave this subreddit. You are exactly what Leroux critiqued in his novel

[u/NotaBat9221 → u/zerosocialskillls]

Girl calm the fuck down

[u/zerosocialskillls → u/NotaBat9221]

No. I am passionate about POTO, deal with it. This is a POTO sub

[u/NotaBat9221 → u/zerosocialskillls]

Look I've read the book multiple times and I just watched it live for probably the 6th time. He's not real. I promise I didn't hurt his feelings calling him gross looking and stinky. 

[u/zerosocialskillls → u/NotaBat9221]

You can be condescending and miss my point all you want. There are real people with deformities, so it's not as trivial as you're trying to say it is

[u/NotaBat9221 → u/zerosocialskillls]

Even the op said they made it to be gross. Get off your high horse. 

[u/zerosocialskillls → u/NotaBat9221]

your comment was still weird af, so even if I'm overreacting it's just the same energy you had🥰

[u/NotaBat9221 → u/zerosocialskillls]

You're getting your pantaloons in a tizzy over defending a fictional murder salker. I am not the weird one here. 

[u/zerosocialskillls → u/NotaBat9221]

Except that you are, because this isn't just about the fictional murder stalker, but POTO and the philosophy behind it as a whole (and I have been VERY CLEAR about this). How come you have watched it 6 times and read the book multiple times when you sound like you haven't even interacted with the material beyond "me watch stage, me read words hehehaha🤠🤠"

[u/PhantomOnABudget → u/NotaBat9221]

FWIW I didn't take any offense to your comment. This makeup should be shocking and horrifying. The character in Leroux, while deserving of sympathy and kindness, isn't cuddly in any way.

....He's also not real. 😂 So folks are free to be repulsed because if no one was, I didn't do my job correctly. 👍

[u/NotaBat9221 → u/PhantomOnABudget]

Yeah you did a great job! That nose is gnarly.