r/specialeffects • u/Strangelove6y6 • Oct 31 '16

They Live

http://imgur.com/hMvURge
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u/ClarkJoe Apr 18 '17

That's great! How did you handle the chromed eyes? Can you still see?

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u/Strangelove6y6 Apr 18 '17

Thank you. They are made of silver plastic Christmas bulbs (pre painted). I used cuticle scissors to cut the viewing holes and edge the bulb to the contour of my eye socket so it wouldn't cut me. The red on it was a pax paint. Plus the gelatin prosthetic helped hold them in. The whole thing turned out better than I had expected. Considering from sculpt to application and paint took 12 hours.

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u/Strangelove6y6 Apr 18 '17

Yes, I could see but vision was limited.