Halloween Skull Makeup 2013

And this last post wraps up the skull makeups I did over Halloween weekend. These next two are the 4th and 5th applications. 

Nov. 1st -All Saint's Day, Full Skull Makeup. 
-Starting out with a few of the progress photos:

This was my set-up at my computer desk where I applied my makeup.

The products I used from Mehron's Paradise water-activated face makeup to NYX and MAC's matte eyeshadows.

 

These next are without my camera's flash:

And here's where I started to take off the makeup:

And lastly, the 5th and final application from Nov. 2nd, 2013:
With each application, of course, some things are bound to be a little different in one way or another...this time, I decided to add fine, hair-line cracks to the teeth...a detail I quite like:

I have a tutorial, or progress, video I'll be working on soon....so once that is finished, I'll post that and then no more skull makeup for a while.:)

Hope you've all enjoyed all of these skull makeup pics, though.:D

Steampunk: Electroluminescent Wings -WIP part 9

These wings will be an on-going project for a while, I imagine...slow little updates here and there. That kind of thing...

I just picked up a few thin, brass candle stick holders from Goodwill this past week, which at some point I'll be trimming and applying to either the wings or the pack.

Announcement:
I'll be taking a little bit of a break, a temporary one, from Steampunk stuff for a little while... got just a little burned out, not totally, just a little bit. And right now I have other, pressing, concerns that I need to fully turn my attention to.
I still have plans of eventually (in the near future) creating more Steampunk hats and goggles and other such accessories and selling them through either ebay and/or my Etsy acct.  And I have some more ideas for some up-coming Fairy wings, floral garlands, and the like...including a Faery Queen crown which I want to make for myself for my role as the Faery Queen at next year's Renaissance Faire.
I'm hoping to be getting a new airbrush kit for Christmas...looking at a couple different iwata airbrush models on Amazon.com right now, trying to compare good vs bad points with each one.
-So if anyone reading this has experience with airbrushing, please pipe up -I'd love the opportunity to pick your brain.:D

I've added just a couple little decorative bits to the wings and finally got around to hanging them on the wall in my craftroom alongside my other Fairy wings:

Firstly, the selection of spray paints I've been working with over the course of my Steampunk projects.

Here's more work I've done on them....there's also some wear-and-tear to fix here and there.

-Using some wooden decorative flourishes, I painted and aged them and then attached them, using E6000 glue, to the faux-metal foam panels on the wings.
*these here are inside the smaller, bottom, set of wings.

 -This is the flourish applied to the outer side of the top, larger, wings.

-Fin~