Local 706 - The Artisan

Spring 2017

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First stop on this hyperdrive adventure: bringing the genetically perfect to life! Meet the Sovereign, an alien race distinguishable by the perfect shade of gold, from head to toe and hair to skin. Well, I've been down this road before on The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, where I designed a gold wig for actress Elizabeth Banks. I learned the hard way that fi nding a gold shade that looks great on the big screen is a challenge. With that in mind, I tried various techniques for the Sovereign. Testing hair samples with different shades of gold, trying with fabric dyes, even colored mousse and gel. Nothing worked. Until I hit on the solution—spray color. Yes! Time to get our gold on! We ordered 10 cases of Krylon Color Spray D37, then took light blonde human hair lace front wigs and sprayed them with three coats of hair color spray. PLEASE do not attempt this indoors— spray outside and wear a mask when doing so, unless you want to be exhaling gold 22 paint dust for the next fi ve years! After the wigs dried, they were then combed and fl at-ironed with spray shine. Hello, Sovereign! Onto Gamora, played in both movies by actress Zoe Saldana. The hair design for her alien character began with a custom lace front wig. To get the desired otherworldly shade, the hair was custom-colored by Extensions Plus. For the curl from another world, we curled the hairpieces with a two-inch curling iron, then used Pravana Vivid hair color every two weeks to maintain the fuchsia color on the ends. When we were done with Zoe every day, Gamora had it going on while saving the galaxy the second time around. Next, I got ready to take on the bad guys! Our resi- dent alien thugs were the Ravagers, your run-of-the-mill thieves, smugglers, pirates and all-around nasty boys of the galaxy. In James Gunn's universe, no two Ravagers looked alike, and they all appeared as dirty as possible. I wasn't kidding when I called them nasty boys! Our main man in this crew was the character of Tullk, played to the hilt by actor Tommy Flanagan. To take his look to the next level, I installed custom handmade dreadlocks with keratin tips in Tommy's hair. For Tullk's partner-in-crime, Insane/ Halfnut, played by actor Jimmy Urine, I used a Mohawk hairpiece, then shaved his hair in a two-inch section from Jimmy's temple to the back of his head. The make-up department added the fi nishing touch of a scar in the shaved section. Now, those were some nasty boys—and really nice guys in real life. This universe wouldn't be complete without some nasty girls. In this case, we had Robot Courtesans, our "working Above, right: Ayesha with her "gold on." Insets from top: Tullk, Halfnut (left) with Yondu.

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