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THE ARTISAN FALL 2024 • 23 her youthful eyes. e make-up process mirrored Rosario's but required reimagined elements, like her forehead prosthetic. Early discussions with the make-up and hair teams addressed each department's needs and challenges, and so Legacy Effects overhauled how the prosthetic (headpiece) was made and how Rosario would wear it. eir goals were to make the whole thing lighter, more organic, seamless, securely anchored for stunts and fights, and easily removable. e team at Legacy, overseen by Alan Scott, engineered a double-layered skull cap and under skull system to support the lek'ku. Our hair team helped create a repeatable process for pinning the skull cap to her hair without glue or tape, and this cap anchored the foam latex headpiece, which was designed using 3D scans. Initially designed in ZBrush, the foam latex head prosthetic was 3D printed and then hand-sculpted for detailed, organic textures. e under skull, printed in lightweight nylon, was flexible and tunable, with strategically added weights for natural movement. Final paint combined rubber cement and silicone for durability. is same process was used later for Hera and young Ahsoka, adapting it for different sizes and limited fitting sessions. THRAWN: Cristina Waltz/Ian Goodwin/ Ashleigh Childers CW: One of the biggest make-up challenges we faced in creating the character of rawn was achieving the correct shade of blue. A variety of formulas were tried and tested under camera and lights on various stand-ins, with collaboration and notes from Dave Filoni. Once we had actor Lars Mikkelsen in the chair, we amended even further until we felt we had the right tone. e final shade was a spattering of four different custom tones combining PPI and EBA. e forehead appliance blended just above Lars' natural eyebrow and was sculpted and molded by Ian Goodwin, while Crystal Gomez ran the silicone in our Prosfab Workshop. Using a stencil, I dusted in a subtle gray shadow to trace placement and painted each brow hair individually using Stila's liquid eyeliner pen. Deep Red translucent scleral lenses were painted by Jessica Nelson, and a navy kohl was lined on his waterline to remove any pale flesh tone. A full custom wig was ventilated by Anneliese Boies and applied by Ashleigh Childers using Copic alcohol markers daily to give the lace a subtle blue tint. From top: The many looks of Sabine Wren (Natasha Liu Bordizzo)