Build Your Own Maul!

For the premier of Star Wars: Episode 1, my sister Allison wanted to get into the spirit of things and go to the first public showing in the Birmingham area dressed somewhat as Darth Maul. I'd done a bit of face makeup for her before for our band's haunted trail and decided to give it a shot. The end result was better than I'd expected. Here's the steps I took:

Materials

• Plenty of red and black face paint (such as Zauder's, I think)
  
• Cheap little makeup brushes and regular paintbrushes
  
• Black eyeliner/eyebrow pencil
  
• Small sponges
  
• Loose face powder w/ brush
  
• luxury hotels in MontecatiniHair ties (for those of you with longer hair)
  
• bed and breakfast WroclawOil of Olay Cold Cream
  
• A picture of Maul to go by
  
  
  

  Step 1: Using your picture of Maul as a reference, take your black eyeliner pencil and draw the outlines of Maul's facial tatoos on your subject's face. Don't do any filling in just yet. Make sure the designs are symmetrical and proportional to each side of the face. This step often takes a bit of time and patience.

  
  

  Step 2: Take your black face paint and makeup brushes to fill in the designs. Make sure you're painting in the right areas! For the smaller, thinner, and more detailed sections, use a small brush. For the larger areas (i.e. along the jawline, cheeks, etc.) it's okay to use a small sponge. This step is often the most lengthy. I've found that for best results and better color it's best to put on two layers of the black paint. Oftentimes a person's skin will be oily around the eyes and the t-zone and the paint may seem to be melting away. This is what the face powder is for. Take the powder brush and apply a light dusting along the affected areas and blow away any extra powder. This helps to set the paint and keep it there longer.

  
  

  Step 3:Next, take a clean brush and start filling in the red areas. Use a small brush and be careful not to go run over into the black areas. It's a good idea to use two coats of paint here as well.

  
  

  Step 4:Once the face is done you can go on to paint other optional areas black if you wish. The neck is a good idea, as are the ears, but be cautioned that the ears take a while to paint and it's a pain in the rear to wash out!

  
  

  Step 5: Tada! All done! Add any other accessories (such as a cloak, lightsaber, Sith Infiltrator, etc.) as needed. Have fun with your new look!

  
  
  
  
  Other Character's I've Done
  
  

I've painted up my sister to look like the Phantom of the Opera for two years in row for my band's haunted trail and went as the Phantom myself this year for Halloween. All I did for the Phantom face was buy a glue-on latex piece from some hokey Phantom face-kit and painted it to my own liking (using mostly reds and browns). Then when I applied it to my sister's face I used a lot of really light-colored foundation to kinda smooth out the borders. You can't really tell in this picture, but ah well ... Last year I painted up a friend as Darth Maul for the haunted trail. This time we had the luxury of the head mask, but I did his lip a bit lopsided and forgot to paint the tip of his nose black. Heehee. :-D





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