Coldsteele

I would like to share with you my delight at recently getting clearance with the UKG with my Grand Admiral Thrawn - Rebels version

 
 
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do you contour? My experience with the liquid mehron is it likes to flake off it you try to blend over top of it, but that is somewhat dependant on skin type and primer Report back if you have pics! It'd be great to get people to post here a face shot and what products they used so people can see them used on others  

Thanks for putting up this great list , I’ll be taking some pointers from it for sure for my Rebels Thrawn. I’ve already had a go with Mehron liquid face paint and sealer with good success


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There's been an influx of new potential Thrawns lately, so I figured it would be most helpful to put this all in one place where others can reference it rather than popping up in every thread and repeating myself.
 
MAKEUP
 
I've done a lot of bodypaint characters over the years, especially blue people, and at this point I have used or at least tested pretty much every blue bodypaint on the market. There's no right or wrong choice, but I can lay out the pros and cons so no one has to waste money on trial and error. I have chosen for this list mostly products that have broad availability, and mostly inexpensive. Where the best options are expensive, I have offered a more affordable counterpart.
 
Water soluble makeup options:

Ben Nye :
            pros: inexpensive, widely available, decent color range, ease of application
            cons: mediocre wear quality, some flaking/scaliness depending on application. No great Rebels match without blending

Kryolan Aquacolor
            Pros: price, availability, ease of application
            Cons: medium wear quality, no great Rebels Thrawn color currently

Kryolan Supracolor
            Pros: better wear than the previous two, nice color range
            Cons: Stains garments, not a fan
 
Mehron Paradise
              Pros: Price, longterm wear with sealant, good color choices
              Cons: Small packaging, quickly used up

MAC Chromacake
            Pros: Perfect color option for Rebels Thrawn, longevity of wear
            Cons: 28$/3 oz, gets used up quickly

ProAiir Dips
Pros: longevity, lightweight feel
Cons: airbush only, no Rebels Thrawn match without blending
 
Vibe by European Body Arts
            Pros: longevity, color options, hand or airbrush application
            Cons: heavier feel on the skin, difficulty in removal
 
Alcohol activated options:

Kryolan BIC
            Pros: lightweight, skin still ‘breathes’, price, extensive longevity
            Cons: Blue is very dark, Turquoise is very green – good for Legends Thrawn but not Rebels color.
 
Skin Illustrator
            Pros: can buy individual colors rather than full pallets, great color selection, very lightweight feel
            Cons: palletes are very small, used up quickly, can apply streaky – better option for those with existing makeup skills

Endura (liquid) fun fact:  Endura Light Blue is the base coat used by Marvel for the Kree aliens!
Pros: longevity of wear, good Rebels turquoise, many blue options for blending, hand or airbrush application
Cons: Takes a while to remove, midweight-heavy feel on the skin

Endura (pallet)
Pros: longevity, lightweight feel
Cons: no good Rebels Thrawn color currently, would require mixing skills which is difficult when its dry pallet
 
Detailing Makeup

Powder Contour options:

Coastal Scents color pallets: inexpensive, many blues included in palletes, low pigment

NYX individual eye shadows: inexpensive, mix and match, matte powders for shading. Medium pigment

MAC individual eye shadows: expensive, mix and match, high pigmentation
 
L'Oreal: inexpensive, has a great greenish-turquoise light shimmer powder good for hilight and toning base blue to match Rebels

Red under eye liner:

NYX liquid red: inexpensive, good longevity, shows up well on top of blue

STILA red liquid liner: expensive, good longevity, very strong matte color

Sephora brand red liners: inexpensive, pencil style

(Stay away from lip liners and similar products; they're the easiest to find red liners in, but lip products are not intended to be eye safe. It is unlikely to cause an issue, but has the potential to do so)

Lipstick

NYX light blue: perfect color match for Endura light blue liquid, so you don't have to use base coat your lips

MAC Amplified: has several matte shades to match Endura, Mehron, Aquacolor, other blues can be found in different lipstick lines

For the light pink over color; you want a nude (not pink!) semi-sheer matte lip gloss. There are too many options to narrow down a right or wrong choice; for inexpensive widely available brands that have acceptable options; L'Oreal, NYX, E.L.F, Maybelline

Brow Products

Kat Von D Brow pomade: comes in both natural and unnatural (blue, although currently only light) shades. Its a highly pigmented product that will easily cover bodypaint.Expensive

DipBrow pomade: natural shades; black + blue powder best for this application. High pigmentation will cover bodypaint base. Expensive

For inexpensive options, buy a brow brush (suggestion: E.L.F Eyebrow Duo Brush) that has a mascara wand-like end to pull up any brow hairs painted down with blue, and a sharp, angled brush to fill in and re-draw your brows. All the powder options above that have a deep blue would be suitable for this purpose!

E.L.F. eyebrow stencil: If you have covered up your brows with bodypaint, are inexperienced in drawing in your eyebrows, or are aiming for the shape and size of Rebels Thrawn's very well-plucked brows, this is the easiest way to go and ELF is your most inexpensive option.

Sealants

Ben Nye Final Seal – for any and all of the above options, is the gold standard of theatrical makeup

ProSeal (European body arts) – for alcohol makeup options

Removers

Unveil/Vapore: high powered removers that will take off any of the above options, but are the #1 choice for alcohol activated makups

Ben Nye Remove It All: a less expensive all-around makeup remover, not as good at alcohol makeup

Witch Hazel: inexpensive option to take off most alcohol-activated makeups in non-sensitive areas (neck, ears, hands, etc)


Hair Options

Rebels Thrawn requires dark blue hair, unlike Legends Thrawn's black hair. These color options will work on most hair, if you have naturally platinum, grey, or pre-lightened hair there is the possibility of staining.

Temporary, wash-out hair color sprays:

Jerome Russell B'Wild spray

ION Brights Airbrush Color
 
Blue Hue Liquid Chalk

Color Bombz 
 

Hair Waxes, these are all pretty similar products, available on Amazon in most countries. Bonus of not required additional styling product as they are a medium hold pomade
 
Mofajang 

Volluck

Chige

Wig options
 
Wig Is Fashion: Chinese based website with NA/EU/UK shipping options, no short cut options available but many variations on blue lacefront wigs that could be cut to suit. Will also do custom with any existing color, based on photos, in the 100$ range. Your best quality for a low cost option if you can't use your real hair.

Enchanted Sea: Instagram/Deviant Art, cosplay artist who has done custom Rebels Thrawn wig in the past.

Hero Hair: high end, full custom, film-quality handmade wigs.




I will be updating with additional materials in the future; I'm working on a couple of video makeup tutorials featuring some of these options, as well as print files for accurate epaulets + guide on sizing them for print
 

My thoughts on this are quite simple , Hask is a main character and this is reason enough for him to have his own CRL , as has already been pointed out there are differences that make him unique, this is my humble opinion


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For my twopenith I have 3 cleared costumes (ANH stormtrooper, Death Star Crew, and TIE Pilot Reserve) and 2 WiPs currently on the go.. a new FO stormtrooper and a Staff Officer.

I have personally chosen 'generic' character costumes as that suits my time, budget, and is (currently) my preference.

However there are many specific characters that have their own crls and that should be the case I feel, not only to differentiate them from generic crls, but is also gives costumers that want to, something to aspire to above and beyond the generic level 1 2 and 3 variants in this case for this type of officer.

If Kris has gone to the time, effort and expense to create a near perfect Hask (even down to the scar) and have a crl developed around this build then we should support that and have it as a separate crl, in the list of FO officers costumes, as we do with Krennic, Hux and all the other named/specific characters.

Take the Vader crls for example... that is not 1 crl with 'levels' that differentiate ANH, ROTJ, R1 etc...variants. Each variant has it's own crl. Surely the same should apply to specific character Officers.?

If I were to undertake a Hask or a Krennic I would prefer to see a specific crl for that character with all its specific details and intricacy that goes into ensuring my build is spot on.. not just a level variant.

Thanks man! I was to try and cast the clip in aluminum and then put it on a metal one that I turned but these do the trick for now!