/cgl/ - Cosplay & EGL

>>7393217
To recap what they won: A Ben Nye personal clown Palette! Everything you need to create your clown face in one kit. Great for new clowns or for travel.

Includes:
>0.5 oz. Creme Foundation Clown White Lite
>0.5 oz. Clown Palette (Black/Blue/Red/Yellow)
>White Eyeliner Pencil
>2 Latex Wedge Sponges
>3/8" Flat Brush
>3" 0.5 oz. Quick Cleanse Makeup Remover.

I'll also throw in a small bottle of Mehron Barrier/sealant combo spray.
The mystery box...Well, you'll have to wait and see. Just trust me it will be AWESOME.

What contest?

>>7393286
Months ago Gropey had a contest for seagulls inspired to be clowns with point for makeup and learning tricks. The prizes are professional clown makeup.

Gropey, what white base makeup, sealer, setting powder, etc do you recommend as a base for something like shironuri? To wear all day w/o cracking, flaking, settling in lines.

>>7393217

can you post the photos of the winners?

>>7393217
>I had even more family tragedy happen, and just had to take a step back from anything to do with performing or clowning for a while.
You make it sound like someone died in a tragic clowning accident

Aren't you that fag /tg/ worships like the second coming of Christ?

>>7393475
Minori uses greasepaint and some sort of powder

>>7393645
Yes, I watched her tutorial. She uses a Japanese brand of greasepaint and a powder foundation to set. I was wanting a good, tested western equivalent. I've read that some things crack, smear and flake so wondering which products do not.

>>7393657
Is there any way to order what she uses over seas?

Cool, I didn't know this was still going. Congrats to the winners!

>>7393664
There is, but it's quite a bit more expensive with shipping and such. I'd like to practice first. If I don't get any good recommendations though, I may just order what she uses.

>>7393596

/tg/ and /cgl/ both worship him

>>7393594
His family is long time circus and his grandfather isn't doing too hot, so yeah, you're probably right.

>>7393475
>>7393645
>>7393657
>>7393664
The Gropey guide will explain everything.

>>7394124
>Posted 06/09/12
Has it really been that long?

>>7393286
>>7393397 covered most of it, but there is the grand prize of the Super-Gropey funtime mystery box.

>>7393475
>>7393645
>>7393657
>>7393664
>>7393715
Ben Nye is the gold standard, as in it legitimately earns the title "gold standard". If its good enough for Japanese Kabuki companies, and Visual Kei bands, its good enough for you. Follow my guide in >>7394124
and it will last until you take it off with Ben Nye Remove-it-all.

>>7393486
I just wanted permission from said winners, and I am just waiting on a two of them to get back to me.

>>7393594
I have had three family members pass away since I started the contest. All were performers, two died in their makeup.

>>7393596
>>7393718
I honked for your sins. Drink of the seltzer, for it is my blood. Eat of this creme pie, for it is my body.

>>7394158
Yep. Feel old.

So, on to to the pictures, as I get permission. I'll also post honorable mentions and I get permission to post them.

To give a bit of background on the selection of the winners, it was done by a panel of three judges: A drag queen/clown named Ms. Bidet, a lady clown named Rosemary Sweets and myself.

Judging was based off of three major points
*Quality of application
*Expression and personality
*Naturalness of wear

Bonus points were given for
*Costume/props
*Presentation of learned skills (video of juggling, photo with a balloon animal etc)
*Novelty and creativeness

I am sure some people wont agree with out decisions. Sucks to be you if you do! Make am entry for the next time I do this, and show us what you got.

First thing is first, the grand-prize Super-Gropey funtime mystery box goes to clock. Though and incredibly simple face, she really nailed the concept of "face" over "makeup". She has characterful expressions that really make use of her cheeks and eyes. We also appreciated the eveness of the makeup.

>>7394271
Aww I love her color choices! They go nicely with the wig and character.

>>7394124
Hooray, thank you for the info, Gropey. Now I'll be able to order this weekend to start practicing.

>>7394271
The "Other" catagory was legitimately the hardest one. We got tons of cool entries, including multiple BJDs, story/photo memories and one song that was composed on a ukelele about a clown trying to get laid (its hilarious, and I am debating sending a prize his way on principle).

We had a freaking 30 minute round table over if the winning entry was cheating or not. The answer was neither "yes" or "no", but merely "puppy!".

Sad. Clown. Puppy.

>>7394216
Thsnk you for the makeup info. I, very sorry for your losses but glad to meet you. Welcome back.

>>7394365
>Giving a prize to a cute animal

Sucker

Whoo!! Congrats to all the winners, and everyone who participated otherwise!

>>7394463
Puppy is always a good answer!

Clowntime yay! Missed you gropalope

have the other two winners contacted you yet?

>>7394819
He sent out the "sorry you suck"* email to me at least. Hes prob waiting on emails.

*lol not really but im embarassed at my entry looking at what the winner did.

How many entries were there? What were the criteria? I miss all the good stuff!

>>7393217
>>7394271
Hello, everyone; Clock here! I woke up to this awesome news this morning-- thank you so much (and thank the other judges too)!!! It was a lot of fun to do and I definitely wasn't expecting to win grand-prize. I will make sure to report to everyone on here what is in the Super-Gropey funtime mystery box!

On the other hand, I'm sorry to hear about your losses, Gropey. I hope you and yours are holding up okay!

I don't have an appropriate reaction picture so here's one that didn't make the cut when I sent in the entry!

>>7394899
>MFW never will be a cute clown girl getting myster gifts from a handsome clown.

>MFW I have no face

brb sobbing.

>>7394989
Cheer up, anon! It's okay to have no face some times.

Unrelated pic: These two are a delightful pair local to my area-- I saw them in a variety circus show in December, and they also run a group that takes clowns into pediatric wards in hospitals to cheer up the kids!

Shit wait I just now noticed my name up there ffptpf. Ahhhh yay!! Gropey I sent you a reply back, but I'm not sure if you got it or not; dumb e-mail stuff.
Whoo-hoo!

>>7394373
Your welcome, and thanks.

>>7394463
I was torn between the uke song and the puppy. Rose was 100% puppy, and Bidet was set on a story/photo combo. Puppy won out.

>>7394636
D'aww, I missed you too anon!

>>7394819
Everyone has been contacted, and in fact, im about to post the female makeup winner.

>>7394867
Oh come on! There was only one entry that I would even think to send that too, and I am 99.99999% sure you're not them. They know they suck, and whiteout is not a good foundation.

>>7394879
24 entries. Rules were simple: Three categories. Best male clown makeup. Best female clown makeup. Best circus related memory/story or "other" (bonus points for pictures or souvenirs). You could make two submissions, of any combination. Male face + story, two different female faces, etc etc.

No photoshop. Any submission with a hint of photoshopping is discarded, and all other entries of the poster disqualified.

Russian clownbro anon, was not allowed to play, because he got into a circus academy. Same goes for any other pro clowns. Hobby clowns are allowed.

>>7394989
Don't say that! There is always next time!

>>7395054
The look ADORABLE.

>>7395074
You herped when you should have derped.


Best female makeup: Marlene N for her unnamed mime. Absolutely wonderful forced shading, which really highlighted your expressions. She damn near perfected the sad smile with that makeup.

pic 1/3

>>7395131
2/3

>>7395134
3/3

>>7395123
What a cool contest! How many female entries were there? Would other have included something like baton twirling, poi spin, hooping or Lyra? Or just traditional clowning skills?

>>7395185
17 female, 5 other (including stories, dolls, sad puppy and the ukelele song) and 2 males.

As for the skills, i'd heavily stress traditional circus, if not clowning skills, and be more impressed is someone were to have learned the skill within the entry time frame. My male winningentrant researched, made and learned to use a rolla-bolla, documenting every step, for example.

bump for winners!

bump!

>>7395819
I got one winner who still hasn't replied back, and niether have my honorable mentions, which is pretty much everyone but the poster-paint anon.

>>7397450
Hey Gropey since you are here, how much of ben nye face and body paint would I need to paint half of both arms, full face and chest and a third of each leg only needed for a one time use. Also got any more picture of pig clowns since last time?

>>7398147
Regularly using it for complete face and neck coverage almost every other week, I have had the same small can of Ben nye for 2 years.

I do not suggest greasepaint for limbs though. It doesn't breath, and no matter how well it is set, it still is not made for that much incidental contact.

What are you doing this for? Please don't say homesuck.

>>7398147
My friends and I swear by Mehron's Paradise Makeup AQ for body painting! I've personally seen/used gray, red, and purple used and with proper powdering it doesn't smudge or smear at all.

It's like $12 for the professional size, a little goes a long way because it's water-activated. Will last for a few applications. We ordered straight off the official Mehron site.

Sorry for no example picture, I'm at work, but I'll try and post one later!

>>7398802
By small do you mean the 4oz bottles?It is not for homestuck I absolutely promise. I'm doing princess bubble gum and my friend is going to be Marceline. Do you have any idea what would be better for bodypaint then?
>>7398826
Sounds good, I'll look into it, if you do come back please post any picture you have.

>>7399692
Back! Funny you should mention it, Marceline is what I used the grey for, and the purple was for my sister as LSP.

Apologies for the bad picture crops... selfies, you know...

>>7399752
Did the paint have the same constancy or did your sister just kind of not do as well at applying it as you did.

>>7399752
Geez, this looks terrible on you both. I'm sticking with Ben nye for my face and pax for my body.

>>7399834
Sephora has MUFE Aquacolors. If you are near one, you could wear-test some.

>>7399834
How much pax do you need for one application?

>>7399786
Mostly it's just shitty picture quality on her side since the photo itself was blurry. (That and the hotel is VERY orange with its awful carpets and lighting.)

You do have to be careful with consistency when applying it-- because it's water based, if you're using too much water on the brush, it'll apply all streaky and messy, and will take multiple coats. It's finding the delicate balance between getting enough water to make it sort of paste-like and yet wet enough to spread on cleanly. We did have a little more trouble getting hers to look even since it was lighter than the gray, but it wasn't too noticeable unless up close.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SyraOGmwIv8

This video gives a pretty good idea of what it looked like applying it. We didn't use sponge wedges, just regular brushes, because we applied highlights and shadows on top of the Aquacolor with regular cream makeup.

>>7399834
I haven't worked with PAX before, but I've heard plenty of good things about it. I was simply just showing an example of another option. I do prefer Ben Nye for the face, I'll admit, but I didn't want to add another hour of makeup application trying to mix colors to match the body paint perfectly.

>>7399692
Grease paint comes in cans. And I mean my 2.5 ounce can.

>>7399834
PAX is body paint, grease paint is face paint. Stick with that, and match your colors.

Sup folks?

>>7399933
I meant this stuff in the picture. Has anyone worked with it before? How you say I should use the two different types, will this make it difficult to match the colours? like >>7399896 said spending an hour to match the colours sounds very impractical.

Bump for the rest of the winners

>>7399752
im sorry
but that LSP
ewewew

Holy fuck, clowns are actually a thing

>>7404591
Only one winner hasn't been posted, and I am still waiting on the other entrants to tell me its cool to post their pics!

If you entered, and youare ok with me or you posting, say so!

>>7404885
What do you mean? Clowning and circus performance have been a thing on /cgl/ for a while.

>>7405266
I'm new here
but still, pretty cool
Reminds me of that one show on mtv true life where the chick had clowns for parents and she was all embarrassed

I thought it was pretty cool
then that one part where her friend who was terrified of clowns spilled spaghetti everywhere when she saw her parents

>>7405396
Never saw it. And I come from a circus family myself. Never saw being a clown as odd!

Who's up? Its still early.

>>7408184
Holy eyebrows.