Voldemort by Kieran Thomas
Kieran is a member of UK costuming club the UK Garrison www.ukgarrison.co.uk and created this for their sister club, Reel Icons They raise money for children's charities and have raised over £1 million pounds so far. This piece which is (to the best of their knowledge) the 1st ever attempt at a "movie accurate" version will help with the fundraising and took 3 years to complete.
The nose was digitally removed in the film which added to the challenge of creating a prosthetic to copy it. Kieran has this to say about how he used the DVDs for this project:
"Hi Neill, I just wanted to write to say thank you so much for your wonderful DVD titled "Creating Character Prosthetics in Silicone".
I'm not a special effects professional, nor have I ever attempted any kind of prosthetic before (I'm not even an arty person at the best of times), so to say I was a little daunted at the prospect of needing to create a full head prosthetic would be an understatement.
However, your DVD proved invaluable!
The way you presented the content was so easy for a newbie such as myself to follow. What was especially great is that you didn't just say "you need to do this"... but you went on to say why things were done a certain way. I also loved the fact that you were so free and open with so many tips along the way. These really helped prevent me from learning things the hard way.
I honestly can't thank you enough. I'd highly recommend your DVDs for anyone thinking of tackling prosthetics for the first time, or for someone just getting into the field and I've already recommended it to a number of friends. The only thing is, now I want to check out your Lifecasting DVD too!
Kieran Thomas (Oxfordshire)"
These shots show Kieran working on the sculpt, a close-up of the texturing, the finished sculpt, a comparison of the actual character in the film and the prosthetic copy taken part way through the build (ears and robes photoshopped), plus of course the finished piece complete with costume!
