Lon Chaney/Leroux Phantom Makeup Tutorial Part 2

[Scar2401]

i learned the hard way that liquid latex smells SOOOO bad and makes my eyes water :(

[thepatmandoo]

You don't look much like Chaney's proformance,but that's probably just because you don't have a make-up kit like Chaney's.

[xSweeneyxToddx]

These are such good tips! Thanks for sharing. I've been debating going as either Leroux's Erik of Edgar Allen Poe's Red Death on next Halloween, and this can be used for both! (Haha, I find it funny that the Red Death is the second choice, and yet is still Phantom related!)

[jpotokar]

Fish hooks and other wives tales are not correct. he used fish skin, which was then secured under the forehead of his bald front wig. he then accentuated his nostrils with makeup. he used collodion and cotton on his cheekbones which he created on a plaster cast of his own face.

[drmoonrat]

You have a very very dead Christopher Walken quality.

[Hausisse]

I read somewhere that he used piano wire... I dunno, though. :p

This is awesome, thanks!! :D

[ChrisStockslager]

I thought so too. But Mr. Chaney's biographer, Michael F. Blake said that Chaney glued fishskin on his nose, pulled it up, and fixed it down under his wig.

[operaboy81]

That was impressive. I heard that Lon Chaney used some sort of device for his nose. I wouldn't recomend anyone trying half of the things he did to look creepy, because what little I know some of it was painful.

[thecopykidofthestarz]

thats suffering for the arts i cut my nose trying to replicate the wire nose effect because im Alergic to the sergical tape.

[PhantomOnABudget]

Please, NO ONE use wire to manipulate the nose. If you are allergic to tape, adhesive, etc, just use makeup to color the nose (ie use black eye liner to enlarge the nostrils).

DO NOT USE WIRE AROUND YOUR FACE.

[jpotokar]

@thecopykidofthestarz

Why you would use wire in the first place is the question to be asked. Chaney did not use hooks, wire or anything similar to that to achieve his skull nose. Any number of books currently available, biographies on Chaney, etc all explain this in simple detail.

[castletriglav]

@jpotokar Incorrect. The wire is clearly visible in 2 of the photos of Chaney in make-up. It runs from the tip of his nose to his wig. Cameraman Charles Van Enger verified the hooks and wire apparatus. I have no idea how Michael F. Blake missed those 2 photos. I refer to the 2 pix of Chaney with arms crossed standing next to the statue of Beethoven. Even the experts make mistakes.