Bald caps

 Bald cap application.

Applying a bald cap to the head.

1.      Brush the hair threw and wet the hair, after wetting the hair apply gel all over the head using your hands and also using a lot of gel as this is going to have to hold the hair in place.

2.      Once the gels all over the hair section the hair in half and start to wrap the hair around the head adding more gel if needed to help hold this in place.

3.       Add a hair net to the head wrapping it around the head covering all the hair and blow dry this for a few minutes until the gel has hardened and hopefully kept the hair in place, make sure the hairdryer is an ok heat for your model and not burning there head.

4.      The bald cap can now be applied to the head getting your model to hold the front of this while you pull the back down making sure to be careful as they are very fragile. once this is on the head you will need to cut around the head so that it fits your model better when cutting around the ears and head put your fingers under the bald cap while cutting so you can’t cut the models skin.

5.      Once you have cut the shape of the bald cap for your model you can then start sticking this down with spirit gum working your way around the edges of the bald cap being careful around the hair line and not to drip this down the face pulling the bold cap tight so it sticks around the back of the head allowing movement in the head still, using a sponge pat around the edges of the cap just to help stick it down further.

6.      Once the bald cap is on and stuck down you can then start colouring the cap. We started using the airbrush to do this colouring the head firstly in a pink colour to block out the colour of the hair that you could see threw the cap.

7.      After applying the pink you could apply your foundation colour if that’s what you wanted to use you could do this either with the airbrush again or by hand.

To take the bald cap of you would need to gently lift the edges of the cap with spirit gum remover gently working your way around the head taking of the glue and cap of at the same time.

Bald caps are something that come in really handy especially within special effects as you can create and have lots more room on the head to work on and can create some really strange, interesting but beautiful looks.