Meeting with Costume and Model Making departments

It was suggested that the costume, make-up and model making departments get together to discuss things like the amour and helmets for the Orcs and how these would effect each of the departments respectively. Costume was represented by designer Grace Noble and superviser Lucille Kavanagh, model making by Sean Birkby, and makeup by myself and Paige.
Sean explained that Charlie had requested that two helmets be made for Orc characters, but not specified which characters in particular they would be for. Sean therefore offered Paige and I the chance to choose which characters we felt would benefit us the most in wearing a helmet. We requested that Liam be given one as he would be wearing a full face silicone prosthetic piece but not one that covered his entire head like John, Josh W and Josh L. We did not want any of these three characters to be given helmets as we wanted the makeups that we had put so much time into to be fully visible, giving Liam a helmet however, would work to our advantage as it would cover up any edges or problem areas that may arise when applying a bald cap. We also requested that his particular helmet would come down over his ears as this would reduce the amount of additional sculpting work for his character. Originally we had suggest that Jay be given the second helmet, as one of the Orcs that would be wearing a latex mask, the wearing of a helmet was of no concern to us and we already had Jay's head cast completed which could be used for measurements for the helmet. Unfortunately, however, Jay dropped out of the project a few days later. It was then that the use of a helmet became much more beneficial to the make-up department. We did not have enough time or materials to complete an additional full head cast for the actor that would be replacing Jay's role, and did not want to sculpt a latex mask onto a generic head cast. Sean suggested then that we make the helmet for this particular Orc cover a large proportion of the face so that only the eyes and mouth would be visible; greatly reducing the amount of make-up work necessary for this character.

With regards to costume, Grace showed us the designs for all of the characters, however, the one that was of most interest to me was the Hunter Orc. I had noticed the last time that I had seen John that he had a tattoo on the inside of his forearm and was initially concerned about how this could be covered up. I noticed in Grace's design that she had planned to give John's character wrist cuffs and I therefore asked if these could be extended to cover more of the forearm, eradicating the problem of the tattoo. I also noticed in the design that although John would be shirtless, he was going to be wear a collection of straps around his torso and some form of necklace/chest adornment. This may work in my favour in concealing any problem edges on the prosthetic, should they occur.

(Designs by Grace Noble and Yolanda Collins)