Hi! Do you have any advice toward making a reusable beard prosthetic? I need to make one for a Merl Highchurch cosplay and if I could just do it like one time and reapply it that'd be better
I have...some advice. I’ve only done beards the tedious way, with crepe hair and spirit gum right on my face. Now, I haven’t tried to do this, because I didn’t want to deal with storing and transporting the thing, and also I had done a kind of shitty job, but you CAN technically reuse a beard made this way a few times if you are VERY careful.
This video shows how to do that (it’s linked to the relevant part, but the whole thing is very good, it’s how I learned to do beards). It’s definitely a tricky thing to get right, but this kind of beard is also the most realistic and comfortable, done well.
I’d keep asking around, though, if this isn’t what you’re looking for. You’ve definitely got options -- ventilating (EXTREMELY time-consuming), some kind of wefted wig-for-your-face contraption (I know it can be done, I just done know how), just buying one (there are some good options, given the number of professional Santa Claus cosplayers in the world) -- I just can’t give much specific advice on anything else.
