From: Mike Lorrey (mlorrey@datamann.com)
Date: Tue May 14 2002 - 07:48:35 MDT
Alex Ramonsky wrote:
>
> I am helping out a friend with some HGI SFX for a movie. We need to
> find the stickiest substance known to sentientkind. It needs to be able
> to stick bits of metal and plastic to human skin without causing any
> serious skin problems and they need to stay on for at least 24 hours a
> time. The 'prostheses' are very light, but we've tried medical grade
> adhesive and superglue, neither of which are sticky enough. We are
> shaving the areas first. How do you get things to stick to humans? How
> do the borg do it? And those back-of-the-hand communicators in Babylon
> 5? Or does everybody just put up with things falling off all day long?
> Sticky ideas please!
Actually, leaving hair on might help. Another thing you might try is to
apply the adhesive to the skin, massaging it on, and the prosthesis,
then joining the two.
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