Supplies for Druid Halloween Costume

Series Summary

Thump, thump, thump goes the distant drum as the full moon rises over the Celtic plains. Thump, thump, thump, the smoke rises as the hooded legends walk from the dragon filled cave. Thump, thump, thump goes the heart of every creature bearing witness to the solemn and magnificent procession. Through dells and fairy filled forests, they march longingly and anxiously, the remembrance of the rock temple seared painfully into their collective memory. The night is cold, the moon is bright, thump, thump, thump...the Druids finally reach Stonehenge. Cars drive by in the distant, catching glimpses of this strange magic, dreaming with both hope and fear of the day the Druids would return. The day has arrived, the Celtic prophecy has borne flesh, the cry of Spinal Tap has been heard, and every Dungeons and Dragons player has come out of their basement...the Druids have returned...thump, thump, thump goes the distant drum of legendary yesteryear...thump, thump, thump.

In this free video series, watch as makeup artist Matt Cail teaches how to make a Druid costume and do Druid makeup. Learn how to find the robe, apply the Celtic lettering to the forehead, find props, and how to distinguish a Druid costume from a monk costume. The Druids don't have to be forgotten, let the spirit of Stonehenge fill you with its mysterious power and take you back to the land of dragons, runes, and human sacrifices...and have a great Halloween costume.

Video Transcript

"Hi, I'm Matt Cail and on behalf of Expert Village I am going to show you how to put together a druid costume today. Druids are a rather mysterious lot in more ways than one. One of those ways is that people don't often know that exactly where to begin. where to put together a costume. The place to start is on some make-up. Not a lot but definitely some important elements for our druid costume. First we have an assortment of brushes. These brushes are going to range from some very fine tips to the broader brushes. Bigger brushes. The fine tipped brushes we are going to use to do more detailed work on our limited make-up. While the broader brushes would be used to put down wider swas of the base color. In addition we also have these appliers which are similar to q-tips. Which again are used for little dabbing motions to apply some of those more details. Most make-up kits also come with alright applicators. Those are usually not the best for finding details but can be used to get into some of the nice crevasses of the face. Next we have our make-up selections and for our druid it is going to be very limited. Black is the big color. Which I actually have two shades of it here and also in the tube. For some of the minor black effects we are going to be doing I recommend just using some tube of black grease paint. It's enough you don't need a lot of it and a little bit of it will go a long way towards doing some shading effects which we are going to be doing today. You can also use white make-up as another option to make your druid more ghoulish. But in general I think that is a little over the top."