Is your make-up fu strong?

[binidj]

Only I have this pair of horns. Now these horns are horns of great loveliness being, as they are, crafted from translucent resin lovingly inked to look almost like the real thing. Unfortunately, these horns of splendour are rather heavy (well, heavy for two 2" blocks of resin) and I've yet to find any adhesive that will hold them on securely. Now it may be that I'm not using either spirit gum or mastix properly, and there may well be an arcane trick that will solve all my woes. I need them to stick to my head securely, to survive the occasional gentle knock, stay on through a veritable tide of perspiration, and remain safely attached for an entire day's roleplaying.

Can you help?

Comments

[dragonzgrace.livejournal.com]

Nail gun

Helpful as always Kev

[s0b.livejournal.com]

charlie_mouse has the fu you seek

[yapman.livejournal.com]

pros-aid

apply to head and horns, leave to go sticky, attach. Remove after entire weekend sleeping in prosthetics with the appropriate removal liquid.

[ash1977law.livejournal.com]

I'm going to suggest superglue.
Seriously... it is designed to do exatly the job that you are describing. It is designed to attach flesh to things (mainly back to flesh)

However, be warned... it is military/medical strength adhesive - if you get any in your eyes you are screwed.

Put some on each horn, then remove any excess. Dab the horns to your head where they will sit, remove them and allow the glue on both to dry to a tackyness, then push the horns onto your head.

[half-orc.livejournal.com]

What Clive said.

Pros-aid apparently doesn't become an adhesive until it has dried. It's what boogeyman Neil uses at Maelstrom and for his day job. If you don't need a solution until after the next M then why not bring them with you, pop up to the the crewroom and we can experiment. It may be that you need to attach the horns to a thin latex forehead and then the larger area latex to you?

[maddave.livejournal.com]

Surgical adhesive, it's made to stick medical prosethetics like ileostomy bags and stuff on, also has a lovely remover which moisturises the skin.

[clawbeast.livejournal.com]

Nail glue (the stuff that holds fake nails on) does quite an excellent job also. Used it on a few folks to hold big top knot hair prosthetics on for a weekend and works a treat.

But think as I recall from smell it is probably again a weak cynoacrilate or superglue type mix.