Designed to be rich in carbon to prevent frost damage and lighter to help Edward's movement, they are both significantly thinner than his previous models and even appear more lustrous, with a more prominent silver tint than the old steel versions. In the manga and 2009 anime series, after Edward travels to the northern area, he is refitted with new, cold-climate type automail limbs. His left leg from just above the knee down is automail and his automail right arm reaches all the way up to his shoulder both are designed so that their outer shells resemble modernized plate mail. Near the end of the 2003 anime series, it is revealed that the Earth has its own version of Edward Elric, who is identical to that of the storyline save for having his hair and bangs cut short.Īs a result of his alchemical dismemberment, Edward was fitted with full steel automail prosthetics custom crafted by Winry and Pinako Rockbell. At the end of the series, Edward is shown to have grown noticeably taller, being several inches taller than Winry and finally being at least equal in height to Alphonse. As the series progresses, some of Edward's facial features (his nose and chin) begin to take on characteristics similar to his father's. As of Chapter 76, however, the scar appears to have healed over completely. It is revealed in one of the Fullmetal Alchemist art books that the reason why Edward wears all black is to hide any oil stains that he may obtain from his automail.Įarly on in the manga, Ed receives a thin, horizontal battle scar just above his right eye, which remains because his subsequent battles cause the sensitive skin to tear open repeatedly. Ed's eyes, too, are gold, signifying his Xerxesian ancestry. In Chapter 56, it is revealed that he does this intentionally, presumably to add to his height. He parts his bangs in the middle so that they frame his face on either side as they fall and, in the center of the parting, he leaves a single strand of hair sticking up like an antenna. He wears his golden-blond hair long - usually tied in a braid that hangs down to his shoulders, but sometimes forgoing the braid for a simpler ponytail. With the work done by the seamstress, makeup/hair team, model, and myself we were able to create several beguiling images, and I thought I would share them with you all.Edward is small for his age, standing at only 149 cm (4'11") at the beginning of the series, despite his attempts to appear taller, (due to the notation that he cannot stand regular milk). Here's an outtake as hair was being adjusted in the studio I feel the model's expression captures the character well:View image: In post processing, a bit of additional color correction and toning was performed, as well as adjusting the eyes to have slit-like pupils and a lovely purple hue:View image: View image: View image: Some of the shots taken are adaptive and look quite good in B&W:View image: View image: View image: And that's about it! It took a long time to come to fruition, and cost a non-insignificant amount of money to pull off, but in the end, I think it was worth it. A few shots of hair and makeup going on:View image: View image: View image: View image: Finally, Lust was born. A shorter, curly wig for the tight shots, and a long, straight wig for some concept shots. Anything is possible, given a large enough budget, but this was a personal project and I wasn't going to spend $1000 for copious amounts of human hair. After some research, it didn't seem feasible to try and get long, curly, waist length or longer hair for the shoot. This consideration, along with the ouroboros chest tattoo (to be applied with a stencil) lends itself well to airbrushed makeup, which was sourced from TEMPTU. The seamstress made a dress pattern and we met with the model to do a fitting:View image: For the makeup, the important thing was to get a nice even foundation on the face, chest, shoulders, and upper back. To this end, I hired a seamstress and met with her to pick out a fabric. I found the perfect model:View image: The next step was wardrobe. There were several things that needed to be worked out to make the shoot happen - model, hair, makeup, wardrobe. Eventually I netflixed the DVDs and watched the whole thing in order.For over a year, I've wanted to do a themed photo shoot of the character Lust. I got into Full Metal Alchemist watching it on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim.
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