Thanks for the kind words guys!
I had a LOT of fun that night.
I was purposely late to the party so I could walk in as if I was actually robbing the place with my best Ledger impression: "Good EVENING, ladies and gentle..men. I'll be this evenings...ENTERTAINMENT." And of course, I didn't remove the Bank Robber mask until the place got briefly quiet and I gave the "I believe...whatever doesn't kill you simply makes you...STRANGER" speech to a round of applause. I don't think people expected me to go the extra mile with the makeup under the mask. I handed out some custom made Joker cards throughout the night. The crowd got a kick out of it.
My wife is an incredible makeup artist (she used to be a pro at MAC), so I was lucky enough to have her agree to spend some time working on me. I bought one of those Rubies joker paint/scar kits, but it was so cheaply made that it offended her (
), so she threw most of the stuff out and used professional makeup instead. We started with the Rubies latex scars as a base, but then applied fake skin putty to further achieve the look and blend the latex bits better into my cheeks. I was actually running a bit TOO late to the party, so I had her speed up the process. In the end, I LOVED it, but she wanted to spend another 45 minutes on the makeup (she's a perfectionist...heh).
BTW, the closeup shots of my face with the scars looking a bit rough/on the fleshy side were taken at the VERY end of the night, after I was laughing/talking/eating all evening. The scars were not designed for that kind of movement, and I had to press them back into my skin to stay put. As a result of me doing that for the 10th time, the white makeup began to come off. At the beginning of the night, the look was far more film accurate.