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So, for those of us desperate to emulate that classic look, anyone no what Eldritchdid to achieve the Floodland hair?

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I used to use a combination of hair-mousse and wet-look gel.
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i'd go for years of accumulated cheap hair dye, a proliferation of chemicals in the blood stream, and a bit of wet look gel...
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a wig per chance? :?:
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Chip pan grease :lol:
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weebleswobble wrote:Gothette bukake.
That has put me off my lunch :eek:
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mh wrote:Baby oil is what I read in Smash Hits back in the day; it must be true!
I remember that as well. Think it was Melody Maker though.

Same applies..
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Baby oil was defo for the slick shiny (naked) chest... probably applies to the hair too I spose.
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Soap's quite effective.

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Pista wrote:Soap's quite effective.

Until it rains.
Heh heh.
That reminds me of this time my buddy stood up his hair with egg whites.
It worked great... until he went outside in the Phoenix sun.
After a short while, he had gooey, white chunks dripping off his head.
...and some of us wandered off entirely on purpose.
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n'Emolicia wrote:
Pista wrote:Soap's quite effective.

Until it rains.
Heh heh.
That reminds me of this time my buddy stood up his hair with egg whites.
It worked great... until he went outside in the Phoenix sun.
After a short while, he had gooey, white chunks dripping off his head.
OMG.
That's just meringue.
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I'm reminded of a tale I heard:

Some guy I used to know wanted to do the Nephilim "covered in dust" look. As we all know, the Neph boys used to use flour for that. So our hero tries to find some flour in his mum's kitchen. The closest he can find is a packet of cake-mix. "Well, close enough" he thinks.

...until it started raining on his way to the club, and he walks in covered in a thin patina of dough.
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markfiend wrote:I'm reminded of a tale I heard:

Some guy I used to know wanted to do the Nephilim "covered in dust" look. As we all know, the Neph boys used to use flour for that. So our hero tries to find some flour in his mum's kitchen. The closest he can find is a packet of cake-mix. "Well, close enough" he thinks.

...until it started raining on his way to the club, and he walks in covered in a thin patina of dough.
i stood next to a guy covered in flour at a particularly hot neph gig one time in 91ish. unfortunately i think it was self-raising flour... :o
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Quiff Boy wrote: i stood next to a guy covered in flour at a particularly hot neph gig one time in 91ish. unfortunately i think it was self-raising flour... :o


Heat, Moisture and Time...and self-raising flour---did he look like this at the end of the gig??

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kinda, but the bow tie & buttons were black :lol:
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obliviously!!!!
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What do you need that for? The floodland era's gone for good and von ain't nothing but a mere shadow of his former self these days, I mean look at his siblings

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If you don't like the Sisters anymore, have you, um, considered going away and visiting sites of bands that you, y'know, do still like? :innocent:

As to the "Dominion" look - just lots of wet-look gel should do it...
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Yeah, it makes you wonder at times. And how very friendly to post bathing towel sized random pictures... :urff:
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Sita wrote:how very friendly to post bathing towel sized random pictures... :urff:
sorted ;)
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@ Sita ... :( ... oh yes ...

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... thanks ... that's quite a relieve ...
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Normally I would, but I just don't give a f**k anymore. The south russian ovcharka in me is still wagging its tail after the recent gigs, and just can't be bothered with anything that doesn't deserve its attention. :D
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