

He sets everything with powder patted with a shaving brush. He uses a brush to fill in black paint around his eyes, widow’s peak and mouth. “The most difficult part is to mirror what we see on the opposite side,” he said. Then, he takes a black eyeliner pencil and stipples the design around one eye and connects the dots. Makeup: He creams his face with what he calls a white clown foundation. Prep time: Simmons spends two hours on his makeup alone. How the 6-2 rocker balances on these boots: “I arch my back, hunch into a curvature and stick my butt way out.” He likens the exertions of moving around for 2 1/2 hours to “an eight-mile hike.” The boots are designed like stilts on two metal supports all the way through to the bottom of his heels, Simmons said.


They pull on over the knees and are adorned with metallic studs. Costume: Weighs 35 to 40 pounds, including stretchy nylon and Spandex bodysuit, lots ‘o’ leather, vest, spikes and other metal hardware, codpieces, buckles, gloves and a choker.ĭestroyer boots: Custom-made 4-inch platforms in front with 7-inch heels.
