The Sculpture Issue is full of inspiration, from the best sculpture tools to use, and how to sculpt the human foot, to a look at the exquisite work of Moto Hata. That, plus Victorian vampires and werewolves, an animatronic creature, realistic painting on silicone, how to squirt blood from a fake wound, celebrating 25 years of ADI and much more!
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COVER: Personal project by Vincent Van Dyke, modelled by Sasha Camacho, inspired by art work by Carlos Torres
Page 6. PERIOD PERILS: Nick Dudman on creating the prosthetics for Showtime/Sky’s Victorian era drama series Penny Dreadful, in which vampires and werewolves rub metaphorical elbows with Dorian Grey and Frankenstein’s monster, including extensive vampire and devil makeups with concepts by Jack Dudman, Rory Kinnear as the Creature, a likeness ventriloquist’s dummy of Timothy Dalton as Malcolm Murray, clay sculptures of Wiliam Gladstone and Queen Victoria by Kate Hill, a werewolf transformation for Josh Hartnett as Ethan Chandler plus werewolf attack victims’ wound makeups, silicone organs, and Alex’s Price’s Proteus makeup
Page 14. MUSINGS OF A MONSTER MAKER: World-renowned creature designer Jordu Schell (Dawn of the Dead, Blade: Trinity, 300, AVPR: Aliens vs Predator – Requiem, Avatar) contemplates the reason for FX folks’ fascination with the bizarre, the ugly and the outré
Page 24. UNSUNG HERO: Renowned industry mould maker Rob Freitas leads a moving tribute to his late friend, the prodigiously talented and inspirational sculptor Moto Hata, with a look at some of his beautiful work for Blood: The Last Vampire, Fantasic Four characters Doctor Doom and Thing, Nite Owl for Watchmen, Juggernaut for X-Men: The Last Stand, and Mr Hyde for The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
Page 44. ADI – A QUARTER CENTURY OF COOL: Alec Gillis and Tom Woodruff, Jr. talk to Joe Nazzaro about 25 years of Amalgamated Dynamics Inc, making monsters and making movies, with a look at their work such as the alien for Alien 3, the Green Goblin for Spiderman, the alien for Alien vs Predator: Requiem, and creatures for The Thing, plus facehuggers, X-Men makeups including Deadpool from X-Men Origins: Woverine, characters from Fire City, and Harbinger Down
Page 53: (52 on contents page) WEIGHING UP WORK EXPERIENCE: Journalist and makeup FX artist Laura Sutherland investigates the challenging path faced by industry newcomers when progressing towards fully paid work, with input from recent graduates Sarah McCarthy who studied at the Australian College of Make-up and Special Effects, Steven Harris who completed a BA at Southampton Solent University, ex-Gorton Studio students Isabella Larter and Sarah Panigada, and Vancouver Film School alumni Amber Fox and Amelie Soucy
Page 66. RISING STARS PART 2: Interviews with founding artists of three emerging companies whose work is making its mark on the global film industry. In this issue: Vincent Van Dyke of Vincent Van Dyke Effects, USA, gives an insight into a career that accelerated to the level of company director at a young age, with the influence of the legendary Burman dynasty, including a look at some personal projects and work for Yellow, Hellstorm, Code Black, A Quiet Kind of Love, and Dexter
Page 88. (90 on contents page) FX CRIBS: Neill Gorton opens the doors to the brand new studio of Millennium FX Ltd, the company he co-directs with Rob Mayor in Aylesbury, UK, where they will continue to add to credits such as Judge Dredd, Saving Private Ryan, From Hell, Ant and Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway, The Catherine Tate Show, Red Dwarf, Enduring Love, Five Children and It, Little Britain, Sahara, Becoming Jane, Chernobyl Diaries and many more
Page 4. WORDS OF WISDOM: Mike Mekash, triple Primetime Emmy Award-winner and American Horror Story’s Key Prosthetics Artist sets the scene for this issue
Page 16. DANNY’S DEMOS: Accomplished screen makeup FX artist and teacher Danny Marie Elias (Sherlock, Doctor Who, Victor Frankenstein) shows you how to go about your first prosthetics project, whilst keeping the cost under control
Page 36. PROSTHETICS TECH SPEC: Millennium FX’s co-director Rob Mayor reveals the materials used to build a creature suit for an 8ft animatronic polar bear with full muscle suit, created to promote Sky Atlantic’s ‘Arctic-noir’ series Fortitude
Page 40. MIKE MEKASH’S OPSITE BLADDER TECHNIQUE: This issue’s industry leader, multi award-winner Mike Mekash (Glee, Iron Man 2, Eat Pray Love, The Amazing Spider-Man, Mad Max: Fury Road) shares his simple bladder technique that effectively rivals traditional methods for squirting blood from fake wounds
Page 59. PAINTING A SILICONE DUMMY HEAD: Italian prosthetics artist Valentina Visintin (Clash of the Titans, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1, Prometheus, Cloud Atlas, Guardians of the Galaxy) shares her technique for creating a hyper-realistic appearance on a rubber surface
Page 76. COLOUR THEORY: In this multi-part tutorial, well-known transatlantic duo Stuart Bray (Gladiator, Blade II, Mutant Chronicles) and Todd Debreceni (Yai Wanonabalewa: The Enemy God, Ink, Cannon Fodder) explain the fundamentals of colour theory and why they’re important in prosthetics, including how to use colour wheels and mix skin tones
Page 85. (82 on contents page) SHOW US YOUR TOOLS! Five highly accomplished sculptors: Stuart Conran, Stuart Bray, Gary Pollard, Andrew Sinclair ARBS, and Nacho Díaz, share the tools of the trade they couldn’t work without
Page 92. (90 on contents page) STEP-BY-STEP SCULPTURE – MASTERING THE HUMAN FOOT: Leading classical sculptor Andrew Sinclair ARBS takes us through his system for sculpting a foot; one of the defining skills of the modern figurative sculptor
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