Issue 7 has zombies, beasts, werewolves, a Marvel Comics’ human mutant and superhero, and stunning geishas in a science fiction anime adventure based on Japanese manga Ghost in the Shell. That, plus ageing makeup, Gothic horror, and tutorials covering sculpture techniques, kit hygiene, bondo transfers and body painting!
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COVER: Zombie King (personal project) performed by Josef Rarach. Special makeup by Vlad Taupes, Josef Rarach – FX Creator, image by Ilja Hubálek
Page 8. BUILDING A BETTER BEAST: Part two of our tour through Dave and Lou Elsey’s incredible three-decade partnership in screen prosthetics, including characters such as Mas Amedda, Chewbacca, and a host of wookies for Star Wars Episode III – Revenge of the Sith, the Scarecrow from The Wiz Live!, the creatures from Farscape, and cutting-edge werewolf characters in Wolves
Page 22. WOLVERINE: THE FINAL CHAPTER? Academy Award-winner Joel Harlow on the makeup FX for Logan, including extensive wound and trauma effects on Hugh Jackman as Logan and Krzysztof Sozynski as Mohawk, severed heads and arms, lizard boy and bumpy-skinned girl makeups, ageing on Patrick Stewart as Charles Xavier, and a full body burn makup on Stephen Merchant as Caliban, featuring sculptures by Joey Orosco
Page 34. ZOMBIE KINGS: Josef Rarach (Solomon Kane, The Lost Legion, Crazy Kingdom) explains the origins of the extraordinary special makeup FX work he and Vlad Taupesh (Chernaya magiya, ili svidanie s dyavolom; Volshebnik Izumrudnogo goroda; Götz von Berlichingen) produce at FX Creator Studio in Prague, featuring original characters Hollywood’s Devil, Devilfish, The Besat-ia, Lord of Halloween – Master of Nightmare, and Space Lord, created for IMATS Los Angeles, with photography by Ilja Hubálek and Ven Saranin
Page 60. FUTURE SHOCK: Weta Workshop chief Richard Taylor and makeup department co-heads Jane O’Kane and Sarah Rubano discuss bringing classic anime adventure Ghost in the Shell to the big screen, including creating incredible geishas, silicone suits for Scarlett Johansson as Major Motoko Kusanagi, post explosion makeup for Pilou Asbæk as Batou, prosthetic monocle cyber-eyes for Tawanda Manyimo as Borma, and more
Page 81. AGEING THE ADELMANS: Frederic Lainé of CLSFX, Atelier 69, on the company’s beautiful ageing makeup work that takes two characters – played by Nicolas Bedos and Doria Tillier – through a half-century of married life in M. & Mme Adelman
Page 96. THE B-SIDES: A new regular spot by Joe Nazzaro examining film and TV prosthetics that never made it onto the screen. First up: Steve Johnson’s company XFX’s work on Venom for Spider-Man 3, with concept designs by Constantine Sekeris, and makeup and suit tests on actor Topher Grace
Page 6. WORDS OF WISDOM: Rob Mayor, co-director of multi award-winning company Millennium FX sets the scene for this issue
Page 17. ESSENTIAL KIT HYGIENE: London Brush Company founder Siân Richards on why it’s imperative to keep your brushes and tools scrupulously clean
Page 45. BONDO TRANSFERS: Whether you call them Pros-Aide, 3D, or Bondo transfers, these marvels of modern makeup science have become an industry standard; here Stuart Bray and Todd Debreceni illustrate why, and show us how to create them
Page 55. PROSTHETICS TECH SPEC: BGFX’s Barrie Gower gives an insight into mixing mediums on Jason Isaacs’ makeup as Doctor Volmer in Gothic horror A Cure for Wellness, directed by Gore Verbinski
Page 71. BODY PAINT BASICS: Nicola Langridge, body artist and director of the UK’s BodyFactory festival, maps out the fundamentals of how to undertake a full body paint, with a comprehensive overview of the creative process and techniques, as well as insurance, risk assessments, model wellbeing, kit cleaning, and more
Page 88. STEP-BY-STEP SCULPTURE – THE HUMAN ARM: Renowned figurative sculptor Andrew Sinclair ARBS takes us through his approach to mastering the arm, one of the most challenging aspects of the human body
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