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Master Moulding – Part 2
You’ve got your original master plaster lifecast. Mould it, don’t drop it! In the blog post from June, I took a look at prepping an original plaster life cast. This post takes a look at the moulding part. We want … Continue reading
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Podcast #13 – Mitch at Brick In The Yard
Brick In The Yard isn’t the most obvious name to give to a successful FX material supplier. There is a good reason for it though, as you will hear in this podcast. Mitch Rogers is the evil genius behind Brick … Continue reading
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Foam Latex with Rob Burman
Rob Burman is a damned nice fella and kindly took some time to share some of his wisdom, and we are all grateful he did. Thanks, Rob! If you don’t know the name ‘Burman‘ then you must be pretty new … Continue reading
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Painting With Thomas Surprenant
The last time we talked about making foam latex, the craft and materials involved in actually producing the foam. This time around, we figured it would be a good call to look at painting and art finishing. Now, there’s a … Continue reading
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Foam Latex – It’s Smelly But Good!
Podcast #10 – Foam Latex: It’s Smelly But Good! Foam Latex was the main material appliances and pretty much anything skin-like was made of for long time. It is only relatively recently that silicone has taken it’s place, and with … Continue reading
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Master Moulding
What Is Master Moulding & Why Would I Do It? After you’ve taken a lifecast of a performer, you have a solid copy of their face. This is presumably an accurate copy which has recorded the surface of their anatomy … Continue reading
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Symmetry, Schools & Fools
Podcast #9 – Symmetry, Schools & Fools Or on iTunes Here! Whilst teaching a class recently, a student was hung up on getting the nose perfectly symmetrical. I explained as I often do that the human face isn’t symmetrical, so … Continue reading
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Floating Pieces
Sometimes appliances can be simple individual appliances. Sometimes they need to be a bit more complex. Typically, a makeup is sculpted as one thing, so the complete look can be seen as a finished entity. That way you can be … Continue reading
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Start Making & The Lowdown On Cap Plastic
It seems it would be handy to have some sensible steps to actually start making things. So check out the podcast on this very subject and also the lowdown on cap plastic. After all, the longest of journeys start with … Continue reading
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Raising Hell with Geoff Portass
It’s just me today as Todd is pretty sick with a bad cold, so get well soon Todd. Hope you get fixed up and back on track soon, fella! We’ve got a great interview with someone who was the first … Continue reading
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