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Season Premiere - July 22 at 9 EST/8 CST Face Off is a competition reality show on Syfy that pits 16 semi-talented makeup artists against each other for cash/fame/A NEEEEEW CAR. Along the way, you get to see just what goes into the creation of a creature makeup, as the contestants design, sculpt, mold, cast, apply, and paint a full body prostetic makeup in just three days. Generally, everyone is nice to each other and will help their showmates get stuff done on time; this relaxed attitude is one of the biggest draws to the show. Three days is not a long time to create something as complete and ambitious as the judges expect, so while some will succeed, some of the contestants will create ridiculously incomplete, poorly designed creatures that get ripped apart by the judges. The crew is changing up slightly this year, as Ve Neill will be unavailable for all but three episodes due to her Hunger Games commitments. Lois Burwell will be substituting in for her. HOST/JUDGES  McKenzie Westmore (Host) Actress/Scion of America's Greatest FX Family Wiki | IMDb  Glenn Hetrick Owner/CEO – Optic Nerve Studios Past Work: Buffy the Vampire Slayer, CSI: NY, Lady Gaga (personal designer) Wiki | IMDb  Ve Neill Oscar-Winning Freelance Makeup Artist Past Work: Pirates of the Caribbean, Batman, Every Tim Burton Movie Ever Wiki | IMDb  Lois Burwell Oscar-Winning Makeup Artist Past Work: Braveheart, The Princess Bride, Saving Private Ryan Wiki | IMDb  Neville Page Concept Designer Past Work: Avatar, The Amazing Spider-Man, Prometheus Wiki | IMDb  Michael Westmore (Mentor) Oscar & Emmy-Winning Legendary Makeup Artist Past work: The Munsters, Rocky, Star Trek, covert CIA disguises  Wiki | IMDb CONTESTANTS  Barry Mahoney Age: 33 Hometown: Southborough, MA Residence: Southborough, MA Occupation: Digital Dental Designer  Cig Neutron Age: 25 Hometown: New Castle, IN Residence: Los Angeles, CA Occupation: SFX MUA & Freelance Sculptor Challenges Won: Episode 2  Damien Zimmerman Age: 25 Hometown: Junction City, KS Residence: Junction City, KS Occupation: Screen Printer  David "DOC" O'Connell Age: 26 Hometown: Coconut Creek, FL Residence: Orlando, FL Occupation: SFX Makeup Artist/Blue Man Group Deck Crew  Dina Cimarusti Age: 28 Hometown: Lake Zurich, IL Residence: Chicago, IL Occupation: Cake Decorator Challenges Won: Episode 1  Drew Talbot Age: 29 Hometown: Wood River, IL Residence: Pittsburgh, PA Occupation: Freelance Make-Up Artist  Gabby Leithsceal Age: 42 Hometown: Perrysburg, OH Residence: Loveland, OH Occupation: Multimedia Director  George Troester III Age: 27 Hometown: Buffalo, NY Residence: Panorama City, CA Occupation: Freelance SFX Makeup Artist  Gwen Crew Age: 25 Hometown: Cincinnati, OH Residence: Swissvale, PA Occupation: Dental Technician  Jason Hodges Age: 27 Hometown: Evans, GA Residence: Atlanta, GA Occupation: Kitchen Manager  Keaghlan Ashley Age: 24 Hometown: Oxnard, CA Residence: Oxnard, CA Occupation: Freelance SFX Makeup Artist  Rachael Wagner Age: 24 Hometown: Chapel Hill, NC Residence: Los Angeles, CA Occupation: SFX Makeup Artist  Sasha Glasser Age: 22 Hometown: Irvine, CA Residence: Los Angeles, CA Occupation: Freelance SFX Makeup Artist  Scott Mitchell Age: 48 Hometown: Chicago, IL Residence: Chicago, IL Occupation: Graphic Artist & Freelance SFX MUA  Stella Sensel Age: 34 Hometown: Milwaukee, WI Residence: Brooklyn, NY Occupation: Freelance MUA, specializes in SFX Challenges Won: Episode 3  Vince Niebla Age: 42 Hometown: San Diego, CA Residence: San Diego, CA Occupation: Stereographer at Legend 3D RELATED LINKS Syfy.com/FaceOff - contestant bios, etc etc SyFy's youtube channel - previews, etc FEARnet.com episode recaps - photos of all the entries, past and present Face Off S7 Wikipedia page - episode dates, etc And for those of you who'd like to play along at home: iastudent posted:Sculpting phase Sinestro fucked around with this message at 09:35 on Aug 7, 2014 |
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If Neville says "form language".
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Jul 20, 2014 04:13
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I see this season has finally run out of red hair dye
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Jul 20, 2014 05:23
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Sinestro posted:The crew is changing up slightly this year, as Ve Neill will be unavailable for all but three episodes due to her Hunger Games commitments. Lois Burwell will be substituting in for her. Oh no. Ve is the best.  Lois looks cute as heck though so I think she might be an OK substitute role-model. (edit: Oh, she's British (and has that no-bullshit vibe like Ve)! I'll be just fine.)
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Yeah I went and looked up a few old youtube interviews with Lois back when she was first announced as a replacement judge and I'm sure she'll be great.
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Jul 20, 2014 08:35
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Yeah I'm actually stoked for her. One of her credits is Who Framed Roger Rabbit? I mean, come on.
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Jul 20, 2014 10:10
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Not enough red-haired women. Why didn't casting make their quota this year?
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Jul 20, 2014 18:38
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Factor Mystic posted:Not enough red-haired women. Why didn't casting make their quota this year? They're taking the show in a bold new direction. 
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Jul 20, 2014 18:45
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Some quick thoughts based on looking at the contestants: There is no way Cig Neutron is that guy's real name. "DOC" looks like Rob Schneider. Dina and Sasha are cute I hope they're good and stick around. Gauged ears or whatever freak me out so I hope that guy is eliminated quickly, sorry! Can't wait for the show to start so I can judge people on their actual work instead of knee-jerk reactions to the images.
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Dr Zaius posted:There is no way Cig Neutron is that guy's real name. I'm afraid that you aren't necessarily correct, there. We live in a time where parents can be terrible genre fiction nerds as well, unfortunately.
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Dr Zaius posted:There is no way Cig Neutron is that guy's real name. Meet Cig Neutron! https://vimeo.com/24663663 http://cigneutron.blogspot.com.au/ (  for Rocksteady & BeBop's tits)Yeah "Cig Neutron" seems to be a character he invented which he absorbed into his real life. I can totally see Glenn and Neville digging his aesthetic and design sense so I hope he stays around for a while and puts some crazy poo poo onto the stage.
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Jul 20, 2014 20:23
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I guess with Rashaad's win last season they decided they didn't need to go for diversity this time. Going by the pictures and names alone, I'm going to guess "Cig Neutron", "Doc", and blue haired girl will be the most obnoxious ones this season. Scott looks like a less jowly Michael Westmore.
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Jul 20, 2014 22:03
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Tonight's Episode: Life or Death - Sixteen new contestants learn they aren't officially on the show until they survive one final audition. -- Well, that sounds like a dumb gimmick.
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Jul 22, 2014 20:25
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I fail to see how that's substantially different from any other elimination.
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Jul 23, 2014 00:55
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General Ironicus posted:I fail to see how that's substantially different from any other elimination. The right way to do that is to bring 32 people in and eliminate half of them on the first challenge.
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Jul 23, 2014 01:41
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Wait... he's already working for Tom Savini? What's he doing on this show then, he's got a gig.
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Jul 23, 2014 02:05
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Come on Fig Newton you can do it.
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Jul 23, 2014 02:16
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Basebf555 posted:The right way to do that is to bring 32 people in and eliminate half of them on the first challenge. I agree. I haven't been paying a lot of attention, but does Gabby only make dark elves? I could have sworn they flashed some of her previous work up and that's all I saw. Edit. Checked during the commercial and, yes, she only has elves in her portfolio. Bored fucked around with this message at 02:25 on Jul 23, 2014 |
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Jul 23, 2014 02:17
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404GoonNotFound posted:Wait... he's already working for Tom Savini? What's he doing on this show then, he's got a gig. I thought he said he attended some Tom Savini school or something?
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foxatee posted:I thought he said he attended some Tom Savini school or something? He said he was an instructor there. Which implies that he's already "made it" to some degree. Also, really rooting for Cake Boss (cakeboss!) in this one.
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Jul 23, 2014 02:24
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Wow Dina's really stands out. Seems like a different level than the others.
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Jul 23, 2014 02:26
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Why an old age and robot make up for life?! Why?! Though the first plant girl was amazing.
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Jul 23, 2014 02:27
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Doc got the awesome model, I think. So he should be safe. (I kinda like his too) Lol. Sharknado2: the second one.
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Jul 23, 2014 02:29
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The death team lineup looks like the worst kind of independently-published comic book. Dina is the best because of her piping bag skillz and cute hat.
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Jul 23, 2014 02:30
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General Ironicus posted:The death team lineup looks like the worst kind of independently-published comic book. Further proof that you can never doubt a Cake Boss.
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Jul 23, 2014 02:35
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Jul 23, 2014 02:42
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Yeah, I like Cake Boss. That chick with the blue hair, though... Her eyebrows are freaking me out, man. And gently caress that dude with the weird head gear. I just want to punch his stupid hats. They do good work, though.
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Jul 23, 2014 02:42
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I really wanted to see Scott take the role of house Dad.
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Jul 23, 2014 02:46
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Woo! Go, foxatee fucked around with this message at 03:01 on Jul 23, 2014 |
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Jul 23, 2014 02:57
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Go Cake Boss!
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Maxwell Lord posted:Go Cake Boss! Cakeboss!
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Jul 23, 2014 02:57
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Holy poo poo! Did I see the start of a Kaiju challenge?
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Jul 23, 2014 03:00
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PicklePants posted:Holy hit! Did I see the start of a Kaiju challenge? God I hope so.
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I know it's silly to harp on, but going "you guys aren't on the show yet!" and then having them last a whole show is really dumb.
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PicklePants posted:Holy poo poo! Did I see the start of a Kaiju challenge? Their set builders made tiny little skyscrapers for the stage.  Wikipedia lists the next 5 episode titles and none of them seem to match a kaiju theme so it looks like we'll have to wait at least 6 weeks for that episode. One of the makeups in the opening credits montage almost seemed like it was inspired by old Monty Python sketches, it's an incredibly fat dude in a suit carrying a huge fish with GOODNIGHT stencilled across it. A Monty Python episode would be amazing but I'm guessing it's just wacky ol' Cig Neutron pulling out some crazy poo poo for a regular challenge. KungFu Grip posted:I know it's silly to harp on, but going "you guys aren't on the show yet!" and then having them last a whole show is really dumb. Especially when they would have signed a bunch of waivers and NDAs and gone through induction and there'd be a complete crew of cameramen and producers following their every step.
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PicklePants posted:I really feel bad for Scott.. His work was so bad that they summarily executed him. Quite the confidence booster. 
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I hope what we saw is not an indication of the level of talent. Because there was like 1-2 that were any good.
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Kung Fu Jesus posted:I hope what we saw is not an indication of the level of talent. Because there was like 1-2 that were any good. It was a 4 hour challenge with limited materials and no sculpting as well as a surprise twist halfway through so it was pretty inevitable that the results would mostly suck. It was actually a really good first challenge from the competitor's point of view since it really rammed home that they need to work super fast, to adapt to problems on the fly and manage the three priorities of A) concept, B) overall look/initial impression and C) fine details and paintwork, and that if you gently caress up any of those elements you'll be sent home. For the viewers, unfortunately, it was a pretty low key first episode since it was pretty much just a foundation challenge and not the full three day contest we're used to. I thought they mostly did okay for the conditions they were working under. I feel sorry for the two people who got eliminated because they were probably thinking "Okay, it's day one, we'll get a taste of what's to come and someone will win immunity or something" but nope, they got put through the wringer and kicked out without even seeing the dorm house.
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Snowglobe of Doom posted:I thought they mostly did okay for the conditions they were working under. I feel sorry for the two people who got eliminated because they were probably thinking "Okay, it's day one, we'll get a taste of what's to come and someone will win immunity or something" but nope, they got put through the wringer and kicked out without even seeing the dorm house. I partly get the feeling the judges saw the portfolio of the two they kicked after casting and were like "gently caress THAT, we gotta get them out of here on day 1." They didn't even wait for the Goddamn ending to boot that one guy. I half wonder if he was being a dick off-camera and they just cut it.
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