Battles With Bits of Rubber
Stuart Bray and Todd Debreceni talk makeup effects and prosthetics.
If you like rubber monsters, prosthetics and gore then you can listen, learn and suggest new episode subjects.
Todd is author of 'Special Makeup Effects For Stage And Screen', what many consider to be the modern makeup FX bible.
Stuart Bray is a working makeup FX artist with many years experienc. Credits include 'Saving Private Ryan', 'Shaun of the Dead', 'Dr Who' and more recently 'Game of Thrones' and 'Dr Strange'.
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- Update frequency
- every 23 days
- Average duration
- 78 minutes
- Episodes
- 96
- Years Active
- 2016 - 2025
#16 - Rob Smith Master Of Blood: Part 2
Rob Smith continues his chat with me about foam latex, blood and other FX related goodies. Also, Todd and I talk about our favorite podcasts, and whether or not the word 'mustard' is actually an expr…
#15 - Rob Smith, Master Of Blood: Part 1
This episode we're talkin…
#14 - Scanners & Schoonraads
A little look at the influence of digital technology on the practical effects workflow.
Bear in mind the problems we try to overcome - namely to create an illusion which appears real such as a decapi…
#13 - Mitch at Brick In The Yard
Mitch Rogers is the evil genius beh…
#12 - Rob Burman
If you don't know the name 'Burman' then you must be pretty n…
#11 - The One 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 fini…
#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 …
#9 - Symmetry, Schools & Fools
#9 - Symmetry, Schools & Fools
Symmetry in sculpting appliances
Whilst teaching a class recently, a student was hung up on getting the nose perfectly symmetrical. I explained as I often do that the…
#8 - Start Making & The Lowdown On Cap Plastic
#7 - Geoff Portass Interview (pt2)
In the second and final part of the interview with Geoff Portass, we talk more Ken Russel, Pinhead and FX stories plus some insights into the right way to go about learning some of this crazy stuff.
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#6 - Geoff Portass Interview (pt1)
Hey folks, 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.
We’ve got a great interview with someone who was the first p…
#5 - Colour theory In Practice
Colour theory is a crucial part of makeup, especially if you are in the business of trying make a portion of the face out of rubber and make it look like it belongs there and is the same as the real …
#4 - Appsolute fools
Todd and I have been chatting, as we both let the blogging slip because of work - so we are back with a plan to do more podcasts to give responses to email questions on a regular basis.
So, we caught…
#3 - Shooting at Meat. No, really.
Read the blog post to accompay this podcast: www.learnmakeupeffects.com/shooting-guns-at-meat
This time we take an interesting approach to capturing the tissue damage caused by gunshots and being abl…
#2 - Lifecasting tips and tricks
Check out the blogpost on this subject too: www.learnmakeupeffects.com/lifecasting-tipstricks/
Lifecasting is an essential, basic skill used in makeup effects and prosthetics - whether to create a cu…
#1 - Sticky Situations: The Zen Of Prosthetic Adhesives & Removers
This podcast is the first joint blog post venture with Stuart Bray and Todd Debreceni.
Todd is author of 'Special Makeup Effects For Stage And Screen', what many consider to be the modern makeup FX b…