Altered Evolution FX: January 2019

Saturday, 26 January 2019

PHOENIX

It isn't always a pretty process to rise anew, but sometimes you have to leave things in ashes.

BEHIND THE SCENES of this fiery winged beast

Firstly, the bones of our wings. We needed a bit of structure for our feathers so it didn't look like a flightless clump....No chicken phoenix allowed

Next was a wash of black to cover tats and lay an ashen base of BURNED FLESH...creeeeepy

We then lifted sections of black out in cracked volcanic crust formation using a sponge and a stencil to speed things up....coincidence that it revealed a bird fossil???? You see it too right???

There...now you DEFINITELY see it too :-D

Moving on came the tedious process of filling in all that negative space with our fiery brimstone.

While painting was progressing a screaming beak was simultaneously being built out of makeup sponges cut, shaped, and covered in cotton/latex.

Maybe most unsettling was the application of these feet cotton/latexed on to be busting through

Next the addition of that beak which just looks freakin' squawky. ( Pfffft maybe I DID have to google how to spell "squawk"....whats it to ya??

Very low tech method of applying the fire and smoke...but hey...whatever works!

Hope you enjoyed the look cuz we were pretty stoked to share it with you :-) Happy creating wherever you are!

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Friday, 18 January 2019

Golden Fire Goddess

Golden Fire Goddess

Not often do we have cause to set our creations on fire, but it was our total pleasure to do so this time :-)

BEHIND DA SCENES

We were hard at work whipping up our biggest batch of gelatin to date. Turns out...TOO big. We would recommend doing many smaller batches as this was a mother-lover to try and get to the correct consistency.

After the model was painted for the heavens it was time to apply her candle hands. Please for the love of Zeus remember to take a bathroom break BEFORE this step.

We used our FANCIEST duct tape to strap those suckers on as we didn't want to leave the structural integrity up to the cotton/latex pieces. These candles were cut down to our desired length.

Next step was coating the fingers in cotton latex and letting the top layer dry a bit so we could GOLDIMIFY it all. Her arm was wrapped in seran which THEN got coated with our gelatin mixture to have the appearance of melted wax. This was messy as hell. Once the entire arm was painted it was time for the goddess to shine and the rest is photo documented history ;-)

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Wednesday, 16 January 2019

Sabertooth

Sabertooth Nightmare

Time to beef up the brow and snout with cotton and latex...please please let us have remembered to Vaseline the brows...

Next we laid some base colour down so our Creature isn't quite so pasty

Fan brush for fur texture and dark brown to tone down the HECK outta that pumpkin orange

That lock of hair you've been saving in your diary will come in handy now.
Snip it up to the length you need

We made these fangs out of friendly plastic which was super easy to work with and coated 'em in the blood of our victims (Ben Nye Scab Blood cuz it isn't runny)

Cat Nap while the paint job progresses and sideburns get bushier :-) Next stop FREAKY FANGED FELINE

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Saturday, 12 January 2019

They Walk Among Us

They Walk Among Us

Feeling lighthearted this weekend here at AE FX...Letting our little green men peek out of their meat suits :-)

Getting some base shapes down in classic alien style..

Followed by annoying the resident feline with our tiny alien appendages.

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Saturday, 5 January 2019

Shredded

Shredded First Draft

This year AE FX is going to be adding some behind the scenes info into the looks we're putting out there, so if that's sounds like the jam in your jellyroll then scroll down!

*probably don't stick body parts into shredders.

Firstly, black out all that unnecessary bottom face...WE WON'T BE NEEDING IT. Secondly...soak the cotton strips in latex and make your model very uncomfortable with a mouth curtain.