Author Archives: Stuart

Prosthetic Sculpting Video Tutorial Part 1: blocking out Well this is fresh off the press…just edited part 1 and working on the next couple.  I will get them up here asap!  As ever, I would love to know what you … Continue reading →

Sculpting Tools For Prosthetics Sculpting tools are many and varied.  I have bought  – and made – a fair few too many over the years simply because I like them. However, there are only really a few sculpting tools that … Continue reading →

BBC’s Waking The Dead – Behind The Scenes of Prosthetic Makeup Application The Bleeding Knife tutorial was based on a gag for a scene in the BBC TV show Waking The Dead which I did last year, working for a … Continue reading →

Creating good edges is kind of like personal hygiene… if you do it properly it goes unnoticed. It’s only when you stop washing that it attracts any attention! Thus, by definition ‘ good’ edges are not noticed – if you … Continue reading →

This tutorial shows you how to create great incision effects using scar wax. Scar wax is a great material for low budget effects, but is often used incorrectly or just simply not to it’s full potential. One of the biggest … Continue reading →

A little musing on the fear of sculptors everywhere. I found out my talented boss even suffered from it and that made me feel a whole lot better! Continue reading →

One of the most common difficulties faced by those of us who foolishly stick bits of rubber onto faces for fun is matching a persons skin tone realistically. Whether you are mixing up a colour to paint a big rubber … Continue reading →

I recently did a few effects for a TV show, and one involved a torture scene with skin being cut by a knife with bleeding live on camera. There was no budget or time to make a series of fake … Continue reading →

I believe the single most important aspect of makeup effects is to use reference!

It doesn’t matter what kit, materials or products you use – without basing the work on something real, it just won’t look right. Even the greatest sculptors who seem to work from memory are using a memory fed with reference! Continue reading →