Face Off: SyFy's Makeup Effects Artists Competition Show

I can't believe that Laney up and left like that... It felt like her breakdown came out of nowhere.

... it did came out of nowhere.

Just dropping by to say that Face Off is an awesome show. I wish Heroes of Cosplay was like this, but I keep hearing worse and worse things about it.

Well, glad that Roy had made it to the finale. In the end, whoever won would have left us happy.

Laura really deserved to win third season, glad to see she pulled it off this time. Honestly though, I think Tate's swan would have won the day by herself if his wizard hadn't looked like a slack-jawed bum. Then again, he did go into this with an extreme handicap of help.

I also joked that Laura recruited Miranda, the best choice, then grilled her off-camera, "You're the Miranda who won half the season right, not the loser Miranda from the last two episodes?!". I also couldn't help but suggest that Roy's wizard was Yellow Bastard from Sin City.

Real damn pity that Laney gave up and ran. Would have been great to see her compete for the finalists or at least contribute at the end.

edited 7th Nov '13 1:30:10 PM by Rotpar

I thought Laura should have won the 3rd season but that season they had the gimmick that the fans at home picked the overall winner.

I missed it. Is it being rerun any time?

That's unfortunate. Do you have On Demand? DVR?

Never checked Sci-Fi's site, is it available online?

Necromancy!

For Face Off has returned! Like three weeks ago, we're all very busy/lazy tropers.

This week's challenge: TROGDOR! Or, you know, dragons. As one contestant put it, "fire-breathing flying elephants."

And now we pause for the day, so my sister can go get an emergency tattoo.

edited 29th Jan '14 1:58:34 PM by Rotpar

TRIPLE POST!

I am so annoyed with Sci-Fi's pet artist, Corinne. She's not that good and they'll shilling her a lot. She was top looks this week for a lackluster makeup, she obscured the main part of her work, and she slapped war paint to cover her rough edges and was praised for it. Really hoping she won't win.

Also, the show is pretty gimmicky this season. The judges have the "special ability" to "pardon" somebody instead of sending them home. Or they could just not choose them as the bottom contestant to remove. They're also making a big deal out of the "surprise" trip to Japan next episode, when obviously none of the contestants would be caught unaware by this, they need passports after all.

Not sure what makes the show so compelling but it is deliciously so.

Also yes full episodes are available on the Sy Fy site [1] [2]

Necromancy...spoooooooky!

New season has been...pretty meh. I do think they're getting starved for talent, one contestant was a five-time loser in previous auditions. The show also has a "theme" this season, there's supposed to be a life and death thing going on but it's only come up twice in a half-dozen episodes. There's also a new judge because Ve is busy this season and can only make a few appearances.

Gimmicks this season? The "special immunity" is back, because it's cheap drama for the judges to boot somebody off the show then decide a minute later to pardon them. The season premier was also a "secret final audition" that kicked off two contestants. That being said—one of the best episodes in the last two seasons was an awesome gimmick:

Charity judge showdown. Glenn versus Ve versus Neville—with a pair of top-notch previous season finalists (and Miranda) to assist them. It's an awesome episode letting you see what the judges are capable of. Watch at least this episode if nothing else this season impresses you.

edited 6th Sep '14 1:22:25 AM by Rotpar

I loved the Judges Match episode.

Ok, that was just wretched. The girl they "saved" with the gimmick just producer the worst cyclops I've ever seen.

It had a dozen eyes.

They deemed it safe and sent another girl home because her job was rough and she failed to include the horns that made her character a faun. Meanwhile the cyclops with arachnoid eyes was cool.

I thought it was bad last season when they hated the botched fingers on the make up so they had them removed and judged it without the fingers.

edited 4th Oct '14 6:23:34 PM by Rotpar

HOW did this show earn a haunted house at Halloween Horror Nights this year? Isn't this a REALITY show? What's so scary in this?

Well, sadly Game Shows don't exist anymore without the reality show crap shoehorned in. But they do a lot of horror make ups, the only time one of the best contestants had a bad make up was when she made something utterly horrific instead of whimsical.

The most recent episode's makeups were all largely disappointing, except for Apollo and Aphrodite. Apollo was really good, except for his already-mentioned shoulder flames. They should definitely have been MUCH bigger. And personally, I would have liked a shinier orange-red as his base color instead of the plain dark red he ended up with. The Eyes of Gold were a reeeeeeally nice touch.

Also, I can't help being crazy attracted to Apollo. He has the perfect Lantern Jaw of Justice to balance out his awesome head-piece, and he also has really good presence. He's not just holding the prop head that comes with his costume, he's holding it like a BOSS. The almost-grin (though it might just be the makeup) is even better, because he looks like a fucking rock star. And who is Apollo, but the God of Music and Awesome Sex?

Usually I understand that the models only have about five minutes to get a feel for their complete costumes, so I let their blank-slate poses/expressions slide. But whenever someone manages to sneak in something like that, I do a happy dance.

APHRODITE. SWEET MOTHER OF GOD. Aphrodite looks like she was carved from seashells. And holy fuck, I just looked at the photos on the Syfy website and HER EARS ARE CONCHES WHAAAAAAAAT. No wonder she won by a landslide!

Hades was disappointing. The actual makeup is fine, but I've just seen Evil Old Man Hades too many times. I want someone to portray him as a sexy Tall, Dark, and Handsome guy like he's supposed to be! Or at least someone who doesn't look like FJDSKLANG EVIL OLD GOD OF THE DEAD. He's not a wretch who lords over the Underworld, he just got stuck with the Underworld because Poseidon and Zeus picked the flashiest domains first.

And Zeus? No. Just no. I can see where the makeup should have gone, and that saddens me because we ended up with a boring old man in a dress. And an UNFLATTERING dress, to boot.

If George wanted cloud/sky-hair, it should have been poofy like his beard, not weighed-down and limp. As for the armor: LIGHTNING BOLT ARMOR would have solved at least three problems. I don't even have concrete suggestions, I just know that armor made of lightning bolts would have looked better than what we saw.

As for Athena, I definitely agree with the judges. She doesn't look like she turned to stone, she looks like Apollo had a fight with her and blistered her face to death. STATUE OF ATHENA. YOU COULD HAVE DONE THAT. And I don't know if anyone else thinks this, but her armor looks more like a schoolgirl outfit.

Poseidon was okay, just a little too washed-out. Light blue is okay as a general water palette, but I see more "ice" or "storm." For me, an "ocean" palette would be darker blues and purples. Bit too many horns for my taste, but still pretty good.

edited 9th Oct '14 9:22:37 PM by Sharysa

Can somebody give me a link to watch Face Off for free that's legal? My mom banned me from watching it, but I HAVE to watch it.

Why did your mom ban you from watching a show that's essentially about (special effects) makeup?

you could probably watch on Syfy's website.

Pyrrhic Victory. Sasha is finally gone but she destroyed Athena in the process.

edited 11th Oct '14 4:47:13 PM by Rotpar

She banned me from watching it because "it's evil". -rolls eyes-

How on earth is a makeup show evil? Serious question.

Because the only episode she saw was the Bloody Mary one and then she said she "didn't want that kind of stuff to be put in my mind"...

...But Bloody Mary is the urban legend that pretty much every teenage girl knows and either tried, attempted and then chickened out before saying Bloody Mary the third time, or never attempted at all because they're already easily spooked/paranoid.

She can't seriously think that an urban legend is evil, unless she's really conservative or she was living under a rock. Although the former is very plausible since my own mother's ridiculously conservative.

Either way, You Tube might have something and pictures/official clips are usually on the Sy Fy website.

Face-Off returns next Tuesday and the Gimmick is three Face-Off Champions mentor teams of five.

The champions are Season 2 winner Rayce, Season 4 winner Anthony, and Season 5 winner Laura.