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leia131Everyone ready for the Face Off liveblog? I hope to update tomorrow with pictures, just like I did the the Project Runway liveblogs.
-Previously on Face Off: The mole rat Miranda made won, and Adolfo FINALLY got sent home for this train wreck. Eleven contestants are left!
-Roy had some fabrication issues last time, and almost got sent home. He and I are both glad that he didn't, because he's insanely talented and it would suck to lose because of what basically amounted to technical difficulties.
-The contestants have gone to meet McKenzie at the LA Arboretum, which has apparently been featured in lots of movies, including Jurassic Park. Who knew? They have to be inspired by these surroundings to create an original Mother Nature goddess, and they must include a feature in the makeup that represents their mothers. All together now: awwww
-Surprise special guest! Last season's winner, Anthony. He's here to give them tips? I guess? He says to bring out the feminine features in their mother nature makeups... GEE, THANK YOU. McKenzie says that the judges will be looking for beautiful makeups, which means at least one person will do something hideous/horror show.
-Laura's mom likes music, and so she's going with a trumpet flower. Frank's mom has Parkinson's and his dad died recently, and he's making me want to cry. :( Roy's going with roots, Laney's mom is a florist (wow) and likes insects so she's going with that.
-The sculpting phase comes first, where the contestants use clay to sculpt the forms that they will cast. Then they use that cast as a mold to do the prostheses in latex, foam, etc. Opening the mold and then cleaning the clay out of it is where 75% of things go wrong on this show.
-RJ did an earth goddess on the season 2 finale... oops. But his mom had a beehive hairdo in the 60's, so he's going with a retro 1960's earth mother. I kind of love this idea.
-How do so many of them have nature mothers in real life? Tate's mom apparently raises deer (people raise deer?), so he's going with deer as an inspiration.
-Lyma and her mom bonded over being pregnant, so her sculpt is going to be a pregnant goddess. I think this is a fantastic idea, and also reminiscent of traditional fertility goddess figures.
-Michael Westmore and McKenzie are joined for the critique phase by Anthony, for some reason.
-Eddie says he's unsure if he should take Westmore's advice or not. Let me help you out with that, Eddie. TAKE HIS ADVICE.
-Frank is struggling with this challenge, understandably. I want to reach through the screen and hug him. I'm also worried for his chances on the show, because anyone who has a sob story usually doesn't make it past the episode highlighting said story. Come on Frank, Alana and I are both pulling for you!
-One of the most heartbreaking things about Face Off is that you see sketches of these amazing designs and concepts, and roughly half of the time they can't quite manage to pull them off. Eddie's one with the river arm thing looks SO GOOD on paper, but I'm worried about how it will pan out when he tries to make it in real life.
-Frank has decided not to quit, but to push on through. You can do it Frank!
-Time is up on day one. I am just realizing that Frank and Roy and RJ all have signature hats.
-Damn, these sculpts are AMAZING.
-RJ, relax, you picked a very unique direction, go with it! I love your '60's earth mother.
-At Anthony's suggestion, Lyma is putting a bunny in her pregnant belly. I guess that's cool?
-Laney is running behind, timewise, HURRY LANEY.
-I'm pretty sure Eddie is actually 12.
-I am LOVING everything I'm seeing in this workroom right now, even Lyma's giant wig. It's all so flowery and amazing.
-Tate is helping Laney open her mold, because that's how people roll on this show. OH SHIT, Tate accidentally ripped the head off Laney's mannequin. I don't 100% understand why this is a big problem, but I will take Tate's word for it that it is. Poor Laney, maybe I shouldn't have said last week that I liked her so much?
-Aww, Tate feels so bad, he's going to epoxy Laney's mannequin back together. Apparently using another one is just not an option... I don't quite get it, but again, I trust Tate's expertise.
-Application phase! This is where they put the prosthetics on the models, do makeup, and paint the whole thing.
-RJ's model will not shut up, which is a problem because he's trying to glue shit on her CHIN and she won't stop moving said chin.
-It seems like Lyma and Laney are both having issues with the wardrobe/props that they requested (from where, I have no idea, since they're never mentioned this process before) which sucks because it's totally out of their control.
-Time for last looks, the final hour before the models go out in front of the judges. This is when everyone races to finish their look. It's supposed to be touch up time, but it's usually more like, 'PAINT IT QUICK, JUST THROW SOME PAINT AT IT, GLUE DOWN THAT EDGE, OH SHIT I FORGOT TO PUT THE BOLTS ON FRANKENSTEIN'S HEAD, QUICK SOMEONE GET ME SOME MOSS!!!' time.
-Oh for the love of- Laney's model is sick and can't finish getting the makeup applied. That is NOT FAIR, and should not be counted against her. What if, as Laney worries, she can't make it to the stage? Surely they wouldn't send Laney home for that, right?
-Show time! No guest judge this week. I had expected it to be Anthony. Huh.
-Laney is up first, and her model has, thankfully, shown up... But Laney had had more work planned on this look. It's very detailed up top, but the skirt (which looks nothing like the cool grass skirt in Laney's sketch) is kind of ugly.
-Roy's is AMAZING, and the model's head legit looks like it's growing right out of the tree. The ears are also stunning, and it's big and grand without being overpowering. Yay Roy!
-Eddie's is bad. The sculpted tree/flower stuff looks amateur and kind of cartoony, there's nothing on her face at all, and it doesn't help that his model kind of looks like a man (which is bad for mother nature). Also, where is the cool river arm? I think it's there, but it's not the highlight of his look like it was in his sketch.
-Tate's is... weird and ugly and lopsided and I'm confused by it. It doesn't look like a deer as much as a bug... Tate, you're usually so good, what is this? Then again, he didn't get a lot of screen time this week so he'll probably be safe.
-Scott's looks like crap, imho. The paint job looks sloppy, the head piece doesn't mesh well (it looks like something she's wearing, rather than looking like wood growing out of her) and the chest piece, which I think is supposed to look like bark, just looks like someone ripped open her skin to show her muscles. Ugh. The wood should look like part of her, and instead it looks like it's attached to her. Which it is, but I shouldn't be able to tell.
-I like RJ's, even though it doesn't look like he did a whole lot of sculpting. It's a completely unique take on mother nature that I've not seen before... like what she would wear if she had to go undercover as a housewife in the 1960's... Which I think would be an amazing idea for a TV show. And it made me laugh when it first came out.
-Oh Alana, I LOVE THAT. It's like a flower orchid person, and I love her!
-Miranda's is unsettling, but in a good way. She looks the way an actual nature goddess would look if you met her in the woods; beautiful, but you don't want to hang out with her for too long in case you accidentally offend her in some way and she turns you into a newt. Also, I kind of love the leaf boobie covers.
-Lyma's is all about the wig, which I'm not so sure is a good thing. The model seems to have to hold it up, and her face prosthetic is being pushed down over her eyes in a bad way. Also, not so sure the bunny in the belly thing really worked. It might have been better to have her just be pregnant without anything in it.
-Laura's looks a tad overworked, but it's not bad. The colors are really bright, (also, shiny) and I'm not sure the judges will go for that.
-Frank's is, by contrast, very plain, but I think that she also looks very regal. I dig it, despite his initial issues.
-Now, and this is something Project Runway just started doing this season, the judges will go up to each look and poke at it. This is because the contestants are evaluated not just on the design, but how well it was done, especially under close scrutiny, such as might happen during close-ups in a movie. Makes sense to me!
-I think the judges like Laney's, Roys, Lyma's, Laura's, and Frank's, but not Eddie's, Scott's, or RJ's. The worst part of this, for the contestants, is that they can see the judges prodding their creations, but they can't hear what they're saying... That must be maddening.
-Alana, Tate, Frank, Miranda, and Laney are all safe.
-Roy has got to be the winner, his is totally the best. His mother is the root/foundation of the family, so he used roots here, and I love it and the judges love it and it is amazing. Good thing he didn't go home last week!
-Every time I look at Eddie's I cringe, and it does not look like a warrior goddess. The model's face has no makeup on it at all, and Ve is not ok with that. Hattrick called him out on the crappy sculpting too.
-They like Lyma's, which is nice, because the more I look at it the more I like it. The tree bark around her hips is pretty damn cool, and the models' face no longer looks so squished so maybe it was just the way she was posing? Also, it turns out that she doesn't have to hold the wig up, she was just doing that during the reveal. And, as Hattrick said, using a rabbit as a fertility symbol is pretty genius. It's not my favorite look, but it's not as bad as my first impression led me to lead you to believe.
-Oh RJ, they do not like it all, but I don't agree with them. I don't think you're going home, but I can never say for sure.
-Wow, Laura, those trumpet flowers are insanely detailed, and I didn't notice that before. And oh good, the judges love it and they love the colors, which I was worried about. You never can tell with them and colors.
-Neville says that Scott's chest piece looks like the skin has been peeled back to reveal what's underneath, bordering on horror, to which I say, THANK YOU, THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I SAID. This was a beauty makeup challenge, and while a peeled back goddess could work somewhere, here is not that place.
-It's hilarious how much they love the bunny in the clear stomach idea, given that it wasn't really Lyma's idea.
-Winner: Laura, which surprises me. However, I love Laura, so YAY! Her caterpillar flower goddess means she loves her mother. (ETA: After looking at the pictures, I'm pretty sure part of why she won is the INSANE amount of work that went into her piece. I think I remember Hattrick saying something about being impressed with that.)
-DAMN IT, why would you send RJ home? I guess it was a combination of not getting his concept, not liking how far he strayed from the challenge outline, and not feeling that the application was good enough. But, RJ, you didn't disappoint your family, don't be so hard on yourself. (ETA: Again, after seeing close up pictures, I can tell that it wasn't applied very well, on top of the judges just not getting it.)
-Next week on Face Off: Halloween makeups? That's vague, I hope they give me more detail!
Answer to last Tuesday's song: He is Not Dead Yet, from Spamalot.![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
becofoz got this one right!
Now with pictures! Be sure to look at both links for each contestant; one is the full look, and the other is a close up of the face.
-Previously on Face Off: The mole rat Miranda made won, and Adolfo FINALLY got sent home for this train wreck. Eleven contestants are left!
-Roy had some fabrication issues last time, and almost got sent home. He and I are both glad that he didn't, because he's insanely talented and it would suck to lose because of what basically amounted to technical difficulties.
-The contestants have gone to meet McKenzie at the LA Arboretum, which has apparently been featured in lots of movies, including Jurassic Park. Who knew? They have to be inspired by these surroundings to create an original Mother Nature goddess, and they must include a feature in the makeup that represents their mothers. All together now: awwww
-Surprise special guest! Last season's winner, Anthony. He's here to give them tips? I guess? He says to bring out the feminine features in their mother nature makeups... GEE, THANK YOU. McKenzie says that the judges will be looking for beautiful makeups, which means at least one person will do something hideous/horror show.
-Laura's mom likes music, and so she's going with a trumpet flower. Frank's mom has Parkinson's and his dad died recently, and he's making me want to cry. :( Roy's going with roots, Laney's mom is a florist (wow) and likes insects so she's going with that.
-The sculpting phase comes first, where the contestants use clay to sculpt the forms that they will cast. Then they use that cast as a mold to do the prostheses in latex, foam, etc. Opening the mold and then cleaning the clay out of it is where 75% of things go wrong on this show.
-RJ did an earth goddess on the season 2 finale... oops. But his mom had a beehive hairdo in the 60's, so he's going with a retro 1960's earth mother. I kind of love this idea.
-How do so many of them have nature mothers in real life? Tate's mom apparently raises deer (people raise deer?), so he's going with deer as an inspiration.
-Lyma and her mom bonded over being pregnant, so her sculpt is going to be a pregnant goddess. I think this is a fantastic idea, and also reminiscent of traditional fertility goddess figures.
-Michael Westmore and McKenzie are joined for the critique phase by Anthony, for some reason.
-Eddie says he's unsure if he should take Westmore's advice or not. Let me help you out with that, Eddie. TAKE HIS ADVICE.
-Frank is struggling with this challenge, understandably. I want to reach through the screen and hug him. I'm also worried for his chances on the show, because anyone who has a sob story usually doesn't make it past the episode highlighting said story. Come on Frank, Alana and I are both pulling for you!
-One of the most heartbreaking things about Face Off is that you see sketches of these amazing designs and concepts, and roughly half of the time they can't quite manage to pull them off. Eddie's one with the river arm thing looks SO GOOD on paper, but I'm worried about how it will pan out when he tries to make it in real life.
-Frank has decided not to quit, but to push on through. You can do it Frank!
-Time is up on day one. I am just realizing that Frank and Roy and RJ all have signature hats.
-Damn, these sculpts are AMAZING.
-RJ, relax, you picked a very unique direction, go with it! I love your '60's earth mother.
-At Anthony's suggestion, Lyma is putting a bunny in her pregnant belly. I guess that's cool?
-Laney is running behind, timewise, HURRY LANEY.
-I'm pretty sure Eddie is actually 12.
-I am LOVING everything I'm seeing in this workroom right now, even Lyma's giant wig. It's all so flowery and amazing.
-Tate is helping Laney open her mold, because that's how people roll on this show. OH SHIT, Tate accidentally ripped the head off Laney's mannequin. I don't 100% understand why this is a big problem, but I will take Tate's word for it that it is. Poor Laney, maybe I shouldn't have said last week that I liked her so much?
-Aww, Tate feels so bad, he's going to epoxy Laney's mannequin back together. Apparently using another one is just not an option... I don't quite get it, but again, I trust Tate's expertise.
-Application phase! This is where they put the prosthetics on the models, do makeup, and paint the whole thing.
-RJ's model will not shut up, which is a problem because he's trying to glue shit on her CHIN and she won't stop moving said chin.
-It seems like Lyma and Laney are both having issues with the wardrobe/props that they requested (from where, I have no idea, since they're never mentioned this process before) which sucks because it's totally out of their control.
-Time for last looks, the final hour before the models go out in front of the judges. This is when everyone races to finish their look. It's supposed to be touch up time, but it's usually more like, 'PAINT IT QUICK, JUST THROW SOME PAINT AT IT, GLUE DOWN THAT EDGE, OH SHIT I FORGOT TO PUT THE BOLTS ON FRANKENSTEIN'S HEAD, QUICK SOMEONE GET ME SOME MOSS!!!' time.
-Oh for the love of- Laney's model is sick and can't finish getting the makeup applied. That is NOT FAIR, and should not be counted against her. What if, as Laney worries, she can't make it to the stage? Surely they wouldn't send Laney home for that, right?
-Show time! No guest judge this week. I had expected it to be Anthony. Huh.
-Laney is up first, and her model has, thankfully, shown up... But Laney had had more work planned on this look. It's very detailed up top, but the skirt (which looks nothing like the cool grass skirt in Laney's sketch) is kind of ugly.
-Roy's is AMAZING, and the model's head legit looks like it's growing right out of the tree. The ears are also stunning, and it's big and grand without being overpowering. Yay Roy!
-Eddie's is bad. The sculpted tree/flower stuff looks amateur and kind of cartoony, there's nothing on her face at all, and it doesn't help that his model kind of looks like a man (which is bad for mother nature). Also, where is the cool river arm? I think it's there, but it's not the highlight of his look like it was in his sketch.
-Tate's is... weird and ugly and lopsided and I'm confused by it. It doesn't look like a deer as much as a bug... Tate, you're usually so good, what is this? Then again, he didn't get a lot of screen time this week so he'll probably be safe.
-Scott's looks like crap, imho. The paint job looks sloppy, the head piece doesn't mesh well (it looks like something she's wearing, rather than looking like wood growing out of her) and the chest piece, which I think is supposed to look like bark, just looks like someone ripped open her skin to show her muscles. Ugh. The wood should look like part of her, and instead it looks like it's attached to her. Which it is, but I shouldn't be able to tell.
-I like RJ's, even though it doesn't look like he did a whole lot of sculpting. It's a completely unique take on mother nature that I've not seen before... like what she would wear if she had to go undercover as a housewife in the 1960's... Which I think would be an amazing idea for a TV show. And it made me laugh when it first came out.
-Oh Alana, I LOVE THAT. It's like a flower orchid person, and I love her!
-Miranda's is unsettling, but in a good way. She looks the way an actual nature goddess would look if you met her in the woods; beautiful, but you don't want to hang out with her for too long in case you accidentally offend her in some way and she turns you into a newt. Also, I kind of love the leaf boobie covers.
-Lyma's is all about the wig, which I'm not so sure is a good thing. The model seems to have to hold it up, and her face prosthetic is being pushed down over her eyes in a bad way. Also, not so sure the bunny in the belly thing really worked. It might have been better to have her just be pregnant without anything in it.
-Laura's looks a tad overworked, but it's not bad. The colors are really bright, (also, shiny) and I'm not sure the judges will go for that.
-Frank's is, by contrast, very plain, but I think that she also looks very regal. I dig it, despite his initial issues.
-Now, and this is something Project Runway just started doing this season, the judges will go up to each look and poke at it. This is because the contestants are evaluated not just on the design, but how well it was done, especially under close scrutiny, such as might happen during close-ups in a movie. Makes sense to me!
-I think the judges like Laney's, Roys, Lyma's, Laura's, and Frank's, but not Eddie's, Scott's, or RJ's. The worst part of this, for the contestants, is that they can see the judges prodding their creations, but they can't hear what they're saying... That must be maddening.
-Alana, Tate, Frank, Miranda, and Laney are all safe.
-Roy has got to be the winner, his is totally the best. His mother is the root/foundation of the family, so he used roots here, and I love it and the judges love it and it is amazing. Good thing he didn't go home last week!
-Every time I look at Eddie's I cringe, and it does not look like a warrior goddess. The model's face has no makeup on it at all, and Ve is not ok with that. Hattrick called him out on the crappy sculpting too.
-They like Lyma's, which is nice, because the more I look at it the more I like it. The tree bark around her hips is pretty damn cool, and the models' face no longer looks so squished so maybe it was just the way she was posing? Also, it turns out that she doesn't have to hold the wig up, she was just doing that during the reveal. And, as Hattrick said, using a rabbit as a fertility symbol is pretty genius. It's not my favorite look, but it's not as bad as my first impression led me to lead you to believe.
-Oh RJ, they do not like it all, but I don't agree with them. I don't think you're going home, but I can never say for sure.
-Wow, Laura, those trumpet flowers are insanely detailed, and I didn't notice that before. And oh good, the judges love it and they love the colors, which I was worried about. You never can tell with them and colors.
-Neville says that Scott's chest piece looks like the skin has been peeled back to reveal what's underneath, bordering on horror, to which I say, THANK YOU, THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I SAID. This was a beauty makeup challenge, and while a peeled back goddess could work somewhere, here is not that place.
-It's hilarious how much they love the bunny in the clear stomach idea, given that it wasn't really Lyma's idea.
-Winner: Laura, which surprises me. However, I love Laura, so YAY! Her caterpillar flower goddess means she loves her mother. (ETA: After looking at the pictures, I'm pretty sure part of why she won is the INSANE amount of work that went into her piece. I think I remember Hattrick saying something about being impressed with that.)
-DAMN IT, why would you send RJ home? I guess it was a combination of not getting his concept, not liking how far he strayed from the challenge outline, and not feeling that the application was good enough. But, RJ, you didn't disappoint your family, don't be so hard on yourself. (ETA: Again, after seeing close up pictures, I can tell that it wasn't applied very well, on top of the judges just not getting it.)
-Next week on Face Off: Halloween makeups? That's vague, I hope they give me more detail!
Answer to last Tuesday's song: He is Not Dead Yet, from Spamalot.
becofoz got this one right!Now with pictures! Be sure to look at both links for each contestant; one is the full look, and the other is a close up of the face.
