Face Off - Sirens!
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leia131As you can see by the title, this week's episode of Face Off was relevant to my interests. Now, given, sirens and mermaids are not technically the same thing, but they're close enough in this day and age that this challenge started with the designers on a boat.
The challenge: Create a beautiful but deadly siren, capable of both luring men in and murdering them. The designers were assigned to teams of two again, and each team was given a sea creature to inspire their designs. Because that means there were only eight designs again, I'm going to show you all of them (and because I love this challenge.)
Finally, because no one went home last week, this week there were TWO eliminations. :(
Alas, SyFy is still doing pictures of the designers with their creations, so the detail here is... lacking.
Jordan and Jasmine, Yellow Boxfish:
I really REALLY like the colors on this one, and the way they applied them. They really captured their fish, and I (and Ve) both liked the spines on the chest. They were just safe though, possibly because Hattrick and Nigel weren't crazy about the fins on her head.
Ben and Ricky, Blue Sea Slug:
It's a shame you can't see this in motion, because a lot of it's awesomeness is based on the movement of the feathers. This look is perhaps a little bit too literally a version of their animal, but it's also the closest to a traditional siren with the feathers and all. They were safe.
Here's the model, selling it hard:
Scott and Stevie, Blue-Ringed Octopus:
Not much to say about this one. It's an octopus, they were safe, this girl is named Stevie for some reason. Next.
Jason and Evan, Peacock Mantis Shrimp:
I was actually really disappointed with how this came out. We all know that the mantis shrimp is awesome in the extreme, and very very colorful, and their concept was a geisha assassin, which I LOVED while they were explaining it. Alas, I don't think they were quite able to capture the mantis shrimp's colors, and the paint looks muddled. She also looks more like a drag queen (not that there's anything wrong with that) than a geisha, and it just didn't live up to my expectations. But they were safe.
Here's their inspiration and sketch, for comparison:
If only it had come out looking more like that sketch...
Nora and Brittany, Flabellina Nudibranch:
Ok. I don't know what a flaily noodlebranch thing is, but look at the link, they are AWESOME. I personally think these two designers were the only ones who made a truly beautiful siren, but I may be biased because Nora (on the left) has immediately become my favorite. She just has such joy for her work, I love her. She also, without any crying, panic, or hesitation, made new tips out of makeup sponges for their pointy shoulder application when the sculpted ones didn't come out of the mold properly. The judges ended up loving those pointy bits, by the way. This was a top look, but didn't win.
Kevon and Meg, Textile Cone Snail:
This was the winning look, and I so did not agree with the judges on this one. I honestly thought this was going to be in the bottom, for the non-existent color scheme and the fact that she's all scary and not at all beautiful, but the judges were just in love with the chest application (which you can't see here, ugh) and they didn't even mention the lack of beauty. I also thought her finger appliances were too weird, but the judges didn't even seem to notice them. Anyway, Meg was the winner, and she's Andrew's fav, so it's fine. Also, I appreciate that they made her an instrument, which no one else did.
Also, here's a better shot of her face:
Yikes. I would not be enticed by her, but maybe she has a great voice? To be fair, the sculpt is flawless, and I think that's what won over the judges.
Libby and Missy, Striped Surgeonfish:
Look at their inspiration fish. Look at this makeup. Do you see any resemblance? No, and the judges rightly called them out on that. Hattrick also said that he has seen football helmets that blended better onto heads, and the paint job is a total trainwreck. (Probably because they fought with each other over it, and one of them painted over the other's work). This was obviously a bottom look.
Omar and Sidney, Portuguese Man o' War:
This one at least looks like the animal, but the judges hated the shapes, paint job, how it looked like she was wearing a helmet, and that between the two of them they only made a cowl and a staff. Hattrick asked them what they did with all their time, and they didn't really have a good answer. I don't honestly think this was worse than the other bottom look, but the judges hated it so much that BOTH of these dudes got eliminated.
Here's a closer shot of her head:
I think what it came down to was that the judges liked Missy and Libby's basic sculpt better than this one, which they said resembled cabbage. The application here is pretty sloppy too, as you can see in this shot.
Fare thee well, Omar and Sidney, we hardly knew ye.
Next week, for the 100th episode of Face Off, couples are getting married in the makeups. That's... a lot of pressure. No one wants to get married in a losing look.
The challenge: Create a beautiful but deadly siren, capable of both luring men in and murdering them. The designers were assigned to teams of two again, and each team was given a sea creature to inspire their designs. Because that means there were only eight designs again, I'm going to show you all of them (and because I love this challenge.)
Finally, because no one went home last week, this week there were TWO eliminations. :(
Alas, SyFy is still doing pictures of the designers with their creations, so the detail here is... lacking.
Jordan and Jasmine, Yellow Boxfish:
I really REALLY like the colors on this one, and the way they applied them. They really captured their fish, and I (and Ve) both liked the spines on the chest. They were just safe though, possibly because Hattrick and Nigel weren't crazy about the fins on her head.
Ben and Ricky, Blue Sea Slug:
It's a shame you can't see this in motion, because a lot of it's awesomeness is based on the movement of the feathers. This look is perhaps a little bit too literally a version of their animal, but it's also the closest to a traditional siren with the feathers and all. They were safe.
Here's the model, selling it hard:
Scott and Stevie, Blue-Ringed Octopus:
Not much to say about this one. It's an octopus, they were safe, this girl is named Stevie for some reason. Next.
Jason and Evan, Peacock Mantis Shrimp:
I was actually really disappointed with how this came out. We all know that the mantis shrimp is awesome in the extreme, and very very colorful, and their concept was a geisha assassin, which I LOVED while they were explaining it. Alas, I don't think they were quite able to capture the mantis shrimp's colors, and the paint looks muddled. She also looks more like a drag queen (not that there's anything wrong with that) than a geisha, and it just didn't live up to my expectations. But they were safe.
Here's their inspiration and sketch, for comparison:
If only it had come out looking more like that sketch...
Nora and Brittany, Flabellina Nudibranch:
Ok. I don't know what a flaily noodlebranch thing is, but look at the link, they are AWESOME. I personally think these two designers were the only ones who made a truly beautiful siren, but I may be biased because Nora (on the left) has immediately become my favorite. She just has such joy for her work, I love her. She also, without any crying, panic, or hesitation, made new tips out of makeup sponges for their pointy shoulder application when the sculpted ones didn't come out of the mold properly. The judges ended up loving those pointy bits, by the way. This was a top look, but didn't win.
Kevon and Meg, Textile Cone Snail:
This was the winning look, and I so did not agree with the judges on this one. I honestly thought this was going to be in the bottom, for the non-existent color scheme and the fact that she's all scary and not at all beautiful, but the judges were just in love with the chest application (which you can't see here, ugh) and they didn't even mention the lack of beauty. I also thought her finger appliances were too weird, but the judges didn't even seem to notice them. Anyway, Meg was the winner, and she's Andrew's fav, so it's fine. Also, I appreciate that they made her an instrument, which no one else did.
Also, here's a better shot of her face:
Yikes. I would not be enticed by her, but maybe she has a great voice? To be fair, the sculpt is flawless, and I think that's what won over the judges.
Libby and Missy, Striped Surgeonfish:
Look at their inspiration fish. Look at this makeup. Do you see any resemblance? No, and the judges rightly called them out on that. Hattrick also said that he has seen football helmets that blended better onto heads, and the paint job is a total trainwreck. (Probably because they fought with each other over it, and one of them painted over the other's work). This was obviously a bottom look.
Omar and Sidney, Portuguese Man o' War:
This one at least looks like the animal, but the judges hated the shapes, paint job, how it looked like she was wearing a helmet, and that between the two of them they only made a cowl and a staff. Hattrick asked them what they did with all their time, and they didn't really have a good answer. I don't honestly think this was worse than the other bottom look, but the judges hated it so much that BOTH of these dudes got eliminated.
Here's a closer shot of her head:
I think what it came down to was that the judges liked Missy and Libby's basic sculpt better than this one, which they said resembled cabbage. The application here is pretty sloppy too, as you can see in this shot.
Fare thee well, Omar and Sidney, we hardly knew ye.
Next week, for the 100th episode of Face Off, couples are getting married in the makeups. That's... a lot of pressure. No one wants to get married in a losing look.
