Face Off - Toys
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leia131I tried to find something to post about in the last week, but to no avail. So, here we are with the next Face Off recap.
The Challenge: Choose an inanimate object (most, but not all, of which were toys) and bring it to life in a whimsical (NOT SCARY, Ve made a special note of this) fashion, ala Pee-Wee's Playhouse. The guest judge was Paul Reubens, and apparently Ve worked on Pee-wee's Playhouse back in the day, for which she won an EMMY, so you know, no pressure.
You're going to see all the looks this week, because there are only six of them (another team challenge) and they were all pretty interesting. And also so we can all keep trying to learn who's who.
Top Looks
Johnny, Rob,and Melissa, Lollipop:
This was a team of three, as you can see, but why, SyFy, WHY is he sitting in front of the model so that you can't see the awesome vest that they made? Why?
That's better. They made that vest, which isn't super well fitting, but cool all the same. I also like that his cape is made of the lollipop wrapping, and the amount of detail and color in his headpiece is astounding. The judges' one critique, which I agreed with, is that he didn't look very happy for a lollipop guy, but I'm not sure if that was the makeup or the model.
Anna & Mel, Watch:
When they were working on the concept for this, Mel was worried about making his face a watch face, and that it wasn't creative enough. She was also firmly against putting numbers on his face. I shared her concerns, but even though this is a bit obvious, it's also a beautiful makeup. The painting is flawless, especially since skin tones are notoriously hard to make look good, and all the little details (he has a knob on one side, his neck looks like the watch band, he's wearing like 100 watches on each wrist) really make it work. My one nitpick was that they kept calling him a watchguard, and I was like, "WatchMAN, he's a watchman, don't miss this punderful opportunity!"
Here you can see his neck better. I also think putting the numbers on his outfit and not his face was really intelligent, and adds to the whimsy. Mel (the woman on the right, in all black) was named the winner, I believe because she was responsible for the awesome paint job.
Middle Looks
Walter & Ant, Race Car:
I liked this one, even if the paint job was a little basic (her face was just painted silver). She also has a great license plate detail on her back that you of course can't see.
Katie & Kaleb, Key:
As opposed to the watchguard man, who maybe wasn't far enough outside the box, this one was a little too far outside. They went away from making a literal personified key, and did a ballerina that like, unlocks fun or something. Mr. Westmore astutely said that they needed to make her more key-like, so they added some more key details to her chest piece, a keyhole on her back (which you can't see), and that giant key she's holding. The final effect is a bit confusing, and the judges thought she was too grey, but it was a safe look nonetheless.
Bottom Looks
Robert & Yvonne, Dice (but they turned that into Board Game):
Where do I begin? Actually, I like his shoes. But besides that... the outfit looks cheap (not that they made that, but still) and those dice on either side of his pale face do, as the judges said, make this look more scary than fanciful. Neither I nor the judges understand why they put that thing on his nose (is it a board game about ducks?) and perhaps that shape wasn't the best game token to choose, because, as wisely pointed out by Paul, they look like nipples. Which were then put almost squarely over his actual nipples.
On top of all that, here you can see that the application under his chin is breaking up, and it looks like they didn't finish painting his fingers. Luckily for them, the last team even worse.
Njorge & Jennifer, Crayon:
Literally the only decent thing about this is his hair, which looks awesome and had great movement. I don't know what the blue thing on the end of his nose is supposed to be, and they never explained it, but the judges' biggest problem was that he was all the same color. The paint is just flat yellow, with no dimension at all, and the only distinction between his face and the unnecessarily blocky cowl is that you can see where the cowl edges are peeling up and the paint is flaking off.
SO MUCH YELLOW. (Also, look at his neck, yikes.) Like, I get it, but crayons aren't all one color. The paper is a different color from the wax, and there are black details. And if he's one crayon, why does he have those fingers? And why, as Paul asked, isn't the writing on his pad yellow, if he's the yellow crayon?
In any case, the judges' biggest gripe was the shape and (poor) application of the cowl, which Jennifer was responsible for, so she was sent home. I think she should have been allowed to stay, given that she did the hair and that was the only thing I liked about this, but the judges never take my opinions into account.
Next week, custom languages and long lost species!
The Challenge: Choose an inanimate object (most, but not all, of which were toys) and bring it to life in a whimsical (NOT SCARY, Ve made a special note of this) fashion, ala Pee-Wee's Playhouse. The guest judge was Paul Reubens, and apparently Ve worked on Pee-wee's Playhouse back in the day, for which she won an EMMY, so you know, no pressure.
You're going to see all the looks this week, because there are only six of them (another team challenge) and they were all pretty interesting. And also so we can all keep trying to learn who's who.
Top Looks
Johnny, Rob,and Melissa, Lollipop:
This was a team of three, as you can see, but why, SyFy, WHY is he sitting in front of the model so that you can't see the awesome vest that they made? Why?
That's better. They made that vest, which isn't super well fitting, but cool all the same. I also like that his cape is made of the lollipop wrapping, and the amount of detail and color in his headpiece is astounding. The judges' one critique, which I agreed with, is that he didn't look very happy for a lollipop guy, but I'm not sure if that was the makeup or the model.
Anna & Mel, Watch:
When they were working on the concept for this, Mel was worried about making his face a watch face, and that it wasn't creative enough. She was also firmly against putting numbers on his face. I shared her concerns, but even though this is a bit obvious, it's also a beautiful makeup. The painting is flawless, especially since skin tones are notoriously hard to make look good, and all the little details (he has a knob on one side, his neck looks like the watch band, he's wearing like 100 watches on each wrist) really make it work. My one nitpick was that they kept calling him a watchguard, and I was like, "WatchMAN, he's a watchman, don't miss this punderful opportunity!"
Here you can see his neck better. I also think putting the numbers on his outfit and not his face was really intelligent, and adds to the whimsy. Mel (the woman on the right, in all black) was named the winner, I believe because she was responsible for the awesome paint job.
Middle Looks
Walter & Ant, Race Car:
I liked this one, even if the paint job was a little basic (her face was just painted silver). She also has a great license plate detail on her back that you of course can't see.
Katie & Kaleb, Key:
As opposed to the watch
Bottom Looks
Robert & Yvonne, Dice (but they turned that into Board Game):
Where do I begin? Actually, I like his shoes. But besides that... the outfit looks cheap (not that they made that, but still) and those dice on either side of his pale face do, as the judges said, make this look more scary than fanciful. Neither I nor the judges understand why they put that thing on his nose (is it a board game about ducks?) and perhaps that shape wasn't the best game token to choose, because, as wisely pointed out by Paul, they look like nipples. Which were then put almost squarely over his actual nipples.
On top of all that, here you can see that the application under his chin is breaking up, and it looks like they didn't finish painting his fingers. Luckily for them, the last team even worse.
Njorge & Jennifer, Crayon:
Literally the only decent thing about this is his hair, which looks awesome and had great movement. I don't know what the blue thing on the end of his nose is supposed to be, and they never explained it, but the judges' biggest problem was that he was all the same color. The paint is just flat yellow, with no dimension at all, and the only distinction between his face and the unnecessarily blocky cowl is that you can see where the cowl edges are peeling up and the paint is flaking off.
SO MUCH YELLOW. (Also, look at his neck, yikes.) Like, I get it, but crayons aren't all one color. The paper is a different color from the wax, and there are black details. And if he's one crayon, why does he have those fingers? And why, as Paul asked, isn't the writing on his pad yellow, if he's the yellow crayon?
In any case, the judges' biggest gripe was the shape and (poor) application of the cowl, which Jennifer was responsible for, so she was sent home. I think she should have been allowed to stay, given that she did the hair and that was the only thing I liked about this, but the judges never take my opinions into account.
Next week, custom languages and long lost species!
