Issue No.2 Sculpture Issue - tutorials, tools and touching tributes. Articles include: ADI: A Quarter Century of Cool -- How 25 years of making monsters led Alec Gillis and Tom Woodruff, Jr. to start making movies, Show Us Your Tools -- Five accomplished sculptors share their top five tools of the trade, Knowledge & Know-How -- Step-by-step tutorials on starting your first project, bladder techniques, painting silicone dummy heads, colour theory and sculpting the human foot, Unsung Hero Talent from a Higher Place -- Rob Freitas leads a moving tribute to the extraordinary life and work of Moto Hata.
Issue No.3 Tech Spec - Deconstructing disguise prosthetics. Articles include: Seeing Red -- David Marti on creating the striking ghosts for Crimson Peak, Matrix Moulding -- re-creating famous chess pieces with Frank Ippolito, Tutorials -- Step-by-step guides on nostril know-how, colour theory, silicone block moulds and sculpting the human eye, American Horror Story Macabre Make-up FX in the Hotel Cortez -- Mike Mekash shines a light on the outstanding prosthetics for the multi-award winning horror anthology's latest season.
Issue No.1 Lifting the veil on the industry's make-up FX studios. Articles include: Critical Condition -- the high octane casualty effects that helped create a medical masterpiece, The Art of Imitating Life -- Todd Masters on the power of augmenting prosthetic effects with digital tools, Skill Up -- In-depth technical tutorials on patterned pieces, making armatures, painting realistic translucent skin effects, temporary tatoos and casting silicone busts, Rising Stars -- Learning curves, logistics and legendary influences...In the first of a major two-part feature, Adam Johansen and Damian Martin from Odd Studio, Australia talk about the challenges of running their own FX company.
Issue No.4 The studio of DDT Efectos Especiales. Articles include: Designing the X-Men -- Celebrating the mighty comic book franchises's makeup FX, The Making of a Maestro -- Inside the career of double Oscar winner Mark Coulier, Step-by-Steps -- Pre-painting encapsulated silicone prosthetics, direct application of 3D transfers, colour theory and prosthetic mold making, Star Trek Beyond -- Breaking the extraterrestrial mould, Joel Harlow on designing 56 new alien races for the brand new Star Trek movie.
Issue No.5 Expert Opinions - Straight makeup's place in prosthetics. Articles include: A Monster Calls -- DDT Efectos Especiales' David Marti on large-scale monster making for J.A. Bayona, Franchise Follow-ups -- Second installments of our X-Men retrospective and Joel Harlow's sensational work on Star Trek Beyond, Skill Up! -- Fun with foam latex, crafting believable eyes and sculpting the human hand, Unsung Hero -- Our spotlight on the incredible career of Gary Pollard, Animatronics Renaissance -- Spectral Motion's Mike Elizalde and Mark Setrakian on their pioneering work that keeps the animatronics flame burning.
Issue No.6 Featured articles include: Adventures in the Creature Trade Joe Nazzaro talks to Dave and Lou Elsey about their incredible, enduring success as collaborators in screen prosthetics, Jargon Buster Laura Barnes clears up the confusing terminology surrounding taking and storing good quality images of your work, Animatronics Renaissance Part two of our in-depth discussion with Spectral Motion's Mike Elizalde and Mark Setrakian about their work at the forefront of animatronics, A Lesson in Latex, or Fun with Foam The second of a two-part tutorial from Stuart Bray and Todd Debreceni, combining experience from both sides of the Atlantic on working with foam latex, The 101 Year Old Man Love Larson and Eva von Bahr talk to Joe Nazzaro about creating the prosthetics for the further misadventures of a centenarian, Product Spotlight Long-standing UK prosthetics designer and educator Stuart Conran's top ten uses for Kryolan Fixing Spray, Special FX Contact Lenses Industry-leading contact lens manufacturers Cantor & Nissel give us an essential education in the issues surrounding special FX contact lenses, FX Cribs Jonah Levy and Matthew Silva lift the lid on the new Atlanta premises of Blue Whale Studios, now running in tandem with the company's Orlando workshop, What's Cookin'? California based artist Vincent Damyanovich's expert opinion on choosing and using ovens for FX work, Deconstructing Disguise Makeup Neill Gorton examines the considerations, skills and psychology behind successfully concealing identity.
Issue No.7 Featured articles include: Ghost in the Shell How Weta Workshop chief Richard Taylor and makeup department heads Jane O'Kane and Sarah Rubano brought this anime classic to the big screen, Zombie Kings The extraordinary makeup FX creations of Josef Rarach and Vlad Taupesh, Aging the Adelman's Frederic Laine discusses CLSFX's approach to a half-century of ageing for M. & Mme Adelman. WOLVERINE: The Final Chapter? Academy Award winner Joel Harlow on creating the makeup FX for the X-Men character's swan song in Logan.
Issue No.8 This Eighties Special Issue features articles including: The Alien Factor Legacy Effects' Lindsay MacGowan, Shane Mahan and their key team members discuss the tricky brief for their superb work on Guardians of the Galaxy:Vol. 2, Brushing Up on Mould Making Anthony Davies takes us through making a silicone brush up negative master mould of a full head cast, a time efficient alternative to matrix moulds, Creating 'Covenant' Joe Nazzaro talks to UK- based Creatures Inc. and Sydney's Odd Studio about their combined work to create the aliens, artefacts and effects for Ridley Scott's Alien: Covenant, Latex Appliances: Part 1 In the first of a multi-part tutorial, Stuart Bray and Todd Debreceni bring us their knowledge from both sides of the Atlantic about working with liquid or 'pre-vulcanised' latex, Product Spotlight Neill Gorton asks experts Lisa Munro and Tim Gore to analyse the leading lights in the airbrush market, Dear Neill... 1980s style no-response advice on your prosthetics problems from one of the industry's straightest talkers, From The Thing to Thriller Joe Nazzaro reminisces with a host of big makeup FX names about the Golden Age of the craft, How to Set Up Your Own Workshop Netherlands-based makeup FX artist and teacher Lawrence Kelatow on the essential requirements for setting up your own work space, The 80s Anthology Sights, sounds and personal snapshots of a monumental era: some of makeup FX's enduring leaders share memories of making their first forays into a new industry, and The B-Sides Film and TV prosthetics that didn't make the screen. This issue's subject: Vincent Guastini's work for the prequel of infamous 1982 John Carpenter horror classic The Thing.