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Face Off
Face Off is a competition/elimination series exploring the world of special-effects make-up artists and the unlimited imagination that allows them to create amazing works of living art. Each week the artists are tasked with using their considerable talent to create original movie-worthy characters such as aliens, human-animal hybrids, horror villains, cyborgs and others. Challenges incorporate a wide range of skill sets including design, sculpting, molding and application. It all builds to incredible reveals of the competitors' finished work and the drama of one artist being sent home by the expert panel of judges.
Metadata: TVmaze · CC BY-SAEvery chapter of the story.
60m1. Return of the Champions
60 minFifteen new artists – coached by three returning champions - join forces to spawn a legion of alien creatures.
60m2. Monkey Business
60 minThe alien creations from the season premiere have crash-landed on the Planet of the Apes, and the artists must crown its King Primate.
60m3. Let the Games Begin
60 minThe Hunger Games star Josh Hutcherson guest judges a creature-filled challenge.
60m4. Royal Flush
60 minInspired by Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland , the artists conceive a Burton-esque character based on a face card from a classic deck of playing cards.
60m5. Sounding Off
60 minThe artists compose a unique character inspired by the original sounds of two-time Oscar nominee Erik Aadahl ( Godzilla , World War Z ).
60m6. Troll Bridge
60 minThe artists shape their own unique Troll creature based on the architecture, geography and culture of a famous bridge.
60m7. Queen Bees
60 minThe artists devise their own queen insect and companion character in this daunting team body-painting challenge. Plus – the return of Lois Burwell!
60m8. Dressed to Kill
60 minThe artists select a stunning avant-garde outfit as inspiration for their own stylish horror villain.
60m9. Miss Intergalactic
60 minInspired by the sexy aliens of Avatar and Species , the artists select a sash with the name of a real galaxy and fashion its beauty queen.
60m10. Super Selfies
60 minThe artists shape their own personal superhero or villain alter-egos, using themselves as their own models!
60m11. Imaginary Friends
60 minThe artists bring a whimsical creature to life based on a child's description of their imaginary companion.
60m12. Deadly Dolls
60 minThe artists select from several different dolls from Bob Baker's famous Marionette Theater to concoct the next Chucky or Annabelle.
60m13. Full Steam Ahead
60 minThe final four select a classic Wild West archetype and reimagine it in steampunk cyborg form.
60m14. The Dream Team
60 minThe three finalists must create characters that could star in a film from one of three genres: Sci-Fi, Fantasy or Post-Apocalyptic.
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