Face Off (2011) s02e09 Episode Script

Previously on Face Off The artists were asked to create - a Tim Burton-inspired character.
- Yes.
I feel like a crazy toy maker right now.
- Rayce claimed the victory.
- Cool.
But Beki fell short and was sent home.
Now five artists remain.
And tonight they'll face a challenge of Jurassic proportions.
Did not see that coming.
This is to get into the finals.
These stakes are so high, everything has to be on target.
It's "Go big or go home," at this point.
This was like a kick in the face.
I decided to tear off the sculpt.
It sucks to be me.
Who will triumph and earn a spot - in the series finale? - I'm going home on my birthday.
My God, it's fabulous.
I think you might have overextended yourself.
I'm just shattered right now.
To make it to the top, they'll have to impress our award-winning panel of judges.
Ve Neill-- Three-time Oscar-winning makeup artist, whose work includes Beetlejuice and The Amazing Spiderman.
Patrick Tatopoulos-- Production designer on this summer's Total Recall, and director of Underworld, Rise of the Lycans.
And Glenn Hetrick-- Cutting-edge makeup artist on The Hunger Games and custom designer for Lady Gaga.
Only one will win Face Off.
- Very quiet now.
- Too quiet.
I'm starting to realize I do have a chance of getting to the finale.
And I want to win.
'Cause I could really use that money to hopefully get out of a lot of debt and really start a life.
I was was very shocked Beki got eliminated.
Wow, that was pretty crazy last night, huh? That means that they were probably expecting me to, like, utterly fail.
I want to make my fiance proud of me.
That's my dream.
He's the one who actually told me "This is your one shot.
Just go ahead and do it.
" I really want to take this one.
I believe it is anyone's game.
But winning this competition would be awesome for me.
I would be able to expand my makeup and effects business.
And I want to bring that championship back to Austin, Texas.
- Morning, everybody.
- Good morning.
Congratulations.
The five of you are all within reach of the season finale.
I'm so close, I can taste it.
But this isn't about me.
It's about providing a better life for my family.
Now there's no question that you are all extremely talented.
But we only have room for three of you - in the finale.
- We all just look at each other and we're like, "You got to be kidding me.
" Did not see that coming.
Double elimination-- This was like a kick in the face.
- Whoa.
- Rayce, you okay with that? Shocked.
A little bit of pressure now, huh? Okay, so let's talk about this week's spotlight challenge.
We're gonna do things a little bit differently.
I'm sending you on a field trip to a mystery location.
Oh, man.
Every time we had a field trip, I didn't do too well.
So I don't really want to go anywhere.
When you arrive, I want you to head inside, take a look around, and choose an option that is laid out for you.
After you make your choice, I want you to spend just a little time taking photos, working on your designs.
There's a van waiting for you outside.
Good luck, and I want you all to think big.
We've already done big, elaborate makeups.
How much bigger can we get? We rode up in the van, for our field trip, and none of us know where we're going.
I love surprises, so I can't wait to see where we're going.
We're at the Natural History Museum! That's my favorite museum of all time.
Man, that's awesome.
It's dinosaurs.
I'm walking through the hallways of these huge, giant behemoths, and those teeth are, like, the size of my arm.
There's two things that I started off drawing when I was five or six years old-- He-man was the main one, and then dinosaurs was the other.
I love dinosaurs.
"Your spotlight challenge this week is"-- "To create a dinosaur-human hybrid.
" "Judges want you to embrace the scale and scope of these creatures.
" "Fabricated elements are strongly encouraged.
" It's so important that you get the right dinosaur that's going to be perfect for you, especially when the stakes are so high.
Everything has to be on target.
I want to go triceratops, but it's a lot of work.
That is a lot of work.
I chose the carnotaurus.
And I start sketching.
One of the most important parts of any good makeup is the design.
And my dinosaur has these huge horns that are just pointing outward on top of his head.
So I want to keep the massive scale of the dinosaur with the human aspect-- Like an ancient warrior.
Ooh, this guy's fuzzy.
I finally see this brightly rainbow-colored, little tiny dinosaur that's really cute with a cool, like, black-and-white mohawk.
And it's so colorful.
And I'm colorful.
So let's make this a dinosaur version of me-- Pop rock-inspired.
Let's have it like a crazy hipster dinosaur.
I don't know how we'd do something that doesn't already look like something we've already done, though-- That's the thing.
The whole point of being here is to challenge yourself as an artist and to try and do new things.
Unfortunately, I've already done two lizardy-looking human-hybrid creatures.
This is going to be very difficult.
I chose the corythosaurus.
It's just got interesting shapes, and I like the paint patterns that are on there.
Think that I can do a lot with it.
My concept is big lips, top round head, with a hump, and the tail pokes straight out.
Almost a camel-like shape to it.
I end up going to the velociraptor and I see the feathers.
And I think, "Well, that could be fun.
" We head back to the lab and we pick our models.
Everyone wants this so bad, so it's very stressful because the stakes are so high and the talent's so intense.
Everyone's bringing their "A" game.
We have five hours in the lab, and I start sculpting the features where I had drawn them.
Your sculpture is going to be what your prosthetic is gonna end up looking like.
As soon as I start sculpting, I'm trying to think about a story line to go along with this character.
So velociraptor turns into veloci-rapper.
Instead of being a little bit fresh prince and old-school, he's a little bit more modern.
What's his story? I'm pretty much doing Island Of Dr.
Moreau.
Just kind of creepy, almost diseased, with a humanoid type paint scheme.
I'd try to find some kind of a back story - for him, you know.
- Why is that? 'Cause they might bust your balls for it.
- Yeah.
- Think there's always further thought that has to go into things, especially because this is the most intense challenge.
I mean, this is to get into the finals.
I'm noticing that the mood is definitely different.
RJ is a very happy-go-lucky guy.
But he's getting frustrated with his design.
At the end of the day, I'm legitimately starting to get scared.
Everything that I'm sculpting is starting to look like the orchid chameleon.
I have to bring something new to the table.
So I decide to tear off the sculpt.
Now I have to completely start all over again tomorrow.
Time's up.
That's it.
It sucks to be me.
Coming up I'm just shattered right now.
It would be devastating to lose at this point.
I wish that you had pushed it a little further.
What it is that you've achieved here this week is truly impressive.
Day two at the shop-- We have 12 hours.
We have to create a human-dinosaur hybrid.
You're doing poly or foam? Foam, yeah, foam.
There's a lot depending on this day, and I think that's going for everyone.
Yesterday, I had to scrap my sculpture.
Today, I have to bring a design that is not reminiscent of something that I've already done.
So I have to completely rework the idea of this creature in my head.
Hey, guys.
I am here with Cleve and Constance Hall-- the stars of SyFy's new show Monster Man.
They're fabrication specialists.
They want to walk through and help consult with you guys on your designs.
I'm just looking at them like, "wow.
" They're expert fabricators, and we're going to get great feedback and advice from them.
So I'm really excited to hear what they have to say.
- Ian.
- Wow, looks like you're doing - my favorite dinosaur.
- Really? Triceratops? - It's always been my favorite.
- Awesome.
Me too, actually.
The only fabricated pieces are going to be his horns, and I'm fabricating his tail as well.
So what are you--how are you gonna fabricate the horns? I've got these.
I was-- Yeah, I was thinking I could heat 'em up a little bit and shape 'em - and carve 'em and-- - Be careful, it melts fast.
Be careful, that melts really easily.
Cleve and Constance gave me some tips on how to make horns and things of that sort, which was very helpful.
Very nice meeting you.
Good luck.
Take care.
I'm fabricating the back of the head out of latex and polyfoam so that those feathers really have something to really stick into.
And what are you using to assemble it all? - What type of glues? - I was gonna use some barge.
Do you have trouble with your barge sticking sometimes? - Yeah, yeah.
- Tip for people who use contact cements-- When you buy it, turn your can upside down, leave it there, because the stuff separates.
- Cool.
- Shake the hell out of it.
Mix the stuff, and it'll work a lot better.
Nice.
Okay.
Cleve tells me about using my barge, which is this glue that I use.
He gives me this tip about turning it upside down and letting the chemicals separate.
Good idea.
His armor is actually fossils.
Uh-huh.
What are you making the costume from? I decided to go with cotton fabric.
- For the armor? - Armor-- We're gonna use, actually, polyfoam.
And it's due when? Um, by the end of the day today.
- This seems a little nut-sy by our standards - for time lines.
- Yeah.
I've got, like, a duct-tape buildup.
- And I wrap this-- - Batting.
Yeah, with batting.
It's got to have something on there, though.
I asked constance about the best way - to texture this tail.
- I personally find it better to cut it into small things like around the scales-- - Piece it around.
- Oh, that's a good idea.
They're really smart.
They know a lot of stuff.
Well, I appreciate all the help.
That was great.
I kind of wish it was longer and I could actually just sit there and pick their brains.
- Hey, Sue.
- Hello.
- Tell us what you got going on.
- Ta-da.
- Bringin' it out.
- Wow.
Okay, I love you already.
That's awesome.
Immediately, constance loves my dino-hipster girl.
It's going to have piercings, - dinosaur piercings.
- Absolutely.
Constance is a great fabricator and artist.
She gave me a confidence boost.
All right, guys, it's looking good.
- Good luck.
- Thanks for coming by, guys.
Oh, my God, we're so close to the finale.
Everyone's really stressed.
I feel exhausted, but there's still so much to do.
I'm doing foam batting and duct tape for the hump and the huge tail.
- Check this out.
- Ha.
I am the least experienced in the entire group.
I'm a tattoo artist from Idaho.
And I'm really starting to feel the weight of this competition.
I got the body done already, but I still have the tail, the face, and cowl.
On top of that, I'm making a prop.
I have to make a skateboard.
I'm really feeling confident.
I'm feeling this challenge.
My concept's strong.
I'm working as fast as I can.
And I can taste, you know, that 100 grand right there.
Hey, guys.
Boom.
In comes Glenn.
I'm a little nervous at this point.
If I can get a good review out of Glenn, if you can get Glenn to say, "Hmm, that looks cool," or "Can't wait to see it," then I know I'm on the right track.
Tell me about what you're doing here.
I'm trying to do something different that you guys haven't seen me do yet.
I'm kind of keeping the mouth really tight.
Pushing the jawbone back a little bit further, so that the elongated head doesn't seem out of place.
What is the rest of the look then? - So his wardrobe or-- - Oh, he's-- He's gonna be a velociraptor-rapper.
- A veloci-rapper.
- Copy that.
- I like it.
- All right, well, - look forward to seeing it.
- Let you get back.
- Appreciate it.
- Good luck.
He walks off and I'm like, "hmm, shit.
" I can't really change my idea, at this point.
He's an ancient deity of the reptilian race.
Oh, that's very cool.
Color-wise? I'm going for a more Tan, flesh color and possibly some orange.
This is probably the most extensive effort that you've made so far, right? It's the most pieces.
It's "Go big or go home," at this point.
- Hey, Sue.
- Hello.
Hipster dino-girl, yeah.
It's "girl power.
" "Girl power" dinosaur.
Okay.
Even though Glenn's rolling his eyes at my idea, I'm not going to change it.
I mean, it's totally me.
As you can see, I'm not sculpting scales.
He's gonna be more flesh-like.
But with the spot design-- is kind of what I'm thinking.
I'm gonna bring in colors of the human flesh.
We've got to ask, at this point-- So we've talked to several of you guys.
And I don't know if you're listening to what all your paint jobs are.
I think maybe you should all pay attention - to each other.
- The last thing we want is everyone have their dinosaurs up there and they're all the exact same color scheme.
So I'm not feeling good about the visit.
So far, what I have seen of your work-- You stick really close to what your designs are.
This seems to be changing a lot as you go.
So why are you changing so much as you go? I was worried about it being too dinosaur-y.
And so I had to pull back a little bit.
And so I actually took my sketch and my design and kind of sunk in more into the face.
I feel, without Glenn really saying anything, that he wishes that I had gone with the sketch.
So, at this point, I'm really starting to doubt myself.
So? Thoughts? The double elimination, I think, is taking its toll.
It's making them do more work than they would normally do.
Okay, so let's start with RJ.
I'm concerned with the fact that it's sort of playful.
I'm not sure that that's going to work.
I could be wrong.
We might see this come out there and it completely clicks.
Moving on, then, to Matt.
The sculpt is looking really, really good.
So hopefully he's really familiar with some of the sort of rough techniques for painting wardrobe which he can do-- Rubouts or dry brushing, making it look cool the armor.
Really concentrate - on coloring his makeup.
- The face.
All right, let's discuss Ian's.
The profile already is way further along than anyone else's.
So I think he's right on track.
- And seems to have a very - Sense of confidence.
Clear direction.
Yeah.
Let's move on to Rayce.
- What are your thoughts there? - Not the best work that I've seen him do.
I think the pressure is getting to him and I think he's second-guessing himself.
And he's scaling back what it is that he's doing.
Your thoughts there with the hipster dino-girl? I love that she's trying to do things with the entire body-- That's great.
And I think that was a wise decision.
Out of everyone, she's the only one that purposely picked something for the color.
All right, thank you, Glenn.
I finally finished my cowl.
I'm gonna do a large two-piece mold.
You do this by putting a cement-like substance on top of the sculpture.
Once it hardens, you can clean out the clay and fill it with foam or silicone, which eventually becomes a prosthetic.
Now the big-ass moment.
So I'm looking around-- No one else is making a prop.
And I'm just thinking, "How the hell am I going to make a skateboard?" So I take some lightweight foam and I start carving it out like a skateboard.
And it's coming together.
Nothing worked out the way I wanted it to today.
I start to peel off the latex tail, and I notice that there's chunks of uncured latex in a lot of the trenches.
Big chunks were taken out.
Some of the latex is ripping, so it doesn't lay like it's supposed to.
And it looks significantly different than the head that I've been sculpting.
Looks like ass, man.
It's a disaster.
It's just ugly, dude.
And there's no fast way to fix all this and make it look awesome.
I'm really down at this point.
I feel like I've failed, and I could easily see myself going home.
I'm just shattered right now.
My tail looks like crap.
There's chunks of uncured latex in a lot of the trenches.
It's ripping in some areas.
I don't know how I could help that.
I'm not gonna sit there and cut out pieces of foam and put it back there.
I'm well into day two, and I can't change what I'm doing.
And I've just got to make it work.
The ten hours are winding down, and I've got the cowl molded.
I've got my prosthetic already molded-- Chest piece, shoulder piece, and my tail.
Okay, guys, time's up! Brushes down.
I got everything knocked out that I wanted to do and accomplish.
It's just, is it gonna be cohesive? You never know.
It's always in your mind, but it could be something tally different once you put it all together.
Oh, my back.
That was a beast.
We get home-- Everyone's really exhausted.
RJ's cooking dinner, but I don't even feel like eating at this point.
- Today was rough.
- I'm excited to see yours, RJ.
Glenn did not seem interested in seeing it.
I really feel like I'm going home, because I'm making a veloci-rapper.
It's just a play on the name.
Uh, veloci-rapper.
It's just Rapper-- Raptor, you know? - Oh, I see.
- Thought it would be a funny-- I have this horrible feeling that all this comedy stuff is not jiving with anybody.
Today when all my stuff went to To crap, you know, all my latex gave me issues all day, I got really depressed and I started thinking of my kids back home.
They're always the ones that comfort me when I'm having my down times, you know.
I feel like I sucked all day.
And the only thing that can stop this from sucking is to talk to my family, and I can't talk to them either.
Tonight's the last night we're all gonna be five in the house.
I mean, the pressure's on.
It's like, "Go big or go home.
" Just try to pull out all the stops.
We're so close to the finals right now.
I can taste it, I'm hungry for it.
I'll do everything in my power to stay here.
I've really got to pull something out of my butt tomorrow to stay safe.
Today's application day-- Our models will be arriving soon.
This is undeniably the most important day since the entire contest started.
Cape.
On top of everything else, today is my birthday.
So today is gonna be the best birthday ever or the worst birthday ever.
We're doing dinosaur-human hybrids.
So you're going to be velociraptor-rapper.
Work with me here on this.
Ready? I made this elongated headpiece.
We have talons and I made you special dino-bling.
Today's always nervous-- You know what I mean?-- Application day.
Everything has got to go perfect.
You're gonna be a triceratops.
So you got, like, big-ass horns and, like, a beak and stuff.
We're going all out on this.
You're gonna be a dino-hipster girl.
I still need to finish fabricating.
Immediately, I asked my wonderful model Linda to help me deck out the skateboard.
The models are there to help you.
They're on your side.
They want you to do well.
The texture on the tail is terrible-- It sucks so bad.
Every time I look at it, I just want to throw up on it.
The only way I'm gonna save this is by some killer paint job that hides everything and pops out the things I want to pop out.
This is kind of a base.
Bring it to life with the airbrush.
It's a risky plan, because it's colors that shouldn't necessarily go together.
I'm just sinking.
It just feels like the world is closing in on me right now.
This could be it.
I'm taking time to actually airbrush the base piece before I apply it.
That way I know, for sure, I have a strong paint job on it.
Which the judges have been deducting me for.
All right, we got to get this on.
I have this fat suit I have Tommy put on.
I figured, like, triceratops, you know-- Kind of big, cow-like.
They'd have weight on them.
But he's just looking a little too chubby.
You look a lot fatter than what I thought you would have.
So I try and pad his shoulders-- Make him look bigger all around.
But it's not what I wanted at all.
It's not looking right.
It's no bueno.
I finally take it off of him.
Yeah, I kind of like that.
I think it might work.
That's nice.
- Thank God.
- Hell, yeah.
I put the face on.
I start painting.
And I stop for a minute And I'm thinking, "This will be the last time I'm working in this place.
" And it's really upsetting me.
I've come so far, and it's proven to me that I really am doing a good job.
It would be devastating to me to lose at this point.
As the four hours near the end, I start worrying about the chest piece and the armor pieces that I have to apply.
Pretty good.
It's really just the armor.
It's daunting to get those done, but if I screw up-- If I make him look too costume-y-- That's the axe.
Hey, guys, that's time.
Let's go.
Leaving for the stage, I see that everyone still has a lot to do.
We only have one hour to pull everything together.
Two people are gonna be eliminated.
Two people? I'm really worried now.
Coming up My heart's just pounding.
Two of you will be eliminated.
I think you might have overextended yourself.
I'm going home on my birthday.
Oh, my God, it's fabulous.
We're at the stage for our last looks.
We only have one hour to pull everything together.
Um, stoop down a little bit.
All I'm doing is painting like a mad woman.
Okay.
Let me get it all.
Drop your jaw just a little bit.
During the last looks, I need to put on the tail and the hump.
And I've got this nice duct-tape vest, and the wardrobe will cover up the duct tape.
I have a lot of painting left to do.
And it starts looking really good.
I think I actually can finish this.
- Look at this ghetto affixing.
- Turn your arms, Phil.
Turn to this side I'm starting to feather the tail I don't like this.
RJ, man, this hot glue does wonders.
- Told you.
- Turn them both over.
Nobody's gonna beat me.
I'm gonna stay.
I'm gonna stay, I'm gonna stay.
Five minutes, guys.
I was a little frantic.
But I think my model looks phenomenal.
Hey, guys, that's it! Time's up! Brushes down.
Two people are leaving.
This is our last chance to impress the judges before the finale.
I am petrified.
Welcome to the Face Off reveal stage.
Tonight, two of you will be eliminated.
And three of you will make it to the finale.
Say hello to your judges.
Owner of optic nerve makeup effects studio-- - Glenn Hetrick.
- Good evening.
Three-time Oscar-winning makeup artist-- Ve Neill.
Evening, everybody.
And creature designer and director-- - Patrick Tatopoulos.
- Hello.
All right, guys, so this week your spotlight challenge was to create a dinosaur-human hybrid.
So let's see what you come up with.
First up-- Sue's creation.
She's so flamboyant, and all the eyes are just drawn to her in that color and her attitude and her swagger.
It's totally me.
I love it.
I'm legitimately starting to get scared.
I'm thinking I'm going home on my birthday, because I know that Glenn doesn't like it.
He already said it before.
I think he looks intimidating.
He's phenomenal.
He has a whole presence of a T-Rex.
It just works-- He's solid.
He's opening his mouth and, like, moving his hands, because he can flex 'em and stuff.
He's looking really cool.
I think everyone else's is good, and then mine is just a step under all of them.
I've never been this nervous in any of the other challenges.
And my heart's just pounding.
Judges, why don't you take a closer look? She was only doing this shape like it was going to be a partial, but it looks like she decided to go with a whole face.
Are you able to open your mouth a bit? - Yeah? - I'm excited.
There's a whole bunch of details on there that they haven't gotten a chance to see.
She's got a whole spine thing going.
Oh, look-- Piercings.
It is kind of-- Something went wrong here.
Collapsed.
Can you open and close your mouth? - That's pretty cool.
- Yeah.
Pretty rough edge here.
You always get really nervous when they do their looks, because you don't know what they're saying.
He started to do some, like, vein-y breakup.
- This is a good idea.
- To break it up, yeah.
Wish he would have done it more.
Kind of Damien-like, you know? - This is cool.
- Uh-huh.
Nice.
I like the tail.
Oh, yes, like a little, stubby tail, huh? - Yeah, it's cute.
- Which they add, by the way-- I like when I see them paying attention to the original characteristic.
I can't believe we all did this.
This was a hell of a challenge.
She's got huge eyes.
Give us some gestures-- I want to see how the makeup moves.
This is the most intense challenge, because there's so much riding on it.
I could go home because my latex on my tail looks like crap.
She's got huge eyes.
It's so cool.
Ve, Patrick, and Glenn go up for close looks, and this is the most intense challenge, because there's so much riding on it.
Give us some gestures-- I want to see how the makeup moves.
Thank you.
Well, the judges would like to speak with each of you to learn more about your work.
RJ.
Are you happy with this character? How well do you think you've done? Um, I'd give it a solid six, seven.
You probably could have done a little bit more more with the paint job.
A little bit more break up would have pulled this look together really well.
That being said, it does not detract from the fact that I think he's a really successful character.
Can you give us a profile? Can you show us your profile? There's a lot of a raptor vibe in there.
And he creates that back-- It's not human anymore, the back.
I think that's very, very important.
The purposeful hard edge to the lip, and then you can see his mouth inside-- So often can go horribly wrong, but it works really well in this makeup.
RJ, thank you.
You can step back.
Matt, you're next.
- Glenn, let's start with you.
- How do you feel - about what you've accomplished? - Um, I would say, I think I knocked out a lot of stuff that I wanted to.
I could have done more with certain pieces.
I love the chest piece.
I think all that's really cool and creepy.
And I think it's interesting that you chose to paint him in a skeletal way, which is like a dinosaur exoskeleton-type look.
- I like it.
- Thank you.
Although it's a very cool character with the chest plate, it took a bit of the effort away from your sculpt on the face, and I wish you had pushed it a little further.
Feeling like you missed the dinosaur thing a little bit.
I think it would actually benefit from not having the chest plate on it.
I wish I could see underneath there.
Think it would help it read as a part human-part dinosaur.
Some really cool stuff going on.
I think you might have overextended yourself, though.
Matt, thank you very much.
You may step back.
Ian.
Would you give us a little bit of information about your character here? Basically, I was going with an Island Of Dr.
Moreau feeling.
I chose the triceratops, because he has a great profile.
I like this guy.
I think the major problem with this is the fact that there's just not quite enough paint on it.
But, all in all, I think you did a great job and it's a great character.
Your sculpt is really good.
I like the way the mouth functions.
You paid attention to the wrinkle-- They make sense when the mouth opens.
I agree with Ve-- You've done a great job again.
- Wow, thank you.
- I really wish you would have gone and done some simple buildup underneath your wardrobe to make the chest really barreled.
That's a suggestion, not a criticism.
I really think that you succeeded this week.
- Thank you.
- Ian, thank you very much.
You can step back.
Rayce, you're up.
- Patrick, let's start with you.
- Tell us about the character.
The dinosaur I chose was the corythosaurus.
First thing, when we went to the museum, is I looked at the silhouette and I thought, "This is such a powerful silhouette in itself, that I wanted to achieve that on my character.
" That's interesting you talk about the silhouette, because, for me, this is a very successful job of creating a new silhouette that's less anthropomorphic, especially when your model gets into the right position.
Like the hump on the back, the tail-- It really works for me.
What it is that you've achieved here this week is truly impressive-- Wicked accurate decisions.
I love that you integrated the shape of the dinosaur into the profile-- Not just aspects of it jammed into the color.
- How did you make that tail? - Ha.
I used to sit with my kids and make duct-tape characters.
And it's just duct tape with foam batting - Get out.
- Like snow batting, yeah.
- Duct tape? - Duct tape.
Oh, my God, it's fabulous.
Spin around for us.
Look at that.
I have to eat my own words about not liking blue makeups, - 'cause this one's really cool.
- Thank you so much.
Rayce, you can step back.
Sue.
Glenn, let's start with you.
Sue, could you tell everyone about your basic concept? My dinosaur is named a tianyulong.
It was the most flamboyant in color.
I kind of made my creature into a dinosaur version of me as, like, a hipster "girl power" dinosaur.
You created a very cool little character.
It really strikes me, among the whole group here, you are the only one that made something that feels really fun.
And the colors actually really work well together.
It was really wise to pick a very colorful dinosaur.
It helped you zone in on this concept that you wanted to work with.
I think that's where it is for me, that it's a little too colorful and it's a little too vibrant, but overall I think that you're pretty successful.
He's just not a girl, that's all.
We have matching shoes.
I think it's very cute.
I think your color scheme's wonderful and very whimsical.
And you did a great job this week.
And, you know, I'm not a girl, but I'm still digging it.
So there's maybe something wrong with me, I don't know, but I think it really works for me.
Thank you, Sue.
All right, everybody, the judges have heard what you have to say.
If you'd please head back to the makeup room while they make their decisions.
So why don't we start with Matt's work tonight.
What are your thoughts? I liked the character.
I just think that, um, it didn't really look like a dinosaur.
I agree-- That was so essential to the challenge.
He kind of has, like, a demon look to him as opposed to an actual dinosaur.
We talk about those horns staying so big.
When you shrink the proportion of the dinosaur, you need to shrink them as well.
But I still really think it's a cool makeup.
Yeah, it is.
All right, let's move on to Ian.
I think Ian might have been the most successful in putting the dinosaur on a person.
Yeah, he got the feet and the hands going.
And he got a hard-shell effect on those pieces that actually needed to be hard.
Yes.
To me it's almost too much of a dinosaur face, dinosaur hands, on a silhouette that's purely human.
All right, so with that let's move on to Rayce then.
Really super-strong idea.
And one of my big fears-- The giant, round apertures where the eyeballs were in.
And it's one of the strongest pieces of the makeup is that he created this really cool, round shape there.
He worked with his model.
This is a new skill that we really haven't seen out of anyone-- Using the model to the best advantage in order to accentuate something in the makeup.
- You saw that mouth moving.
- Yeah.
And the mouth was absolutely stunning.
I didn't like the wardrobe, though.
Yes, quasimodo belt-rope was a little disappointing.
Yeah, that was disappointing I got to say.
All right, let's move on to Sue.
I think Sue did a really great job this week.
I mean, she came up with a really cute little sassy character for herself.
The colors all worked really well together.
I really don't like this makeup.
I don't like the "girl power" idea.
- Doesn't like "girl power.
" - Oh, come on! I don't like the skateboard.
I just don't like it.
It doesn't work for me.
It was the perfect thing for her to do.
You only like it because it is "girl power.
" Nah-- It has nothing to do with that.
- Holy smoke.
- I'm sorry.
I can't even back myself up on that one.
I just don't like it.
All right, let's move on to RJ.
I would say that the raptor was in the face, which was actually important to me.
Although it's completely human, there was still the characteristic of the raptor.
And the nice line from this side.
When you see the feathers go down into the back-- The human back-- And the tail, it flows really nicely.
Yeah, nicely together-- It's true.
Yeah, I thought the raptor-rapper thing was cute.
I mean, he even did the sculpt of the little disc.
That wasn't good, that was great! - I thought it was funny.
- There's a few issue though, like the toes just being way too long.
We know this important, to pay attention to stuff like this.
The guy walks like he's coming back - from a scuba diving lesson.
- Like clown shoes, yeah.
- They are like clown shoes.
- That's not a good thin you want them to-- And you have to pay attention to that.
I can't believe we have to eliminate two people.
- This is freaking me out.
- Yeah, I don't envy you guys.
I think what we're really trying to decide tonight isn't so much who are the two people that are going home-- It's knowing that there's only three slots for next week, and who are the three people that we most want to see.
Very difficult, no doubt.
All right, judges, have you made your decisions? - Yeah.
- Yeah.
- We have.
- Fantastic.
Let's bring them back out.
All right, Glenn, who is the winner of this challenge and the first person joining us in the finale? The winner of tonight's challenge is All right, Glenn, who is the winner of this challenge and the first person joining us in the finale? The winner of tonight's challenge is Rayce.
Wow.
You very successfully merged the human and dinosaur forms in your creation, and it was - a beautifully executed makeup.
- Thank you so much.
Rayce, congratulations.
You are the first person - joining us in the finale.
- Thank you all.
I can't believe this right now.
Inside I'm just freaking out, thinking, there's no way that I'm in the finale.
Like, wow.
All right, Glenn, who is the second person to join us? The second person moving on to the finale is Ian.
Ian, congratulations.
Great job.
Thank you.
I'm very proud.
I made it to the finale.
Um damn.
It's surreal and I couldn't be happier.
Well, we have three artists left, but only one of you can continue on with us.
So, Glenn, who has the final spot in the finale? The third person that will be competing in the finale is - RJ.
- Oh, God.
Ooh.
Thank you guys so much.
- Wow.
- Well, RJ, congratulations.
You have final spot in the finale.
- Happy birthday.
- Thanks.
Best birthday present ever.
Ha! I can't believe it.
I'm-- I just am in awe that I got through.
Unfortunately that means, Matt, Sue, you will be leaving us tonight.
Judges, is there anything that you would like to say to them? Just want to tell you both-- Nothing to be ashamed of.
This was a very tough decision tonight.
And you should both be very proud of yourselves.
Sue, right from the beginning, I knew that you had some serious sculpting talent.
So don't give up.
This is just the beginning.
What I like about you is your originality.
You're just fresh, full of energy.
You bring a lot of realism in your sculpture.
- It's not easy.
- Thank you.
Matt, extremely impressed with you.
Really, really strong-- Strong design skills.
And I cannot wait to see what you come up with in the future.
You're like an incredible artist and your work here has been phenomenal.
We look forward to see great things from you.
Thank you.
Sue and Matt, it's really been great having you here with us and seeing your work.
You, please, head back to the make up room and pack up your kits.
- Thank you both.
- Good job, guys.
- Good luck guys.
I'm not really sad I feel I've done my best.
And leaving here definitely felt I'm ready to go.
I've got, uhm, a ton of other creatures in my mind that want to get out.
I love you, guys! It hurts, but, now I know what I'm capable of doing, I only have one way to go and that's it.