special effects makeup – Damnable Humbuggery

May 21, 2021May 23, 2021

Shitty Movie Detail: Army of the Dead

Close up of Valentine the zombie white tiger.

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It took SFX artists 6 hours a day to apply Valentine the Tiger’s makeup.

January 17, 2020July 22, 2020

Shitty Movie Detail: The Witcher

Geralt says to his estranged mother, “Do you know what they did to my eyes?” Unfortunately, the show never answers that question. The answer is horrifying. (SPOILER) The special effects makeup department takes a disk of colored silicone hydrogel and places it over Henry Cavill’s iris, actually TOUCHING his cornea, to give his eyes the jaundiced look. EW!