I finally got a chance to watch Napoleon. Through a series of events I ended up being bought onboard the team and asked to co-supervise the prosthetics department with Neil Corbould. I just wanted to do a post to thank and mention the team. This was an epic project to be involved in. A project this big with a crew to match doesn’t come without its problems but we got through everything in the end, including up-rooting and moving to a bigger workshop a week before the first big day of filming for us. I will show some of the work done by the team because I was really proud of what they achieved. A lot of prosthetics originally on the list to be built got dropped, other things we made never made it on screen and stuff that was done last minute or on the spot did make the cut which wasn't great but that’s out of our hands.
Our department worked closely with Neil Corbould's SFX department and with the Makeup department. We got to work with some very talented people in both departments. Jana Carboni and her team were fantastic and also with the wigs for various likeness bodies we made.
I couldn’t get everyone’s name in our team on the credits so here follows the full crew list and what they did, the credits seem to have changed people’s titles around.
Big thank you to the team!
Prosthetic designer Cliff Wallace, on set supervisor Charlie Bluett, dummy team supervisor James Kernot, coordinator Claire Dickie.
Senior prosthetic technicians, Ian Morse, Bill Turpin, Leon Smikle, Javier Alliaga Carrion and Partick Barbet.
Prosthetic technicians, Sophie
Mcdonald, Horacio Martinez, Peter Tindall, Alessandro Ballacci, Alice Heappy, Patrick Greer, Magdalena Rosa, Lisa Shanti Clarke, Sophie Quantrill, Grace McComisky and Melanie Ayres
Hair technicians, Lisa Carracedo Barbet and Stacey Plaza.
Trainees, Megan Clough-Ambridge, Leah Jenkins and Daniel Duncan-Rosembert.
Digital Prosthetic design, Matt Lambert. In this area as well Javier did the digital scan clean ups with editional support by Horacio, who also did the all the digital scans as well.
Again thank you to Cliff, Charlie, James and Claire for all your support in running this job.
Work done for the tv show Wednesday (season 2 2025).
Fake arm gag done for the character Slurp (final stage).
All stages from sculpture to finished painted silicone prosthetic done by myself. Hair work done by Ray (@rayfx – hope this is right, correct me if im wrong). All work done for Tristan @tristancorneliusversluis . On set artists were @smikleleon and Matthew Smith. Also made was stump blenders for the actor and the silicone stump contained magnets so a green screen Thing vfx reference could be attached in shot.
Continuing from my last Stomach Bug post. For the film a silicone likeness puppet head was made. Made from a reworked lifecast. During the climax of the film was a birthing scene where the baby comes out via the actor’s mouth. As much of this action was needed to be shown in camera as possible. The head could be fully puppeteered, the skull was attached to the body with various stretch and non stretch fabric. The jaw was also held with elastics so the mouth could be opened. Also the jaw needed to break in shot, the break was held together with magnets so it could be reset. During the scene I was able to stretch the neck and the mouth to simulate the baby moving. To simulate the baby crowning a top of head was made that was pushed through the mouth. Due to the time frame eye browns couldn’t be punched and some lace ones were made by @prismaticpostiche . Wig was from @am_thewigstore and makeup designer @jin_ong was fantastic with dressing the wig to match Leslie’s hair. I would have loved to shot some test footage of this all in action.
Work done for the short film Stomach Bug back in 2023, written and directed by Matty Crawford @mattystfu . I loved the body horror idea of the father with empty nest syndrome. The film has had some great success in festivals throughout last year, including a BAFTA and BIFA nomination. The build including a pregnant belly, likeness head, top of baby ‘s head, neck prosthetic and face pieces. All made during the 45 day build.
In this post you can see the pregnant belly that was made. The silicone belly contained 4 air bladders to simulate movement and kicking from within. The protagonist in the film was played by Leslie Ching @lesliepching , who was fantastic to work with. All work was done by myself. During days when I was mould making and casting I had some people come and join in. Some of these included Bethany nicholls , Megan clough-ambrdge, Ambely Everett, Drue kongings and Thora. Claire Mariette was onset assisting with the belly application. Thanks to Cliff Wallace for renting me his workshop. Photos in the post include some BTS shots and photo of the mould which Bethany help out a lot with. The green photo was taken on set between takes.
Whilst on Alien Earth I got to sculpt and eye swelling for actor Babou Ceesay @babouceesayofficial . Lifecast was done by Second Skin and application on set was by Joanna Mireau. Sculpt, mould and colour was done by mysef. Sara Huggins ran the pieces. A second option of swellings was made but never used. Was really nice working with Babou again, previously worked with him on Guerrilla (2017 for KMFX LTD).
Last year I got to work for Steve Painter on the Alien earth series. Was an absolute fun job to be apart of. Here’s a selection of the work I was involved in. The whole team worked closely together and there was lots of cross overs with the builds. As well as working with the Thai effects company Second Skin who were all lovely and talented artists.
Photo 2 – Isaac’s body– my role was mainly painting the skin areas and then fabricating the under skeleton with Steve Painter and Cliff Wallace.
Photo 3 and 4 – Chief Nagg, VFX reference bust– initial paint job done by Sara Huggins, I then matched her paint job on the backup head. Then I took over the paint job on the hero bust to match the actor. The gag involved a Jaw ripping effect done by Cliff Wallace. The silicone bust was made by Second Skin Studio.
Photos 5 to 8 – Arthur body and blood effects – this body was a big build with various element.. I ended up making the metal welded armature and general work on the main body. Painting the skins for the chest busting scene and being involved in the building of the rig for the actor to be in for the chest busting scene with Steve Painter. I also got to take part in the early stages of the chest busting tests which was lots of bloody fun, with Patrick Baxter and Steve Painter. Got soaked.. an extended stay was on offer to see the job through but I wanted to finish my time on Sandman so wasn’t there for the last episode. The amazing @charlieblu_fx came to replace me. Face hugger was made by @wetaworkshop
The team while I was there consisted of @steve_painter_fx , @creatfx , @hugginkill , @patricksortreats , Lanny Brown.
@secondskinstudio
Sandman season 2 (2025). Application of prosthetic ears. I had worked on the first season of Sandman doing various little bits but for the second season I applied ears on Sanjeev Bhaskar @tvsanjeev for the whole show. Amazing person to work with and alot of fun applying in the mornings. Makeup designer Donald McInnes. Ears made by the team at KMFX. Work done for @kristyan_mallett
The Essex Serpent (2022). This drowned corpse makeup was applied by myself with hands applied by Juliana Ferreira. Sculpted by Francesco Fabiani. Applied on Eilidh Fisher. Makeup designer Loz Schiavo. Produced by the team at KMFX. work done for @kristyan_mallett
Last week I had a fun time getting involved with Bute Street Film Festival in Luton where I applied this makeup. This makeup was a quick 2 hour application during which festival goers could come up and watch the process between the films screenings. Under the makeup was actress Jasmine Sumner @jasminelsumner_ . The process from lifecast to finished painted piece was roughly 7 days spread over 3 weeks, between onset days I was doing at the time. For the design I tried to go with something fun that could be visually accessible at a distance for the festival goers. There was so much more I wanted to do with the application and art finishing but I just ran out of time. Maybe I’ll revisit this again and have some fun with it. Apart from the application demo I was asked to be involved in a panel discussion about starting out and time in our industry. I am never one to push myself forward to talk publicly but I loved listening to the insightful things the others had to say. Director Seb Whyte, costume designer Jodie-Simone Howe @acostumequeen and singer/composer Darren Ellison @dellisonmusic had some amazing and funny things to say about their creative journeys. Next year I’ll definitely be going for the whole weekend, I missed out on some really interesting films and the chance to meet more of the film makers. Roll on next year. Thanks to Benjamin and @butestreetfest for having me involved this year. Thanks @lauraglover_ for taking the photos of the makeup.
Application only. Skrull makeup done for the Marvel show Secret Invasion (2023). Multi piece silicone makeup applied with @alicewillardsfx . Was a fun makeup to stick on but made really difficult but a very sleepy artist. All work done for @kmeffectsltd . Amazing work as always with the production of the makeup but the team at KMFX.
