Battles With Bits of Rubber

By: Stuart Bray and Todd Debreceni
  • Summary

  • This podcast is a joint venture with Stuart Bray and Todd Debreceni. It's all about the making of stuff for makeup effects and prosthetics. Todd is author of 'Special Makeup Effects For Stage And Screen', what many consider to be the modern makeup FX bible. Stuart Bray is a working makeup FX artist with many years experienc. Credits include 'Saving Private Ryan', 'Shaun of the Dead', 'Dr Who' and more recently 'Game of Thrones'. If you have any FX questions you would like to see made into a featured blog post, then get in touch: stuartandtodd@gmail.com
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Episodes
  • #94 - Practical Pixels & Imprudent Imposters
    Aug 9 2024

    This time around we discuss the technical aspects of 3D modelling and printing for practical work, especially in creating detailed prosthetics and animatronic components using software like CAD and ZBrush.

    We delve into teaching and learning new techniques, particularly the significance of hands-on experience in moulding and sculpting.

    Then we look at taking on jobs without proper qualifications, highlighting the potential dangers and importance of safety in prosthetic and special effects work.

    With Sasquatch suits, severed heads and blood gags on stage, come and join us on episode #94 of Battles with Bits of Rubber!
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    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlMIFRXLW8c

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    53 mins
  • #93 - Falmouth Part 2
    Apr 6 2024

    In this second and final part of our trip to Falmouth Uni, Neill Gorton joins us as we discuss making mistakes and learning the hard way in the workshop.

    We also discuss how to approach workshops and folio critiques and why latex and plaster are such great materials when starting and budgets are tight.

    Latex and plaster are a big theme in this episode. Be sure to check out the blog post with the show notes and the latest free workbook download, which is all about making latex pieces and plaster moulds from the UMAE 2024 makeups Stuart recently did.

    This is a hefty episode, and the workbook is 26 pages full of step-by-step processes and techniques!

    If you enjoy this podcast and got something out of it, would you do us a solid and tell people about it? Send them a link and help the show grow!

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    1 hr and 40 mins
  • #92 - Falmouth Uni Part 1
    Dec 29 2023

    Our trip down to Falmouth Uni preceded The Prosthetics Event 2023. It was a great trip, and so nice to see the work being done by students there and talk shop.

    As always, we have a rough idea about what we want to talk about, but it's always led by the feeling in the room at the time, questions that come up and current events within the group .

    We spoke for so long in a packed room using a single recorder, so the sound is a little different from our usual close microphone stuff.

    It went on for nearly three hours, and fell into two distinct sections - the first half we present here.

    The second part we shall release soon, and was when Neill Gorton arrived after just having beaten Covid again. Present were lecturers and all-round good eggs Brad Greenwood and Duncan Cameron, plus a room crammed with the students from the Prosthetic Effects MA who we had come to see.

    Thanks to Duncan Cameron for his awesome sketches which feature in the episode art of parts 1 and 2. Check his work out on Insta @brokensharkcage.

    Thanks for listening! Incidentally, the 'Hi, welcome to passes with bits of brother' bit comes from an automated transcript attempt in Word of the near 3 hour recording. Needless to say,I don't think we will be using that as a way to pull text from audio!

    More notes on the blog post found at

    https://battleswithbitsofrubber.com/falmouthp1

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    2 hrs and 11 mins

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