r/sfx • • Jul 25 '26 Bravo Mindblown Heartwarming

My husband and I own and operate a haunted attraction, and I handle all makeup and wardrobe for our crew. But naturally, I put a tiny bit of extra TLC into my own mask.

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First sculpted it with regular oil clay, but just couldn’t get the porcelain smooth finish I wanted. So I made a quick alginate mold of it, ran it in plaster, and sanded it perfectly smooth. Then I was able to make a silicone mold from it, and I cast it in some type of Smooth-On plastic, though I can’t remember which one.

Rest of my costume was hand-crafted as well.

You can find our event on Instagram @TehachapiTerror, if you’re interested in seeing more photos like this!


r/sfx • • Jun 14 '26 Mindblown Bravo

Darth Maul makeup I did on my husband. :)

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r/sfx • • Nov 14 '25

Frankenstein Creature makeup

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This is my first attempt at a makeup for the Creature from Frankenstein 2025. I'm no Jacob Elordi or Mike Hill, but I'm overall happy with it how it turned out. There's definitely things I'm excited to improve on for my next try. Let me know what you think!


r/sfx • • Mar 09 '25

I made my first face prosthetic!

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This was so much fun! I really loved the whole process and hopefully I can make it into a career one day. Just thought I’d share:)


r/sfx • • 21d ago Mindblown

Zombie walk in my town

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I like zombies lol


r/sfx • • 13d ago Heartwarming

Liquid Latex and Toilet Paper

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Did my wife’s makeup for our couples costume as Jack and David from An American Werewolf in London.


r/sfx • • Nov 25 '19

how it really feels to step on a lego...

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r/sfx • • Sep 04 '25

Learning bruises and sick skin

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Hey everyone, lately started doing some tests with bruises and sick skin. Any advise would be much appreciated


r/sfx • • Dec 04 '24 Heart of Silver Take My Silver

Mummified frozen skull and frostbitten hand

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Mummified frozen skull and frostbitten hand 🥶

I took an anatomical training skull, removed some teeth, added latex and tissue/cotton all over for skin, sculpted some ears eyelids and nose cartilage with foam clay, added more latex, painted with Tim Gore Bloodline paint, finished with some crepe hair and a resin eyeball that I made.

The hand was a recycled prop I made a while back using an alginate casting of my own hand, repainted it and took some chunks out for more effect. ❄️❄️


r/sfx • • Apr 11 '26

Handmade bird mask I created recently

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Started as a clay sculpture and after being molded,it cast in latex and painted! Each feather is hand laid on.


r/sfx • • Oct 06 '25

zombie girl (oc vivi)

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r/sfx • • 23d ago Helpful

Just got my first pot of wax and blood... What do you think?

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Just got my first pot of Ben Nye scar wax and stage blood.

PS. Please forgive my nails I have a gross habit of biting them.


r/sfx • • Feb 13 '20

Missing Halloween. Went old school with this guy, just paper towels, latex, and spray paint over a cheap plastic skeleton. NSFW

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r/sfx • • 12d ago

Created this custom burn prosthetic for my maid character

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r/sfx • • Apr 23 '22

First attempt at chemical burns!

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r/sfx • • Nov 16 '25

Count Orlok | Self-made Prosthetics

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Hey there, this is my attempt at Count Orlok - the Makeup is done by myself and actually my second sculpt I ever did, when it comes to prosthetics. Hope you enjoy! ^


r/sfx • • Jun 23 '26 Bravo

Quick lil fantasy bird makeup I did

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First time working with a fantasy latex piece it was fun


r/sfx • • Sep 26 '19

Burn makeup I did with gelatine.

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788 Upvotes

r/sfx • • Mar 11 '22

Vi Arcane [self]

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763 Upvotes

r/sfx • • Aug 23 '22

Darth Maul makeup I did on my husband. :)

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757 Upvotes

r/sfx • • Nov 06 '25

Experimenting with homemade scar wax. This one is cornstarch and Vaseline.

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716 Upvotes

r/sfx • • Mar 16 '22

I know this is a bit overdone in the SFX community haha, but I’m just a beginner so it was fun to attempt it!

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696 Upvotes

r/sfx • • Dec 22 '20

A set of severed heads I made for the tv show The Great.

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694 Upvotes

r/sfx • • Sep 30 '25

First attempt

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This is my first attempt at doing bite marks does anybody have any recommendations?


r/sfx • • Nov 26 '25

Please tell me what you think of my subdermal implant prosthetic idea (had to censor)

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Hello! So biggest body here is about 20cm or so in length - and I am hoping to create them so they look like they are trapped under someone’s skin (thinking on back or stomach) my friend who works with sfx is helping me. But quick question - should I be workibg on creating the trapped effect (as seen very roughly in image 2) or should I wait and leave it for her to try create that effect…? Also does anyone have any alternative ideas for how I could utilise these sculptures in an sfx setting or think this idea could work well? Anything I could do to make it even better? Thanks sooooooo much

Edit: I have to constantly edit my work so it’s approved by NSFw Guidelines :(((