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Explode a Head & Overcome FX Disasters with Andy Schoneberg
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Mastering #FX disasters: The single most valuable skill a Makeup FX artist must learn, according to 2-time Emmy Award winner, Andy Schoneberg, who refers to himself as a professional "Problem Solver."

Lacking the time and resources for what a proper exploding head effect would require (pyrotechnics, lifecasting, and molds of the actor at the very least) we assumed it couldn't be done. But Andy told us that if we could find a head, any head, he could probably make it work.

With absolutely no prep and only a frightful silicone head over a resin underskull available for the effect, the resulting lesson ended up as a perfect--if dramatized--example of a situation every veteran effects artists has experienced sometime in their career: The Effects Disaster.

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