Special Makeup Effects for Stage and Screen - Makeup for horror and sci-fi productions can be more than challenging. Knowing how to air brush skin or make a proper prosthetic can make the difference between a successful character transformation or a so-so appearance.

This book gives you everything you would ever want or need to know about the incredible world of special effects makeup. From what you need in your tool kit to human anatomy, you'll get an education from the leading makeup people in the business: Neill Gorton, Christopher Tucker, Miles Teves, Jordu Schell, Mark Alfrey, Matthew Mungle, Christien Tinsely, Vittorio Sodano, and Mark Gabarino.

You'll be given instruction in technique as well as a look into how the great masters achieved some of their most impressive and memorable characters and "looks".

Sometimes we never can get enough good books detailing the craft of Makeup Effects.  From what we read and hear, this one's a great buy.

You can get it HERE

How many times have you thought... there ought to be a reality show based on make-up FX?

Well, you were not alone...

Face Off

Face Off is a competition/elimination series exploring the world of special-effects make-up artists and the unlimited imagination which allows them to create amazing works of living art. Not only will the show incorporate effects make-up, it will include a wide range of skill sets including prosthetics, 3-D design, animatronics, sculpting, eye enhancers, puppeteering, casting and molding. Each episode involves incredible reveals of the competitors' finished work, and the drama of one contestant being sent home by the panel of expert and celebrity judges. It all culminates in one winner and one grand prize that will launch a career!

Face Off is a production of Mission Control Media. Executive Produced by Michael Agbabian and Dwight Smith.

Full Press release after the jump.