He mentioned washing a car from the top down. I used to work a place detailing cars all by myself. It seems counter intuitive but I learned if you're gonna wash the whole thing in one sitting. That if you go from the bottom up, your soap won't bleed down and cover up spots you've not cleaned yet. So, you can get everywhere in one go. Not having to rely on drying or a second pass to get it completely clean. This wasn't always useful and sometimes the car would be so small that it wouldn't matter, etc. If you're washing a large SUV that's pretty dirty try it. You have to rinse it in the same way you wash it so the water isn't covering up your progress, I know people will say, "You're letting dirty water from the top run down the side over the parts you just cleaned!" Once the dirt particulate is loose then it doesn't adhere to the car again. Especially if you're continually rinsing it. Just a bit of experience that might help someone.
This seems terrifying for mouth breathers... I have sinus issues that keep me from being able to breathe out of my nose comfortably... this would be brutal.
Lifecasts just look so stoic don't they? Norm's a pretty typically nerdy looking guy, but his plaster head has all the decorum and fortitude (and about as much hair) as a Buddhist monk.
Love watching professionals work, all about a set system done in a specific order and with a technique you only gain from countless trial and error. Onya Frank you are a master in your field... And you have good taste regarding your assistant choice (not only cute but skilled and able), makes the workshop a better place and never hurts to have some eye candy about. Keep on Testing
I've had a life cast done just my face but it is more comfortable than you think. And we use alginate instead of silicon because it's only a temporary mold.
Love this video for two reasons, Number 1 it is really descriptive and helps me when I'll hopefully be able to life cast properly in my sfx career, and Number 2 this is the only video where Norm has stayed quiet and it makes me happy, he's so bloody annoying when he comments on things that Frank is already doing
Seriously, TESTED, Frank needs his own videos. This is infinitely more interesting than anything I've seen on FACE/OFF. And unlike that show, I actually LEARNED how to do what I watched. Face/off is like a lame cooking contest show, where you think you picked up techniques and ideas, but really learned nothing. We need more videos like this.
Funny about the sticking you hand in plaster story. A guy in my Makeup class at the Art Institute did that . He filled a 2 Liter soda bottle with Ultracal 30 and put his fist down into it. Needless to say, for anyone who has worked with Ultracal, it started to burn his hand and arm. We got chisels and mallets and did an emergency rescue ha ha. Not sure how he thought he was going to get his hand out anyway once it cured.
So I know that the alginate casts do not last very long before having to cast in plaster or resin or whatever before they deteriorate...how long do the silicone molds last? I'm guessing they have a longer lifespan. Or is it more of a limit of how many new casts can be pulled from the silicone mold before deterioration from the recasting?
Also, what do you do for people with longer hair.. ? Do you do the hole pony tail thing or do you wrap the hair around the head and put the bald cap on?
I find it a little annoying how no one is able to specify an approxiate number of plaster rolls needed for the average head. There must be some kind of standard. Like "it usually takes 7 rolls". I've seen people say that 2 doses of the Smooth-On stuff is usually enough, but they never seem to talk about the plaster.
i once got a life cast done for my sister's art project. it was terrifying, i felt like i was suffocating even though it didnt come near the inside of my nose. i had a panic attack, i think it felt a lot like being waterboarded feels like.
Stella Moger let me clarify that it was done really irresponsibly. it was not spread like in the video, it was just dripped onto my face in one big glob.
I wonder how many pints of Body Double was used for a lifecast this size. Obviously dependant on the size of the person but would be a good gauge knowing how much was used here. Or maybe I missed it at some point in the vid :/
I know this is unrelated to the video's topic... but Nora's sooo pretty! In relation to Norm getting cast, I personally find life casting to be uncomfortable and my skin chemistry doesn't agree w/ most releases so it's hard to get motivated to sit still for a cast.
7:53 someone stuck their hand in plaster, let it dry, got stuck, and then had to have their arm amputated? they couldn't just break away the plaster? he said it so convincingly, but he cant be serious..?
duscodick honestly? its impossible break like 2 inches of plaster? after looking into it a little more, it seems to be the heat from the plaster curing that causes the damage. and nobody seems to have lost entire arms, just partial or whole fingers. also, what kind of an attitude is that? to answer an honest question with?
Long shot ask in the hopes of an answer from one of the peeps in the video. The ladys hair colour is intense and so vivid, any chance I could find the brand and colour of that dye please?
...........wait......he said people have had to have their hands amputated because they stuck their hand into plaster and let it dry? Are we saying plaster is some sort of unbreakable substance and you couldn't chip away at it? Or is it due to something else?
there's some casts of adam's head on an old ep of mythbusters. the struck by lightning one. that one had its mouth open in a scream. how was that made? was the mouth altered after the first casting?
I've done the hand in plaster! It got a little warm, made my hand red. It was a little hard to remove my hand but I covered it in vaseline. I didnt do it to my wrist so I could remove it. Did I get lucky?
hello and thank you for your gorgeous video !! do you have the part 3 where you make the zoidberg modeling AND the making of the silicone mask? thanks again... this video is unpayable worthful for me !!
about the breathing, cut 10cm piece of 5mm diameter drinking straw and heat the ends with lighter until the edge curls into ball shape, then it will be safe to put it in your nose, it will not cut you even if you bump it. what about the eyebrows and eyelashes, is there any way to protect them better?
can you use pam cooking spray as a release on a persons full bust (spay them in the face)instead of petroleum jelly? I saw a video on using it as a seam release and it got me interested. Also where can I find links for purchasing silicone casting kits?
Neon Green hair... My goodness that's stunning
Complimentary with the silicon color ;)
I think this is the longest Norm has ever shut up. Willingly or otherwise
XD
.........came here for this comment.......thank you
That girl's green hair was cool! Usually, that color doesn't do well, but she got it right. Good for her
He mentioned washing a car from the top down. I used to work a place detailing cars all by myself. It seems counter intuitive but I learned if you're gonna wash the whole thing in one sitting. That if you go from the bottom up, your soap won't bleed down and cover up spots you've not cleaned yet. So, you can get everywhere in one go. Not having to rely on drying or a second pass to get it completely clean. This wasn't always useful and sometimes the car would be so small that it wouldn't matter, etc. If you're washing a large SUV that's pretty dirty try it. You have to rinse it in the same way you wash it so the water isn't covering up your progress, I know people will say, "You're letting dirty water from the top run down the side over the parts you just cleaned!" Once the dirt particulate is loose then it doesn't adhere to the car again. Especially if you're continually rinsing it. Just a bit of experience that might help someone.
Norm looks weird enough without glasses, and then you made him bald.
This is my favorite video with Norm.. dunno why...
probably because he's not talking as much LOL
maybe :D :D
MachineFight i was about to make the exact same comment lol
Very cool! This is the stuff they haven't shown us on "Face/Off". It's fascinating to see how those casts are made in the first place.
Fuck. That cast is amazing. It had a crazy amount of detail.
Nice detail on the molding. Zits and everything, way he said "every single pore" @ 16:25
All those smooth-on containers, I can't image how much money is wrapped up in that studio. XD
This seems terrifying for mouth breathers...
I have sinus issues that keep me from being able to breathe out of my nose comfortably... this would be brutal.
True
I was thinking the same thing. I have a cleft pallet so my noise doesnt work that good.
That's why you can now get your head 3D scanned and have the mold 3D printed. Without having to be stuck inside silicone and plaster.
@@themikatoon It's still not really nearly as realistic. It won't have all the pores.
Could put straws in your mouth maybe. Kind of annoying but it would work
That green hair
my first thought as well. looks incredible!!!
I hope this isn't expensive. It would be cool to have one made every 10 years of my life.
Great idea!
Well done Norm tolerating the process. You are a true professional sir.
"So what are lifecasts used for?"
After he just explained it's so the make up is made specifically for the person wearing it 10 seconds earlier...
I love how Will is standing in the back with a giant cut in his head doing commentary. Great video guys!
Mummifying a member of the blue man group.
Welcome to the world, Norm 2.0!
Nora should make guest appearances as often as possible, please and thank you.
Lifecasts just look so stoic don't they? Norm's a pretty typically nerdy looking guy, but his plaster head has all the decorum and fortitude (and about as much hair) as a Buddhist monk.
i love her bright green hair in the background, it's so pretty, perfect shade, and shine for the color. ^^ ♥
Thank you ! Thanks to this video I finally know how to efficiently get rid of all the water trapped in my plaster bandages !
Love watching professionals work, all about a set system done in a specific order and with a technique you only gain from countless trial and error. Onya Frank you are a master in your field... And you have good taste regarding your assistant choice (not only cute but skilled and able), makes the workshop a better place and never hurts to have some eye candy about. Keep on Testing
that haircolor is AWESOME!
I've had a life cast done just my face but it is more comfortable than you think. And we use alginate instead of silicon because it's only a temporary mold.
Love this video for two reasons, Number 1 it is really descriptive and helps me when I'll hopefully be able to life cast properly in my sfx career, and Number 2 this is the only video where Norm has stayed quiet and it makes me happy, he's so bloody annoying when he comments on things that Frank is already doing
Very cool and detailed video of the whole process of life casting someone!
More Nora on Tested Please!!!!
agreed
Agreed.
Seriously, TESTED, Frank needs his own videos. This is infinitely more interesting than anything I've seen on FACE/OFF. And unlike that show, I actually LEARNED how to do what I watched. Face/off is like a lame cooking contest show, where you think you picked up techniques and ideas, but really learned nothing. We need more videos like this.
Funny about the sticking you hand in plaster story. A guy in my Makeup class at the Art Institute did that . He filled a 2 Liter soda bottle with Ultracal 30 and put his fist down into it. Needless to say, for anyone who has worked with Ultracal, it started to burn his hand and arm. We got chisels and mallets and did an emergency rescue ha ha. Not sure how he thought he was going to get his hand out anyway once it cured.
dang! that chick's hair is bang'en!
that picture makes that the best comment ive seen this year!
"Norah" (I assume that's really her name, no clue why I put it in quotes) was definitely my favorite part of this video.
James Dreger twitter.com/norastarrr
The plaster head reminds me of that one Rammstein album
I should've watched this before embarking on my latest experiment. That wet paper towel trick would've saved me a lot of time.
that was really really cool! also - love the assistant's full commitment to green hair. woo! nice. :D can hardly wait for the next phase.
Every special effects makeup studio is run by creepy out of shape men with young neon haired / tattooed female assistants.
frank needs his own channel
Way to go tested and frank. Also norm, nice job sticking it out, looks like it was worth it!
We're learning lifecasting in my special fx class tomorrow! Super excited to do it, but not to get it done on me lolll
Norm, respect! Around 7:30-8:00 You actually look like statue while around you, they're discussing everything that could go wrong, pretty brave!
Those two look like they really enjoy their job! Haha what a cool thing.
I'm pretty much in love with the assistant.
Norm with nothing to say, imagine that.
Im really enjoying this project, i love that Norm got full head casted xD
that would be so fun to do someday :D
THAT GREEN HAIR
Dudes stop talking! And do an in depth interview of that cute beautiful green head girl :)
This was so awesome, I loved watching Frank on Face off!
it took me a long time to realise he had a gun wound in his head
Nah, just a really bad case of acne. :/
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Frank's T-shirt is just amazing
Cool looking hair.
Massive Kudos goes to the extremly stunning greenheaded lady. She's gorgeous!!! 💥🤘💥
Norm was in this video? Sorry I couldnt keep my eyes of Nora! Shes lovely.
2 questions
1. Could you use resin instead of resin?
2. What would you need to do if you wanted the casting to be hollow?
Loving the Atlas Shrugged tshirt that he is wearing, though I'm more of a Rearden Steel fan...
at 5:06 norm looks like princess Leia haha
AM_ Productions thank you so much!
Brass Brook hahahaha
im dong an art project at the moment and found this really useful for tips, thanks tested
and by dong i mean doing
So I know that the alginate casts do not last very long before having to cast in plaster or resin or whatever before they deteriorate...how long do the silicone molds last? I'm guessing they have a longer lifespan. Or is it more of a limit of how many new casts can be pulled from the silicone mold before deterioration from the recasting?
I'm interested in making a headcast for myself, what would i do about the baldcap? I have hair thats really long and thick.
Also, what do you do for people with longer hair.. ? Do you do the hole pony tail thing or do you wrap the hair around the head and put the bald cap on?
Her hair is bad ass
*Badass
Why does everyone hate my boy Norm?
Because he's annoying af...
Wade Slovick ikr
God, is really really detailed, amazing work o:!
Captain America makes an appearance at 6:09
Yo Daddy lol
I find it a little annoying how no one is able to specify an approxiate number of plaster rolls needed for the average head. There must be some kind of standard. Like "it usually takes 7 rolls". I've seen people say that 2 doses of the Smooth-On stuff is usually enough, but they never seem to talk about the plaster.
Anything where I don't have to look at him gets my thumbs up
i once got a life cast done for my sister's art project. it was terrifying, i felt like i was suffocating even though it didnt come near the inside of my nose. i had a panic attack, i think it felt a lot like being waterboarded feels like.
Stella Moger let me clarify that it was done really irresponsibly. it was not spread like in the video, it was just dripped onto my face in one big glob.
I wonder how many pints of Body Double was used for a lifecast this size. Obviously dependant on the size of the person but would be a good gauge knowing how much was used here. Or maybe I missed it at some point in the vid :/
wow, Norms really being tested. But I guess it's better than a lion's den where you'll be "tasted"
I know this is unrelated to the video's topic... but Nora's sooo pretty!
In relation to Norm getting cast, I personally find life casting to be uncomfortable and my skin chemistry doesn't agree w/ most releases so it's hard to get motivated to sit still for a cast.
i cant stop looking at the womans hair.....its so GREEN
Looks like they're trying to make a prawn.
The green haired girl is gorgeous. I couldn't take my eyes off her.
15:30 "It's like Norm but backwards" xD
Man, him talking about the hands in the plaster gave me like a full anxiety attack. That's never happened to me before. Damn
7:53
someone stuck their hand in plaster, let it dry, got stuck, and then had to have their arm amputated? they couldn't just break away the plaster?
he said it so convincingly, but he cant be serious..?
I was just thinking the same thing, yea, such BS.
Plaster is exothermic as it sets... it will burn the person's hands.
That's the kind of thinking that somebody has when they put the plaster on their hand. Go try it if you are so confident.
duscodick And post a video of their attempt too.. You need to add that!
duscodick honestly? its impossible break like 2 inches of plaster?
after looking into it a little more, it seems to be the heat from the plaster curing that causes the damage. and nobody seems to have lost entire arms, just partial or whole fingers.
also, what kind of an attitude is that? to answer an honest question with?
Nora and that green hair. Yup! :D
Great video, too! Thanks to Frank and Nora (ok, and Norm for being voluntold to do this)
I don't think I could do that, I think I would get terrified halfway through and freak out
Lol the stories about using plaster for molds on people and them having to have amputations actually sounded pretty creepy
Long shot ask in the hopes of an answer from one of the peeps in the video.
The ladys hair colour is intense and so vivid, any chance I could find the brand and colour of that dye please?
...........wait......he said people have had to have their hands amputated because they stuck their hand into plaster and let it dry? Are we saying plaster is some sort of unbreakable substance and you couldn't chip away at it? Or is it due to something else?
plaster heatd up a lot well it hardens and then your left with on skin and individually plastered fingers so yeah your not getting out of it fine
there's some casts of adam's head on an old ep of mythbusters. the struck by lightning one. that one had its mouth open in a scream. how was that made? was the mouth altered after the first casting?
I kinda want to have my own personal bust. Call it vanity but I think it looks cool.
Holy hot chick with green hair, batman.
I couldnt have said it better.
You guys need to get out more, she looks like a bunch of the girls I know. Nothing spectacular...
randomusername987 Lol.
3esSohYes That doesn't make her any less attractive.
randomusername987 Tunnels are so disgusting.
I've done the hand in plaster! It got a little warm, made my hand red. It was a little hard to remove my hand but I covered it in vaseline. I didnt do it to my wrist so I could remove it. Did I get lucky?
How much of the stuff do you have on his head? How much should i buy to do it once, and does it expire while sitting in its can?
Man that is awesome.
If I had that done to me the first thing I would say when the silicon came off is: I LIVE!!!
need a Nerd Spa where you can get a life cast among other things I haven't thought of yet.
Norm looked like a smurfy Deadpool. which makes me wonder how difficult was it to make the Deadpool prosthetics.
I'd be nervous about getting a blocked nose
well done Norm!
how many lbs are typically needed to cover a head.. this is the one thing I can't figure out lol.
I LOVE that girls hair! Soo cool
hello and thank you for your gorgeous video !! do you have the part 3 where you make the zoidberg modeling AND the making of the silicone mask?
thanks again... this video is unpayable worthful for me !!
What if he sneezed xD
Hahahaha
more girls need hair like that, the world would be a better place
What is the name of the solvent that he used in 02.06???
about the breathing, cut 10cm piece of 5mm diameter drinking straw and heat the ends with lighter until the edge curls into ball shape, then it will be safe to put it in your nose, it will not cut you even if you bump it. what about the eyebrows and eyelashes, is there any way to protect them better?
why did she do that to her ears.....so beautiful
OMG that girl in the beginning , I love her hair! o.O
The lady with such high-contrast hair, she seems either super-bored, or terrified that cameras are in the room...
can you use pam cooking spray as a release on a persons full bust (spay them in the face)instead of petroleum jelly? I saw a video on using it as a seam release and it got me interested. Also where can I find links for purchasing silicone casting kits?
I'm researching different ways before I try it for the first time