Spycraft: How to Copy a Face

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>> Jason Murphy, what has he done to you? What has the Ch-ILD done to you‽ The changeling! No! You--I feel like you're about to cop a feel. [laughs] [light music] >> NARRATOR: Molding and casting a human head. >> Jason Murphy, we are going to make you an undercover super spy which means we need to alter your face, but rather than cut you up, we brought in Bill Doran from Punished Props who are going to help us get to a point where you can have face prosthetics and look like someone else. >> I'm going to be like Tom Cruise where I can pull it off. >> Yes, exactly. >> Ah, it's me. >> Yes. >> Unfortunately when we pull it off, it will be you, not Tom Cruise under it, but it's just like that. >> [laughs] Can you imagine the disappointment? He said he pulls off his Jason face and it's just another Jason face. >> I thought I, you told me it was going to be Tom Cruise! >> So as I understand it, even for undercover operatives, they will use facial prosthetics to change the way people look to make them unrecognizable, but it all begins with something called a life cast. Is that what it is? >> Correct. Yes, to build prosthetics like a fake nose or ears or whatever. we need a platform to build those off of and that platform needs to be a perfect copy of Jason's face. >> But not actually his face. >> We're going to make a mold, a silicon mold, we have some supplies here. Plaster it all over his face. That's a negative copy of his features, and then we'll pour some sort of casting medium into that, make a positive copy of this glorious visage. >> So I heard this is what they call a stone positive, right? So basically we put goop all over him. The goop will harden. We'll pull it off of him, and we'll have a bucket in the shape of his head, and then you can fill it with stone or whatever else to have something that you can work on to make prosthetics. >> Yeah, you can use clay to sculpt the nose on it, and then make another mold of that to make the fake nose that would fit perfectly on his face. >> So we can sit there and just reuse my face, and just make multiple mediums >> That's the beauty. >> of my head? >> Yeah. >> Once you have a mold of your face, you can make any kind of thing. >> We have all the materials, we've got his face, why don't we just get started, and I'll explain as we roll through it, and I brought in a ringer. Life casting is better if you have more hands to help out so we can do this quickly. My friend Grace, she runs a channel called Zonbi. She does props and costumes. >> JASON: Awesome. >> She's a qualified cos player. >> We got a girl. [hoots] [clapping] >> An awesome person. Thanks for joining us, Grace. >> Nice to meet you, Grace. >> Nice to meet you. >> She's going to assist us through this whole thing to make sure it goes as smoothly as possible. And you know CPR? >> Yes, so. [laughs] >> No reason. >> We got you. >> That escalated very quickly. [laughs] >> This is, suddenly this is the safest and scariest video we've done. >> Let's get started. >> All right, so Murphy's all bibbed up, where do we begin? >> Since he's opted not to shave his head, we need to put a bald cap on him. Very specific bald cap, not latex. Silicon, latex, they don't get along so. >> Is it because they blend together or? >> The latex will keep the silicon from curing so it'll just stay honey on his face indefinitely. >> You know what? A Part of me wishes I'd swapped that out for a swim cap. That would have been amazing. >> So that is from a special effects shop. It is oversized, whoop. >> It's a full body bald cap? It's just a flesh toned silicon suit. It's like a zip tie suit. [laughs] I'm going to look like Green Man. >> Throw up the horns. >> Wait, hang on. [laughs] >> Sometimes that works. >> What the hell am I doing right now? >> Pull that over your forehead. There you go, and then I'm going to do this. And it's going to go over your ears. >> Oh my god, I feel like Francis Dolarhyde from "Red Dragon." >> [laughs] You look like Howie Mandell from the 80s. [laughs] >> You're just putting a condom on my head. >> I have safety scissors, I'm going to cut near your face to just make a little room. And I'm going to just tear it a little bit across careful in the right spot. >> So from this point forward, I assume what we want is everything to be as smooth as possible, right? >> Yes. >> No seams or ridges. >> Now he has a beard, not a problem. The silicon we use is safe to use on short beards. It has a release agent in it to keep it from sticking to the beard. So we're good there. >> Whoo! >> We do. >> I think we're done, you look great. >> We do need to glue this to his face. So I've got super glue, I mean Pros-aide medical adhesive. >> Oh yeah. >> And we'll glue that to your face. >> And so you're putting it underneath? >> Yep, so that this can will stick down to his face. >> Got it. >> Okay yeah, you're going down there below my hairline? >> Yes. >> To pull it down? >> Just covering all of that up. >> And that's to make your head as featureless as possible. >> So are you not going to mold my ears? >> In this case, no. I just thought about that, and that actually makes it a lot easier to do if we don't do your ears. >> Okay. >> And again, if we're doing this for spy prosthetics, you don't need prosthetics on your ears. >> That's actually a really good technique for spotting a spy. They don't have ears. >> No ears? >> Yeah. [laughs] >> No he'll have normal ears is what I'm saying. >> It really kind of changed the cold war when they figured that out. >> You know what? I'm going to liberate your ears. >> Liberate your ears. >> Are you "Reservoir Dog"-ing me, right now? This is going to be like doing makeup for an X-Men movie. I'm in the chair for eight hours so I can look like Nightcrawler? Because if like you can put me in a chair for eight hours and then I come out looking like Nightcrawler, do it. >> BRIAN: You will come out bleach blonde though. We forgot to mention. >> This should, should take about an hour and a half, >> Okay. >> And boy, I can't wait to cover this meandering mouth with silicon, that's going to be awesome. [laughs] So there's a little bit of extra. It's not going to affect the overall quality, but I have some acetone here in a tiny amount >> That's fine. >> but this will dissolve the material here. >> Remember when we took the acetone, and we used it to melt down the styrofoam? >> Yes. >> This is exactly the same process happening only on a small level so it blends it, and it gets rid of those harsh edges. >> Hey, you know I got napalm on my face? >> Oh, geez, every comment. >> This seam looks fine. Around his neck though I'm going to use this to dissolve the extra, and I only need a tiny bit. But I can go along the seam where I put down that adhesive, and now there's no seam between the bald cap and his skin. If you have any discomfort at all, Jason, >> JASON: Jazz hands. >> keep your, keep it to yourself. [group laughs] >> I think you're just about ready to go. That looks good, pretty good. >> Okay. >> [laughs] Correction, that looks good, pretty good. It looks fine, fine. [laughs] Very adequate. >> It'll work. >> They do make a remover for this medical adhesive. I didn't bring any. [laughs] It's right here, don't worry. We're ready to go. So next step we mix up silicon and cover his head. >> Okay, and silicon, I think of just objects already made out of silicon, but there's two ingredients that combine? >> Two liquids, this is super easy, one-to-one by volume, mix it together, stir it up. You got about 10 minutes to spread it on. That liquid turns into a rubber. This particular one is designed to go over beards, and Grace is going to help us with that by doling out portions. Doing this stuff is awesome if you have a team of three or four people to work quickly. Everyone has their own task. >> Oh, because it's timed? >> Yeah, once that gets mixed together, we've got about 10 minutes. So you're going to cover the back of his head. >> Okay. >> We're going to do around his neck like so. I will focus on the more delicate areas, the ears, nose, eyes all that stuff, but we'll start by covering his face and leave this open for as long as possible. >> Now is there, just even all over, or do I want more? >> Fairly even, we can apply a second layer if we want to thicken it up a little bit. >> JASON: Do I need like straws in my nose or anything? >> You don't need straws in your nose. >> JASON: Okay. >> I'm going to be very gentle about applying it to your nose area, and if there's no detail on this part of the mold, that's not a big deal. >> Okay. >> The silicon is two different colors so that when you mix them together it's obvious that it's been mixed. >> BRIAN: Oh great, yellow and blue make green. >> And the pot life is how much time you have before it starts to react and set up. >> So basically that's your mixing time and then at that point? >> And application time. >> Oh and? >> It must be applied. After six minutes, it starts to get set up, and you can't work it anymore. >> Okay, and then it's 20 minutes to cure afterwards? >> Yeah, full cure is at 20 minutes. >> So yeah, you want everybody get in there really fast. >> Yeah, then while you and I are brushing, Grace can mix up the next batch. >> Because he's going to be totally covered, how do we remove it? >> That's a great question. [laughs] >> I've never thought of that. [laughs] >> Can we figure that out? >> There's a real answer I promise. We will cut a seam down the back of the head. If the seam makes the casting imperfect, it doesn't matter, it's the back of his head. >> So do I want to go thicker on applying to the back of the head so as we cut it? >> Once we do a whole layer, maybe if we have a little silicon left over just brush some extra in a line down the back. >> Okay, but it sounds like you're not overly worried about it one way or the other. >> No. >> GRACE: Here you go, Bill. >> Okay, awesome thank you, Grace. You can start on the next one. I'm just going to take little bits from this. You hold onto it, >> Okay, got it. >> and I'm going to start going on your ear. At the edge of the bald cap just brush down so it doesn't pull it up. And then we're going to basically go a seam around here. And then this is going to go in your ear so it's going to start getting difficult to hear. You can be a lot more generous with the amount of silicon you're applying. >> BRIAN: So I'm not doing multiple layers of paint. This is the reverse of what you taught us on the spray painting? >> Yeah. >> BRIAN: Just glob it right on there. >> Yep, once this starts to set up, Jason, I will finish covering your ear, >> Okay. >> but this will leave a gap in there so it's not oozing goo into your ear canal. >> Oh, thank you. >> BRIAN: So the time I got a life cast, Murphy, I had the full-on Ganzfeld effect because you're about to not be able to hear much or see much. >> So is there going to be any light coming in? >> Well once we have the plaster on there, you're not going to see anything. >> Oh yeah, no that's true. But your job is going to be to stay real still. And it's weird how I remember feeling like I was tilted over but I couldn't even ask, am I tilting over? I just was hoping, because you can't talk or nothing. It's really trippy. >> So this is actually starting to thicken up a it already, but it's good, Grace, has got the next one going. Everyone's doing great. You're doing great, Jason. >> Thanks. >> You're doing great. >> Thanks, I practiced. >> Did we already set up like safety things if you're afraid you can't breather or anything? >> Yep, jazz hands. >> Yeah, Jazz hands means get me out of this thing. >> BRIAN: Fresh coat, oh yeah. Now this is all goopie again. So there you go. >> Yeah, see how much of a difference that makes. >> GRACE: It's giving me Slimer vibes. >> I played bass for Slimer Vibes. [group laughs] >> This helps fulfill my dreams of wanting to be on "You Can't Do That on Television." [laughs] >> You're going to say, "Remember when Jason had eyebrows?" [laughs] >> Oh, we didn't cover his eyebrows. >> Oh, yeah. >> No, it's fine. >> I was like whoops! [laughs] >> No, there are different silicons you can use. This one is specifically made for going over body hair. The can says pubic hair so if you want to get. >> Bill picked this up at the Pretty Kitty Brazilian salon. >> Oh yeah, turns out it's Brazilian wax. >> Yeah. >> Oh my god. >> But it's got some sort of releasing agent in it so it doesn't grab onto your hairs too aggressively. You're going to lose a couple. >> This is your last chance. Whatever comic book character crap you want to say, you're about to not be. [laughs] I'm dismissive of comic books. >> You have entire boxes of comics at your house. I've seen them. [Brian laughing] >> So I've got a few gaps. How worried am I about getting every, getting it around every single hair? >> So long as it's covered and there's no, the beard area will just look kind of funky. >> BRIAN: Oh got it, I just have a bulgy. >> We're not going to massage it into his hair. Now I'm not worried about the beard or anything. I will say though, if it were shorter, this would be easier. >> I shaved this morning. >> Way to go, very classy. >> All right, so any last words? I mean, anything else you want to say? >> [laughs] He's like let them eat cake. >> See you on the other side. >> All right, cool. We're going across your mouth. It may tug a little bit like across your eyes. So while I'm working, I'll let you know when I'm doing that. I'm going over your right eye, and I'm going to try and be as gentle as possible, and slow as possible. Like that, all right. >> BRIAN: This is a dream come true. I'm doing another pass. >> BRIAN: Boy, it really helps to move slowly on this. Especially as it thickens up. >> Yeah, it's getting to a point now where it's kind of thick so I'm going to hold off because it will just pull the next layer down, but see how it's kind of pulling a bit? So that's pretty much done. We're just mixing up another batch right now, Jason. I'll let you know when we're coming in for another pass. >> See this is that bedside manner because I'm sure you get people that aren't comfortable being uncomfortable, and you've got to kind of walk them through the process. >> All right, I'm going over your left eye again, Jason. So I'm coming in, I'm going to touch your nose now. And I am going to go down the middle of your nose, but I will be very careful not to cover your nostrils. We can fill that in later once this is off your head. Now the silicon is very floppy even when it's fully cured. So that's why we're going to put a plaster bandage jacket around it. So that it holds its general form, and this silicon is capturing all of his wonderful details. How are you doing, Jason, thumbs up, thumbs down? Thumbs up, two thumbs up, great. What we're going to do now that he's covered is basically try and make him featureless so the area around his, the back of his ear, start filling that in. >> Okay, so I assume the thinking of this is that detail for any kind of appendage on the ear you want as much silicon keeping as much of those details preserved so it doesn't tear or. >> It won't tear. It also makes that region less flexible, I'm going to go over your eye right now, which means that it won't deform when you're casting out of it. >> This is like the Modern Rogue version of Jim Carrey's "The Mask." It's just like smoking! [laughs] >> I'm going to go around his neck to make sure we have a nice, strong thing around the neck and then you just add a little bit extra down the back where we're going to cut the seam. Now overall this is a fairly thin mold. The durability isn't great. We could encase his head in a big block of silicon but that would be dangerous and expensive. The idea though with life cast is you really only need the one casting from the mold. I'm really surprised at how much of Jason's features come through even when it's covered this much. >> Yeah, and this doesn't need to be pretty obviously it's a big lumpy mess. >> Are the brushes pretty much destroyed or is there silicon dissolving solution? >> No, there isn't. In fact that's one of the reasons why silicon is so useful is that it is not reactive to many things once it's fully cured. But these are just like 50 cent chip brushes. We're just going to throw them away. You will just get to chill for about 10 minutes, Jason. So, if you need a drink of water and you can drink out of your nose, we can help you out. Or, oh man, it would be great to be Mork. You could just use your finger. >> That's a relevant reference, all the kids are going to get. [laughs] >> We'll let it cure for about 10 minutes. It's feeling pretty good. We need to make a hard shell over it to support all of this once it's off his noggin. >> Oh, I just realized, you said hard shell and I'm looking at this stuff. I realize this is like straight up cast. This is what they would make a cast for a broken arm out of? >> That is correct a plaster bandage and Grace here has a bucket of water that activates the plaster and then you and I are going to put strips of it all over his head in a clam shell. Take the plastic bandage, get it damp, and then squeegee it off, and then hand it to me. Perfect. We're going to start with the seam line that will be the parting line between the two halves of the mold. So I'm just bringing this down to the neck line there. >> And do I want to tuck it in the corners there? >> BILL: You can really kind of massage it into the surface. >> BRIAN: Okay, it's not sticking on the sides. >> It won't, it will get there. Fold this up to make the bottom part a little bit thicker and stick in with the silicon a little bit. As we add layers and as this starts to stiffen up a little bit we can continue massaging it and it will stick better as it starts to stiffen up. Each edge that we add, you massage into the previous piece. Take a peak at what I'm doing over here. I'm making a raised edge here, and we'll use that as kind of the parting line >> BRIAN: Got it. >> Between the two, that's a little bit thicker. And then Grace has got some smaller pieces we'll use to start covering the back of the head. I'm going to go around the neck. So this part down here that as it gets thicker I'm just going to massage it into the silicon and it should stick pretty well. >> BRIAN: In the little nooks and crannies? >> Yeah. Just like that. I will just do a middle line here and then you can work that way and I'll work this way. >> BRIAN: Great. >> BILL: There you go and see how I just folded it over so that we have a nice clean seam line down the middle. >> BRIAN: Got it. >> BILL: And then you just massage it into the previous one and then we're good. I work in my show by myself, well, with my wife, Brittany. We work as a team, but we're usually each working on our own projects. It is pretty fantastic to have both a crew of people to do the work and other people to film it. This is really wonderful. >> I guess now is a good time to plug your channel Punished Props, right? >> BILL: That would be PunishedProps.com. This is a little bit more of an expensive way to do a life casting. It is in my opinion the best way, but you can do it with a dental algenate or just any skin-safe algenate. I do have a video tutorial showing how to do that. >> I am not seeing this tuck in to all the bits, nooks and crannies in here. >> BILL: It's okay. >> BRIAN: Okay, so it's not going to stick, because I guess-- >> No, it just needs to hug it. Go horizontal now. >> Okay, got it, get it nice and thick. >> BILL: Well, yeah we'll get two good layers on there. Here I'll cover up the rest of this. And they're going to be in opposite directions so that they are more structurally sound. It's more fun for us than Jason but Grace is having fun I can tell. >> GRACE: Yeah, getting plastery. >> Grace who does plenty of cosplay making stuff on her channel too. >> BRIAN: Which is? >> It's Zonzonzonbi. >> BILL: Was Zonbi taken that's why? >> I got it from a poorly translated anime and it just stuck. >> And that's good for this side don't get that wet. We do have to let this set up before we do the front half. So, what I'm just going to do is use my goopy hands to smooth everything out. >> Yeah, at this point you're just keeping everything moving as it dries. >> Yeah, if you see like a puddle of plaster you can massage it in so that it is doing more than just being a puddle on the surface. You can feel that where we started down here is starting to stiffen up. But that looks good, great job everyone. >> Who's a good Murphy, so good. >> Especially you Jason, >> So good. >> Another 10 minutes have passed. We're ready to do the front of it but we want to keep the plaster on the front from adhering to the back. It's getting warm too. >> Oh, because otherwise, it will be just totally encased. It'll be like a Q-tip. We'll have to get a bone saw and open it? >> Yes, that is the nightmare scenario. [Jason whimpers] [laughs] >> So petroleum jelly and you can get it all over everything. [laughs] As I, words I live by, you can never use too much petroleum jelly. I'm just going to brush over way more than I need on the plaster get some on the silicon that's fine because the wet plaster will want to seep into the crack there. We want to just keep that from locking up. I was going to ask you to do it, Brian, but I'm just going to do it. >> No, no, yep, just a probe. >> What you can do is lay this down on there just along the edge and just tamp it in there. >> BRIAN: Get a nice crisp edge all the way across? >> Yeah, it's not necessary but I like to do it just in case. >> BRIAN: Just to make sure that any of the other bandages don't end up sticking. >> There's a little bit of a physical barrier between them. We also haven't checked in with Jason in a while. Jason, how you doing buddy? Great, awesome, we are joking around but it is a good idea to double check on your model. Make sure they're doing okay because who knows he could be asleep in there. Okay, this is going to overlap. You about done there Picasso? [laughs] >> Yeah, sorry. >> This is going to overlap the seam. We're going to run my finger in there so that it creates. >> Yeah, so we have like two sides of a shell like an Easter egg. And it's just going to pop apart. >> There's some registration there so that when we put it back together it will want to go back together. [light jazzy music] Just massage that into the previous layer. We have some of the shorter ones now so we'll go around the neck. And we're doing almost the same thing. It's just when we get to the nose area, >> BRIAN: Yeah of course. >> I'll add some smaller pieces. Once we get going it's pretty >> BRIAN: Pretty straight forward. >> Pretty straight forward, yeah. I'm going to go right under your nose. >> BRIAN: Boy, now that's horrifying. That's legit terrifying. >> I'm going across the eyes. Now that there is a bridge here I'm going to use some of these smaller pieces to go over the nose. So, I'll just make a very thin strip that just does this, and that's just to. I'm going to be near your nose. Everything's cool though. It's just to support the silicon there when we're casting. [laughs] All right, going across your nose like that. And that is all the plaster. So we're just going to poke you a bit more to make sure everything's nice and massaged in. >> Wow, this is, this is truly from the outside, Jason, terrifying looking. >> BILL: He can't hear you. >> Oh, outside it's terrifying. You look great, you look great. >> You can feel it getting a little warm too as it starts to take off? >> Oh it does, is it exothermic? >> A little bit yeah. All right. We're ready to crack this thing off his face. Jason is very excited about that I can tell. So I'm going to start by pulling the front off. >> Do I have a job? To watch? >> You can just watch. >> I hold the flashlight. >> If anything comes up, I'll let you know. >> BRIAN: Okay. >> So I'm going to try and pull this off so resist a little bit. I'm trying to be gentle here. [muffled Jason screams] What? You're being a dick, okay. >> Oh got it, Jesus. >> It wasn't jazz hands, I knew, I knew it. >> Oh this is just a skeletal structure for when we get the mold off? >> Yeah, yeah. >> Oh got it. >> If the pressure is too much then just give me a thumbs down. There we go, it makes that satisfying like unlocking sound. >> BRIAN: Oh! [cast cracking] >> BILL: That was oddly satisfying. >> You look all better. He looks great, new and improved! >> Do you want to, here we can peel this away. >> JASON: Mirror, Mirror! [laughs] >> Wait until they get a load of me. >> Here, spin around again and Brian can do the back. >> BRIAN: Okay. >> And then just sort of lean your head back a tiny bit, and. >> Start at the bottom? >> You're going to try and peel it out this way, so pull. >> From the top or the bottom? >> From the bottom. >> Okay, got it so, I'm getting a finger. Oh there it is, so you feel all the nooks and crannies that are filled in with that plaster. >> Kind of let go, yeah. >> Oh, that was delightful. >> That was really cool. You can set that back in here. So what I'm going to do is put the jacket mold back together, and let it sit in this bucket upright. >> BRIAN: There's no water though right? >> No water. Or just somewhere gentle for it to chill. I'm looking on the inside. The seam looks good and we're just going to let it, because it's still baking. Still finishing it's thing. Now, we get to remove Jason from his tomb. >> So how do you decide? I assume you don't cut it over this way you want to what slice it down the back? >> So down the back up to about here we're going to cut a seam. I'm going to tuck my fingers all up around your neck. I have safety scissors. They are rounded on the bottom. >> BRIAN: You're not going to take a scalpel and just run it down. >> No, it might be a little, a tiny bit uncomfortable but it's the rounded part of the blade there. That's what's going to be going down your neck. I'm going to be as careful as possible with that. I'm going to go up to about here. If you can cut a T there, that helps with tearing and everything. So I'm going to release this from your skin. >> So when this comes off, he should still have the bald cap on? >> It looks like the bald cap wants to come with the silicon so we're just going to run with that. It might come off. But, I now have a place where I can cut. I'm going to give myself some space, and I'm going to cut in a zig zag. >> A zig zag is so you don't get like an obvious seam down the back? >> Yeah and when the zigzag comes together it will lock together, it won't slide. >> BRIAN: Got it. >> So here we go, I'm giving myself a little bit of room and I'm going to cut through some of the silicon. And my fingers are in between the blade and your head. Even though it won't cut you I'm still trying to be as careful and gentle. >> BRIAN: Is there a chance that you'll cut off his hair? >> A little hair might come off. >> Oh, so there's a chance. >> Oh, I got your hair, sorry. [laughs] >> JASON: What? >> There we go. We'll just put that back on top there. [laughs] I feel like I know Jason better now. >> BRIAN: Murphy do you feel like your just feeling this immense pressure being lifted off of you? >> JASON: It's weird because it doesn't feel like it's all that stuck to me anymore. It feels like I'm just like wrapped in it. Because it already hardened and kind of pulled away from my face. >> Yeah, it's kind of a bummer he can talk again. [laughs] >> BRIAN: The good news is you now have a goop cake faced costume that you can wear to Halloween. >> JASON: [laughs] Yeah. >> Oh and interesting I can see while he's breathing there's pockets going out. Oh my god, look at this pulsing. >> I'm going to do a sort of a T cut at the top here so that if the mold wants to split it goes sideways and not down the middle. Like that, all right so I think we are-- >> So much more gross with Jason's hair on top. >> All right why don't we rotate you around. There is a little yeah. >> All right flex your face bro. Let me see your freaky. >> Flex your face, try and get your features free. [laughs] >> Okay, are we ready for the birthing? >> Yes, yes, do you need help, should I? >> I'm going to be just again slow and deliberate. I'm going to free it around his neck. >> Coming up behind his ear. >> Yep, free his ear. >> This is like three person massage. >> So bend forward a little bit, Jason. Forward a little bit >> There you go. >> and we're going to stretch this over your head. >> JASON: Ow. >> What, oh, oh, oh. Hold on, wait, wait, wait, wait. He's stuck on the neck, stuck on the neck. >> JASON: No, it's pulling my hair. >> Oh. >> BRIAN: Oh my gosh, you can feel the detail of the beard in this. >> Ready? >> Holy Cow. >> BILL: Here we go. >> Oh, good as new! [laughs] Ladies and gentlemen, Jason Murphy! >> Round of applause, yeah. [both clapping] >> It's good to be back. >> BRIAN: So you have no idea what everything looked like. >> No, no, that. >> So this, here hold that open. There's your face. >> Oh it's like when the dude from "RoboCop" gets melted by toxic waste. >> I got a little, that's a little bit of an imperfection there from where the goo kind of formed. So you'll have a little bit of a. >> It actually pulled away pretty quickly. As, I could feel it as it dried just slowly separating from my face. >> BILL: All right, this is going to go back in the mold. >> BRIAN: Go back on your head. [laughs] >> Like that, and then this can go back in. >> Do you want to try to get it to nest exactly the way it was. I guess it does it pretty naturally. >> BILL: It is pretty much in there like that. >> So when casting something from this you would use both of these pieces? >> That and we'll cap the back of it too. >> Oh, okay. >> Yeah, and so it becomes a bucket. >> So all of this, all of this is necessary. How much of my hair did you cut off? >> It wasn't much. >> It was like this much. >> Do I have a big gap? >> No, no, it's nothing. >> Like that and there's our mold. >> BRIAN: Now we have a Jason bucket. >> We'll tape this up. But I'm going to go in, mix up a little more silicon patch up the nose. >> BRIAN: Well here, why don't you get cleaned up and then he'll go head and fix the imperfections on this. >> Okay. >> BILL: There we go. >> You're mixing up a small batch of the silicon and you're going to, are you going to fix the perfection in the? >> Yeah, this will be a little hard to see. This spot here, this silicon was curing when we brushed it on and it was hard to see that so there's a gap left there. So I'm just going to put a little bit more silicon in there and kind of sculpt my own smooth spot there. It won't be perfect but it will be better than that obvious blunder, and silicon will cure and stick to other silicon. That's good enough. I'm also going to use some of this to plug up the nose. And again it doesn't matter if the nose is pretty. We just don't want liquid to come out of there when we're casting stuff into it. So we're just going to jam a bunch of silicon in there, plug it right up. I see light over here, so I'm going to just smear some on there because I have it. >> BRIAN: Oh and of course you want to apply it to the outside so you're not messing up the features on the inside. >> BILL: Cool. >> Oh it's gooping right out of the nose. That's great. That looks lovely. [laughs] All right, so where we at? Jason is now clean, we've got a head with plugged noses, and we need to fill it with what? Normally, it would be a stone positive >> Right. >> for the prosthetics? >> Yes. >> But that would take time. >> It would take time. We're going to do something a little quicker today and fun. >> It's really important that I pass this test or I'm going to loose my job. [laughs] >> This is a flexible urethane foam. Kind of like Nerf, darts or Nerf. >> Nerf, is that an acronym? >> It is, what does it stand for? >> I don't know. If only the comments would tell us. Non-expanding recreational foam I believe. >> Oh somebody reads the comments. >> Somebody reads the comments. Learn a lot from them, dummy. [laughs] >> It's just an expanding urethane foam. It's squishy. It'll be really fun, like a soccer ball we can kick around. So, we're going to mix that together, pour it in here. >> Your face is going to be a soccer ball we can kick around. >> No one else noticed the realization dawning. >> First we have to put our mold back together. >> Okay. >> So you want to put the back of your head on here. And it should lock back into place because we did such a great job. >> Oh, so we just seal the silicon up into the plaster like that. >> BILL: We're going to duct tape it closed. >> You brought duct tape from Seattle. >> I did, we have the best duct tape in Seattle. >> Oh man, you can just start duct tape wars. >> So we're just going to kind of lash this together. If you had mold scraps you could do that. I don't, I didn't bring them, so we're just going to duct tape it closed. >> JASON: Mold straps? >> Yeah it's like. >> Straps made of mold. >> It's just like belts basically? >> Like you'd use to tie stuff down to a trailer, only smaller or. >> And then ratchet to get it nice and tight. >> Yeah, yeah, kind of like that. >> JASON: Thank you for not doing that while it was on my head. >> That would have been really cool. >> Have people died doing this? >> I have no idea. >> I'm glad we asked that question now. When I was in college, my buddies were doing it to one of their roommates just put the plaster directly on his face and it started heating up and he started screaming. >> Oh. >> He was like get it off, get it off! They pulled it off, and they ripped his eyebrows right off. >> BRIAN: Oh, that's amazing. >> They just were making it up as they went along right. >> No more horror stories. So in here, I'm just going to reach in his brain and relocate the seam on the back there. >> So you're taking the zigzags and getting them all lined up? >> Oh, okay. >> BRIAN: We have an effective negative of Jason Murphy. >> BILL: But look the seam is gone. >> Yeah, oh wow, it is legitimately disappeared. >> As we pour volumes of liquid in there and it expands from the weight, the jacket will keep it in place. Okay, we have a bucket, set it down there. We'll use that so it's not going to go anywhere. >> BRIAN: Do you need any ballast around to keep it vertical? >> That's not a bad idea. >> I don't know if I used the word ballast correctly. >> You didn't, but that's fine. [laughs] >> I was about to say, hm. >> Take some of these cups and just wedge them, wedge them in there. >> That's a lot better. >> There you go. Just use them as ballast. It will be fine. >> BILL: Just wedge that in there. >> I'll be happy when in the dictionary it says alternately something that keeps a head vertical. >> It's going to just show a picture of a paper cup. [laughs] >> The next part is going to be quick. We're going to mix the thing together and pour it in there. And then we're going to kind of slush it around to coat the inside while it's still liquidy and then this is going to expand. So, I've already portioned these into one-to-one ratio. >> Yeah, there was a disturbing moment when you just casually mentioned yes, a head is about four liters. How does one come to know such a thing? >> Google, yeah. >> Okay, so your head is about a gallon. >> So, this is the expanding foam. It's a urethane polymer I guess. >> In two parts. >> In two parts it's a liquid and then when you mix it together there's a foaming agent that will create bubbles so that it expands and then the other thing it does is it cures into a solid. In this case it's going to be a flexible solid so it's a squishy foam. Wow, we can all do this together, it's going to be really fun. You pour that in there, you pour that in there. The same time. >> Oh dude, like mad scientists ready? Three, two, one. [laughs] >> I'll take yours, Brian, so I can scrape it down, it's a little thicker. And then we want to mix this really fast and introduce as many bubbles as we can. Usually when you're doing casting you don't, but in this case we do. And I'm scraping the sides to make sure that everything gets integrated really well. And we want to mix it until it's ready to start foaming and then we want to pour it. This is actually starting to get warm as it reacts. >> Okay, and so we're just pouring it directly into my head. >> Into your head but I'm also going to try and get it to cover the sides. >> So you want to aim it so it gets into all the cracks and crevices because if you just poured it at the bottom and it bubbled up those bubbles are going to prevent it from getting in there. >> Yeah, the bubbling and foaming and expanding, you would think it will want to rise to fill all those crevices, it will not. Now, that most of it's in there, I will do this. >> That doesn't look like it's going to be nearly enough. >> If it's not enough, we'll mix up some more and add it. But it expands six times in volume. >> Now where can you get all of these supplies? Are these available just like on Amazon? >> Yeah, actually. These are all stuff from a company called Smooth On. If you have a Smooth On or a Reynold's Advanced Materials store near you. Actually I'm just going to do this. It's a lot easier. >> Oh the ballast. How expensive, is this whole project, everything we've done so far? >> A couple hundred bucks. >> JASON: That's not bad at all. >> Not too bad. And I always make sure I get more than I think I need just in case, it doesn't hurt to have extra. It's really starting to foam up a bit. I'm going to hold it like this so that it fills up from the face back. >> BRIAN: Got it, because that's the most important part? >> BILL: Yeah it gets all the detail. >> JASON: It's the money maker. >> You know what we could also put something in there to take up a lot of that volume. Hey, one of those cups you had. >> Oh my gosh, for ballast? [everyone laughs] >> Is that a genuine ballast cup? >> All right, we've got full bellies and elevated expectations. [claps] Spill it. >> Time to crack our boy open. >> That's it you just. >> That's it. >> You're just going to crack it open? >> BILL: Yeah, just like an egg, just. >> Just destroy it, no. >> That might be some sort of trauma for me. >> It was all day. >> BILL: I'm just going to cut him out. I'm waiting for Brian to try and take my knife away again. >> BRIAN: I'm just going to stand way far away. >> And take the jacket off, and this is actually kind of handy to have a cup in there. I got like a little cup. [screams] [laughs] >> No! >> No! >> Here, Jason, I'll let you just peel the seam away. >> Do the honors. Do be careful because I've noticed that the silicon will tear if you take an angle and you just keep going, it will pull apart. And then slide your hand inside all the way around, get it all off, there you go. >> JASON: Like so. >> BILL: Get it over the ears. >> This is exactly what we did to your face. We were rubbing our hands over it. >> It felt really good, I'm not going to lie. It was very relaxing. It felt like I was being tended to by my handmaiden. >> And free haircut. >> And free haircut, thank you, Bill. [laughs] Whose your stylist? Bill Doran. >> BRIAN: Oh my god, oh my god! >> JASON: Oh wow. >> Oh my god! [laughs] Holy cow, would you look at that! >> BILL: That's great. >> That's fantastic. >> So this is what I'll look like when I lose my hair. >> BRIAN: When you're dead. Look at this little, side by side. >> It's actually. >> BRIAN: Relax your face, relax your face. Close your eyes. Yes! Dude. >> That's just as pale as I am in real life too. >> This is amazing. >> That's really incredible. I didn't expect, I didn't expect to be recognizable. >> BRIAN: Yeah, I didn't either to be honest. There's foam hairs if you look. >> JASON: Oh yeah, yeah. >> BRIAN: That's how precise the silicon mold is is that the foam filled in the individual hairs on your mustache. And here, look at this. You can see all the details of the bald cap. You can see the flow of your beard. Here's another of your actual hairs in there. [everyone laughs] >> BILL: This is the spot we repaired a little bit. >> JASON: Oh yeah. It's a little disorienting. >> BRIAN: It's very disconcerting. >> Like my brain is having trouble processing it. When you look at it, it's just kind of, I mean that's me. >> This is you. Oh and that works out great. >> It does. [laughs] >> It's a stand. Oh my god, that's too good. >> You can see on the top, there's a little bit of flash coming through from the seam on the mold but that's just a tiny amount. And this is the consistency of kind of like a Nerf football. >> It really is, here, go long. Bam, [laughs] go for it, why not? Just make another one, man. >> It's so. >> So, if this was, if we had cast it in something like hydrocal, stone, like a rigid material, you could have that bust that you could use and reuse to sculpt features onto it. So a different nose, or different features. >> So the idea is for the prosthetics part you would have another mold of let's say the outside of a big balloon nose, right, and then you would put like hard bloom gelatin in there that's warmed up and you would stick it on there so that the outside is somebody else's nose and the inside would exactly match his nose. Once you had that, you would apply it over you would smooth it out, cover it with makeup and now you just have somebody else's nose? >> Yep >> Nice. >> The trick is molding somebody else's nose without them knowing. [laughs] >> I mean nowadays I'd imagine you could do like a 3D scan, somebody walks through a corridor, scan their face and then you exactly 3D print that nose. >> Or if you're just really good at sculpting, you could sculpt it by hand with clay on there, pull a mold of that and you're good to go. >> JASON: Oh, right. >> All right, now here's the question. Do we make dress pants robot man into an android? [laughs] >> Oh god, just have it turning on a swivel. That's amazing, it's way more. >> Sorry buddy, sorry buddy. >> I got a little bogie coming out of here. >> Well, you could carve that out, couldn't you? >> I can, I can. >> If its, this was a stone positive, you could just take a Dremel and carve it out. >> If you were going to do a full face sculpts on it you could trim his beard off. You could sand it down, so he's nice and baby smooth, and make like a fat suit. >> I can't believe like the detail on the beard, that's the amazing part. >> BILL: Good job, everyone. >> Oh man, we're going to sell so many of these. >> [laughs] We could, couldn't we? Oh my god, Patreon reward. >> Patreon reward, Jason's foam head. >> Dude, how many of these can we make before this gives out? >> This will probably only get a couple of castings out of it. If you were going to produce a lot of them I would cast this in stone, clean it up a little bit and then make a big durable mold of it where you can take all the time you want, don't have to worry about killing your subject, and a big mold like that you could get 50 castings out of. >> Man, we got to just start leaving these in random places. [laughs] >> Wait, wait. >> JASON: Perfect. >> BRIAN: Look how good that looks. [laughs] A major success, thank you so much, Bill Doran. >> You are welcome, so welcome. >> punishedprops.com, youtube.com/punishedprops. >> Yep. >> You could crash at my house any time. >> Wonderful and if you want to get into more molding and casting for a variety of purposes, our YouTube channel has a whole playlist on just molding and casting. >> Hells yes. >> Everything you need to know to get started. It's been a pleasure. I will come down to Texas and pour goo on your face anytime you want. >> Oh, you say the sweetest things. >> [laughs] Let me know if you need a hair cut. [laughs] [chuckling]
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Channel: The Modern Rogue
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Published: Fri Apr 06 2018
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