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is involved, because every piece of clothing had to come through my department. Every single one. And we have multiples." With fighting off zombies or other survivor factions, there is a lot of action in these shows, and it requires a lot of aging in different levels to show progression in the storyline. "They never shoot sequences on a show like that, it's never like that because usually we're going to go extreme first and work backward because that's the way they shoot. For example, there was a senator who was killed and we first see him stabbed up against a tree. He's a zombie, but the first time we see him is aer he has been through miles of trekking and stuff poured on him, and we're like, oh, we have to start here and then go back. So, we would do that. They bought all the suits in town, all the blue suits in town for the senator. And then, a month goes by, and he shows up in another episode too. This episode that we're shooting now is before the one that we just shot. Let's go all the way back again. It is a lot easier to go from A to Z than M, Z, l, Q, and keeping track of that." Before working on The Walking Dead, Doug had previously developed his specialty paints with a paint company that he uses when aging costumes. Agent Brown Costume Colors (a heavy-body acrylic textile paint) include colors grime and dry grime. "I have a shadow color and a highlight color. There's other techniques because it's all about time you don't have. Some of that time is taken up by mixing a color, so I had this color made. If you water it down, it's a sweat. If you make it heavy, it's grimy. It just worked for everything. People sometimes tend to not like to do shoes and boots, but if you want it to look old or dirty, the magic brown just does a trick as we can do shoes in 10 minutes. It works good on leather, kind of gives you that old brownish worn-in leather look." He continues to work on developing more paint colors for different uses. "I have a specific one for this show. I call it blood rust. It's good for blood, clearly with the name, but it's great with working on a show with so much blood. When blood hits, it separates, and it separates into three colors, and then as it gets older, it oxidizes." Doug's next venture is starting his own special effects house in Las Vegas, Doug Stewart's Imagination Laboratory. His goal is to hire Vegas locals that are experienced prosthetics makeup artists, Costume Fabricators, Breakdown Artists and other artists to create a SPFX house for the film business being brought there more and more. "Imagination Laboratory LLC is something I've avoided for 30 years, but as a special effects makeup and monster kid, it has been a 'dream' situation. This time however, I am older and wiser and have 30 years of experience. We are creating/bringing to life monsters and costumes for a gigantic venue opening up here in Las Vegas, third quarter 2025." Readers can follow Doug on Instagram @agentbrown1 and @imagination. laboratory for updates. "I don't think people realize how much work is involved, because every piece of clothing had to come through my department. Every single one. And we have multiples." (Left) Zip Tie Fighter mask, Fear the Walking Dead; (center and right) Bike helmets utilizing rubber, metal, and tires, Dead City. MOTIONPICTUREC O S T U M E R S .O R G 31