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50 • THE ARTISAN FALL 2017 "Mohawk," that could be burned, singed and charred. Overall application for the Taserface make-up was two to 2½ hours. Cristina worked with Shane Mahan and Lindsay MacGowan on the look and design of the Taserface contact lenses. Ravagers The Ravagers in this universe come in all shapes, sizes and vol- ume. The make-up work for the Ravagers was divided between the L.E. make-up department focusing on the larger prosthetic make-up designs, and smaller prosthetic or other make-up designs created by John Blake and his make-up department. Marvel provided the molds from the first movie to recreate some of those original Ravagers, and Legacy got to create some new Ravagers. The in-house design team and painters came up with new paint schemes for the original characters so we could create as many looks as possible. The Ravager make- ups ran the gamut of pre-painted silicone prosthetics, foam latex and fiberglass headpieces. The main body of the Ravager shots in the film were shot during the first five weeks of principal photography. I was able to assemble a large team of fantastic make-up artists from 706, including Alexei Dmitriew (key make-up), Scott Stoddard (key make-up), Mike Ornelaz (key make-up), Chris Nelson, Tina Fabulic, Mike Mekash, Will Huff, Vera Steimberg, Kevin Kirkpatrick, James MacKinnon, Bart Mixon, Sabrina Wilson, Cary Ayers, Dave Snyder and Nicole Sortillon-Amos. Local 798 members included Matt Sprunger, LuAndra Whitehurst, Laura Dandridge, Mark Ross, Jonah Levy, Addison Foreman, Matt Silva, Emily Coughlin, Kerrin Jackson and Jessica Gambardella. And from the UK, working under 798 were Robin Pritchard and Jon Moore. Credit Where Credit Is Due Besides the large Legacy Effects group on set, the team is not complete without the members back at the shop in San Fernando responsible for the build. I can't name everyone here but I just wanted to give credit to the department leads for this massive undertaking: Damien Fischer, who runs the mold shop, along with Jeff Dietz as his key. Cory Czekaj as the sili- cone and foam latex fabrication room lead. Jamie Grove, Ryan Pintar, Mark Maitre, Bruce Fuller, Tim Martin, John Cherevka and Shane Mahan as key painters. Nicki Harris, who wrangled most of the contact lens work on set, with help from Sean Kinney, Justin Faith and Jessica Nelson. One member of this team I had HUGE help from was Kelly Zak, who helped me organize and coordinate to keep this train on the rails. Thank you ALL. Wrapping This Up (Finally) During the first week of make-up tests at Pinewood Studios in Atlanta, there was a day that we had about 20 of our Ravagers all made up and in front of the camera. The direc- tor and production gave us all thumbs up. I remember that moment, looking at this motley crew of silicone prosthetics and paint. There was a lot of buildup to this make-up test. From all the work done at Legacy Effects, from the design team, sculptors, moldmakers, prosthetic fabricators, painters and the hair department to finally, the make-up artists and hair stylists on set. Many hands touched these characters. But when it's all said and done, and the work is successfully living and breathing in front of the camera, those are the moments why many of us got into the business. Big shoes to fill, yes. But as a team, we laced up and ran. •