Hey guys, welcome to 'Dead Ringer.' We all know family dinners can be awkward,
especially with a bunch of bloodthirsty cannibals who expect you to wear your
finest human flesh accessories. So we're here with special effects artist Joseph Drobezko.
Hey everyone. [He's here to] help turn our friend Moose into the best Leatherface he can be,
just in time for dinner. Joseph is a New York city-based media
makeup artist focusing primarily on film and television. His work with special effects
was most recently seen on season 12 of 'Face Off,' but I think the Sawyer
family is getting hungry so we better get started before the meat hooks come out.
So what exactly does it take to turn Moose here into Leatherface?
Well in order to create the mask that I'm gonna put on his head, I'm gonna create a bald
cap and I'm gonna create a latex face that I'm going to stitch together.
Add some details such as lashes and grommets. Then we're gonna slip it on your head,
size it, cut out the ears, and put on the wig.
So this is definitely not gonna be made out of human flesh.
Well I tried, but not this time.
Not this time, okay well maybe next time. How do you feel about that Moose?
Until we can grow flesh in a lab and use it in the, you know fun scary Halloween industry,
I think this is the next best thing we're going to do. I'm very excited.
I've never worn a wig before. The last mask I wore was from a 99-cent store.
It glowed in the dark, so I'm very pumped to become Leatherface.
So the first thing I want to do is I want to kind of just build up that first layer.
That's gonna kind of hold everything into place.
It doesn't look like much the first few layers, but when you start actually building it up is
when it's gonna start really coming to life.
So while Joe builds up the layers of the mask, we spend a lot of time waiting.
You'll know that the latex is kind of dry and ready for the next layer when it
goes from kind of white to clear. At this point, I tend to speed up the process
with the blow dryer.
And thank God for that.
No but really, this process is taking forever, but it is totally worth it.
So what I'm gonna do now is powder this. It's going to reduce its stickiness and
just kind of start building up that kind of finished look that we're going for.
So at this point, what I want to do is I want to kind of try and size both the
bald cap in the face. So when I sew it together, I'm actually sewing it at the
appropriate height.
Then Moose becomes no one as he puts on a piece from the
Many-Faced God's collection.
It's not super secure, but it's really gonna become more secure
once I get the stitching in.
For this next part, you can either break out your grandma and her sewing machine,
or you can get the threads yourself and sew together a masterpiece of flesh. But that's not all!
We still have to jack up Moose's teeth.
Right now what we're gonna do, is we're gonna pour these plastic beads into hot water.
It's gonna melt, and then we'll be able to fit a teeth appliance into his mouth.
Then it will eventually harden and actually fit him. So we can wear them without them falling out.
Are we making a Leatherface or Jaws? Stay tuned to find out.
Here's this beautiful apron.
It smells like a Nintendo cartridge that I'm trying to clean off.
We're getting to the good stuff now.
I feel like we're in a cooking show. That looks so delicious.
And I love the allspice that's such an amazing touch.
Now it's time for the finishing touches on the mask, like the ears and the grommets.
After that, all that's left is a luscious head of hair and the brows.
It's the little details that really make you appreciate how Leatherface had more
DIY skills than we thought.
Just douse yourself in blood and forget to wash your hands,
because it's finally time for dinner.
I'm just so tickled by this whole experience. I feel like a brand new man
in a new suit of flesh.
It's such an empowering, really emotional experience.
It really makes you feel in touch with your humanity, your fellow man, and all you
beautiful people on the internet.
It's just a brand new day, and I'm excited to be part of it.