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Instead I got into writing. I wrote a lot of sketches for a tv comedy-show (the one I made this [link] for) and I'm currently working on some audioplays. Then there's my weekly comedy-podcast "Das Büro des Todes / The Office of Death" [link] (sorry, german)and of course my Bad-Joke-of-the-Day homepage "Witzeglas / Jokejar" (german too).
So, I WAS busy, just not blood-and-guts-busy. Too bad!

But since I hate to see this site die, I decided to upload some old stuff. Stuff, I didn't like or was ashamed of. Is it really that bad? You be the judge.

]]> ~Monstermann http://Monstermann.deviantart.com/journal/21841893/ http://Monstermann.deviantart.com/journal/21841893/ Sat, 06 Dec 2008 03:37:52 PST If you don't know this cult-classic already, then read up about it here:
Staplerfahrer Klaus on IMDB
There are also a lot of illegal copies on Youtube: [link]

In my time as an intern for Christian we worked together on Andreas Schnaas'([link]) new film "Don't wake the Dead" ([link]).
Andreas is well known for his legendary trashy gore movies like "Violent Shit I-III", "Demonium" or "Nikos the Impaler". He is one of the 3 (or 4 if you want to count in Timo Rose) big german underground directors of splatter-movies, the others being Jörg Buttgereit, Olaf Ittenbach and Andreas Bethmann.

It is almost two years now, but "Don't wake the Dead" finally has a release date in Germany.
The rental will be out on january 30th and the sales-version on february 20th. Here's some german product information with a picture of the DVD-cover ([link]).

You can already pre-order the DVD on german Amazon for only 8.99€ ([link]).
AND there's a trailer over at Youtube!
[link]


The trailer features a bit of my work! You can see my exploding head very shortly and also a fake heart I made.
Working on the film was one of the greatest experiences of my life. It was a lot of stress and not always very pleasant, but aslo a lot of fun!

I have seen the film already one year ago on its Hamburg premiere and it came out very well.
It's not as over the top brutal like Nikos or the Violent Shit movies, but stays a little more down to earth. There are a lot of special effects on gratuitious amounts of Blood and breast though, just like you expect from a Andreas Schnaas movie.

It's not great movie art, let's be honest about it, but it really is a fun movie if you don't expect much from it. The tone is much darker and the whole movie has a very professional approach.

Expect a very bloody, partially sleazy and entertaining feature about undead templars, nazis, vampires and girls in a castle, then you won't be disappointed!

]]> ~Monstermann http://Monstermann.deviantart.com/journal/21092102/ http://Monstermann.deviantart.com/journal/21092102/ Tue, 21 Oct 2008 09:05:17 PDT Every year I failed horribly, because I'm a terribly lazy person.
Last year I came close. I did a make-up for someone else and everyone was very happy with it.

I'm not really a party-person. I don't like being with people I don't know and making a huge make-up for a little private party is just too time-consuming. Plus I'm an attention whore, so IF I dress up and glue something to my face, I want people to see it. A lot of people!
Unfortunately that somehow collides with my above-stated dislike of being among strangers. Damn! ^_^

This year I said to myself "I'm making myself a cool Halloween-mask this year! When I just start early enough, I'll be done in time!"

I didn't start early enough.
Plus, the Halloween make-up I did last year, brought me two new comissions this year. So, I'm working on two comissions for friends and try to finish my own project in time. Let's see how that works out!

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My projects for this year's Halloween:

1. The Joker's scars
- Done! Facecast in silicon, plaster-positive, sculpture in plasticene and finished appliances made out of foam-latex. Easy as pie and totally great-looking!

2. Unlucky tourist with shark-bite
- Work in progress.
As I write this entry, I'm baking foam-latex in my oven. If everything turns out good, I'll paint the extra-large bite wounds on friday. On saturday my friend comes along and we set him up as a unlucky "jumpy" victim. He shouldn't have gone to Australia! ^_^

3. My own "Dr. Bob - Mad Scientist"-costume
- Work in Progress
I didn't get much done. I have a labcoat, long black rubber gloves and goggles.
I'm currently sculpting my own set of goggles and I hope to get a face-appliance done in time.
For next year's Halloween I want to sculpt my own gloves and a multi-purpose raygun. And there are still a lot of details missing: I'll need a tool-belt, black pants, heavy, cool-looking boots, and some electronic accessories.

What are you doing for Halloween?

]]> ~Monstermann http://Monstermann.deviantart.com/journal/19255460/ http://Monstermann.deviantart.com/journal/19255460/ Mon, 07 Jul 2008 13:38:56 PDT
I had to use another foam, because I couldn't get my old one and the new foam is so ridiculously hard to handle that I wasted 5 batches before I got one good mask out of the mold.

In case you want to avoid it, it's the Monstermakers-brand "McLaughlin-Foam". It's very easy to work with actually, but also very sensitive to temperature and humidity. It's way finer than my old foam and even cheaper, but I think I'll stick with my Kryolan A150.

]]> ~Monstermann http://Monstermann.deviantart.com/journal/19105319/ http://Monstermann.deviantart.com/journal/19105319/ Sun, 29 Jun 2008 07:41:23 PDT I'm really proud of this movie.

The next job came around just a few weeks later, when one of the cast members approached me. He liked my foamlatex appliances and wanted something similar for his next project.
I won't talk about it in detail yet, because... well, this gig is a little bigger than usual and I'm kinda nervous that I might screw it up. So you'll get the details when everything is done and everyone is happy. ^_^

Only this much:
It's zombies again and it's a comedy this time.

]]> ~Monstermann http://Monstermann.deviantart.com/journal/18708012/ http://Monstermann.deviantart.com/journal/18708012/ Sat, 07 Jun 2008 03:26:03 PDT
Next thursday, 10th the Alabama in Hamburg, Kampnagel will be the host for our well-deserved premiere.

It has been roughly a year now since the director Roman Deppe first approached me with a mail containing the words "zombies" and "interested?" and I immediately jumped at the idea. The following script was real good too, so I began pitching my ideas to him. This lead to the use of latexmasks and foamlatex-appliances and in the end we were all very happy with the results.

In addition to the great script, Roman came up with equally great actors who really sold the idea of a bleak post-apocalyptic rural germany. The on- and off-set atmosphere was great and I think I speak for everyone, when I say: It was fun!

Except for the weather. EVERY day of shooting was VERY cold and exceedingly wet! In the end that added greatly to the atmosphere, but there were several ill crew members afterwards.

I haven't seen the movie yet, only in excerpts. The raw material itself looked very promising and had a strong atmosphere and I heard that the color correction and sound design added another layer on top of that.

I'm really looking forward to the premiere!

]]> ~Monstermann http://Monstermann.deviantart.com/journal/18178336/ http://Monstermann.deviantart.com/journal/18178336/ Mon, 05 May 2008 10:02:55 PDT
During the shoot I worked as an intern for Christian Lau who is best known for his special effects work on "Forklifdriver Klaus - First day on the job". He had already built most of the dummies, puppets and special effects rigs, but the script kept changing and by the time the filming started we found ourselves knee-deep in work.

The main-shoot went on for over 2 weeks and besides all the usual problems and the stress, we had a great time!

Now the film is finished and it turned out well. It's violent, bloody and has a lot of bare breasts for the fans of Andreas' work. I think the fans will like it and I'm proud to be a part of it! ^_^

Here's Andreas at the premiere singing with "Gang Loco" who played a big part in the movie.
[link]

And here's me with Andreas
[link]

I can't wait to get the DVD!

]]> ~Monstermann http://Monstermann.deviantart.com/journal/17646342/ http://Monstermann.deviantart.com/journal/17646342/ Wed, 02 Apr 2008 05:46:31 PDT
Everything went well and the parts of the movie I already saw are look ing very promising.
For now I just want to relax a little, but I have some good ideas for future projects. I just don't want to spend all my money on materials AGAIN so soon. So maybe next month I will work on some body parts and masks. And I still have to perfect the mold for my skull-mask.

Yesterday I sat down and colored a picture by my buddy TC007 [link] just for fun and it turned out quite nicely: [link]

I used to draw and color a lot, but in the last year I only did three or so pictures. I can't get myself to draw anymore...

But if anyone is interested in my webcomic "Life of Lars":
[link]

Or my old one "Rick Saturo":
[link]

]]> ~Monstermann http://Monstermann.deviantart.com/journal/17520698/ http://Monstermann.deviantart.com/journal/17520698/ Wed, 26 Mar 2008 05:51:33 PDT [link]

We have one last shoot on saturday, but it's just a reshoot of stuff we lost due to a broken tape.
I'm pretty proud of myself. I managed the various deadlines and did I all the stuff I promised to do plus some extras. Most of it didn't came out quite the way I wanted it, but you always have to make compromises due to time and money. Plus I learned a whole new bunch of tricks. I had to the chance to try out a lot of new materials and techniques and what I can do and what not.

]]> ~Monstermann http://Monstermann.deviantart.com/journal/17420713/ http://Monstermann.deviantart.com/journal/17420713/ Thu, 20 Mar 2008 04:35:08 PDT Here's some promo-material:

Trailer [link]
Slideshow [link]

My recent deviation shows the finished skull mask I was working on sporadically for the last year. It's a personal project, but I decided to use it for the film, too. Mostly due to the lack of zombiemasks.

Those masks are a lot of work. I wanted to make 4 for the movie, but I ended up having built 2 of them. You can see the sculptures in the gallery.
Now I have to fix the the seams and paint the masks till next tuesday for the shoot. Unfortunately I won't be able to make these masks as good as I want to due to the little time I have left. But... it has to be enough for the movie.
The weekend after that we reshoot a scene which got lost due to a broken tape.
After that I'm free!

Free to do some other stuff I want to do. Like sculpting Klaus Kinski or build some body parts! ^_^

I will post pictures of the masks as soon as they're finished.

]]> ~Monstermann http://Monstermann.deviantart.com/journal/16815064/ http://Monstermann.deviantart.com/journal/16815064/ Sun, 10 Feb 2008 10:47:02 PST Making such a huge mold is always very time-consuming and complicated. And it is no fun at all!

what I get when I'm finished is a plaster-mold for latex slush-casts, so I can make latex-pull-over masks.
I can already see that this one will have even more prominent seems than Ghoul #1. This means some extra work before painting the mask.

I'm worried that I made it too small. Due to the shrinkage of latex the Ghoul #1 mask doesn't fit my head anymore. But to be fair, my head is huge.

I learned from this. The next sculpture is bigger.

EDIT:

The mold came out great!
I needed some force to pry out the sculpture, but it came apart way easier than the first one. I used a new release and I definitely won't go without it in the future.

Even the mold itself came out pretty. Sort of...

]]> ~Monstermann