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The projects FX Masters takes most pride in are our wax figures.
Late in 2000 The Hollywood Wax Museum wanted to try silicone as an
alternative to wax. We were approached and commissioned to do
seven figures with silicone heads. The pieces met everyone’s
highest expectations with one major drawback…without constant
maintenance, the silicone accumulated unacceptable amounts of
dirt. Six of the figures, however, still reside at the Hollywood
Wax Museum, while the seventh is housed at the Warner Bros.
Museum.
With the inviability of silicone, we reverted back to wax, and
began educating ourselves as to it’s properties, techniques for
working with it, and the special formulas most practical for our
applications. We went back to the basics and began applying
special makeup effects techniques to centuries old practices. We
fine-tuned our wax mixtures, developed a whole new paint protocol,
modernized the molding process, and integrated 3-D Laser scanning
technology into the sculpting stages. Utilizing some of the finest
sculptors and hair people in the movie industry, we proceeded to
create twenty-six more figures.
Having accumulated a
sizable portfolio, FX Masters has since created an Amelia Earhart
figure for an aviation museum in Guam, has presented the concept of
wax museums to the nation of South Korea, produced replacement heads
for a major Korean amusement park, and is presently negotiating with
four major Korean companies to create figures for their forthcoming
museums. In addition, FX Masters has just completed it’s business plan
for it’s own wax museum complex to be located near the Ocean Center in
Maui, Hawaii. Our long-term plans include locating wax museums in
major tourist cities throughout the world. Wax museums were the
original virtual reality, and by integrating the original concept with
21st Century technology we at FX Masters hope to reintroduce them to
the public with a pride and flourish that has otherwise long since
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