fantasy makeups | imps, elves, nymphs & fairies | Anna Walton in 'Hellboy II: The Golden Army'

Hellboy II: The Golden Army

Hercules, the son of Zeus, is rejected by his mother, envied by his brother, and loathed by Zeus’s wife Hera. Hera’s plots result in his banishment from his homeland for killing his children. To atone for his sins he is set twelve seemingly-impossible tasks which are designed to destroy him. But the blind oracle Tiresias foresees an extraordinary future; like all heroes, he has a faithful companion; and the beautiful nymph Deianeira (Leelee Sobieski) secretly loves him.

So, even if you have never heard the story, you know he’s going to survive terrifying odds to regain his stature as a demi-god, as a hero, and as a man – in the process accomplishing feats that will elevate him to the status of legend on Earth.

The makeup

Mike Elizalde (Spectral Motion) was makeup designer but a number of other FX shops – including DDT Efectos Especiales (Young Hellboy), Euroart Studios, Solution Studios, Filmefex, & Creature Effects – also worked on the movie and I don’t know who was responsible for this makeup.

Nuala’s makeup is a lot lighter than her brother’s but I thought it worked beautifullly. Anna Walton was pleased too:

… Luke ended up have quite more with a prosthetic on his face on. Initially, I was going to have one as well, and I am so glad I don’t have it. It is horrible, having something stuck on your face every morning, which is what he has and what Doug what Ron have obviously. I am quite pleased because applying it is a little bit tedious and quite painful as well. Now it is just a white painted face, and very long white hair, and quite extraordinary quintalices. We are very similar Luke and I, but he is more ragged-looking and I look pure and elegant, hopefully.