Skin Wars (2014–…): Season 2, Episode 5 - Episode #2.5 - full transcript
In the wild world
of competitive body painting,
there's nothing more fierce
than the power
of transformation.
Skin Wars.
The only limits
are your imagination.
You won't believe your eyes,
as 12 of America's
most talented artists
compete
and push the boundaries.
Absolutely breathtaking.
Some will rise to the top,
while others will watch
their dreams go down the drain.
It felt pretty flat.
It's the challenge
of a lifetime for $100,000
and the ultimate title
of Skin Wars champion.
- Walking
- into the work room,
I see this big purple door,
and I don't know what to expect.
I'm just like, "Uh--"
Hello, painters!
Hi.
How's everybody feeling?
- -Pretty good.
- -Fantastic.
- Are you ready to hear
- about the next challenge?
- -Yes.
- -You sure?
Yeah.
Knock, knock.
- I was just like, "What's
- hiding behind door number one?"
Who's there?
Orange.
Orange who?
Orange you glad
you aren't Fernello?
- Yeah.
- Ru just went there.
- Too soon, Ru.
- It's too soon.
Please welcome the queen
of comedy, RuPaul Charles.
Hi.
For your first challenge,
you will have two hours
to create a body paint
that makes Ru laugh.
Oh, my God.
I'm a classically trained
oil painter,
so I'm not a stand-up comic.
You will be judged on
creativity and design concept,
technique, and execution
of the challenge.
And the winner of this challenge
gets a big advantage
in the next challenge.
Everyone understand?
-Mm-hmm.
-Good. Your time starts now!
My heart is racing,
because I'm not a funny person
when it comes to my art.
I start thinking "dirty jokes,"
- because I think Ru
- has a dirty side,
but I don't know.
What's the challenge today?
To do something that's going
to make them laugh.
- I feel like
- you'll be good at this.
We only have two hours?
We can make her, like,
with a really bad spray tan.
Body painting does give me
my own individual identity.
My husband is a worship pastor
at a church in Park City,
and I'm a stay-at-home mom.
There was a time, before
I did start body painting,
that a lot of times,
people would refer to me,
"Oh, Robert's wife,"
or, "Maximus and Bianca's mom,"
and now people know me for me.
I finally gained
my individuality back.
- Okay, I'm gonna airbrush
- your face, so close your eyes.
It would just be so amazing
to win this, to show that,
as a woman and as a mom,
that you can do it too.
We have a hour and six minutes.
Paint your models.
Comic books and cartoons
is where I started.
And the cartoons were so clever
in making a humorous situation
about something serious.
I'm looking forward to seeing
Cheryl Ann's piece.
The previous challenge
had Cheryl Ann and her model...
Vivienne Pinay as Nicki Minaj.
...and the model crashed
her whole concept in the ground
by saying
that she didn't like any of it.
- I wouldn't even post
- a selfie of this.
Is someone paying her
to throw me under the bus?
Would you, personally,
like a booty like that?
I started drawing
the bus, and a drag queen
is driving the bus, saying,
"Wrong makeup, fish."
We only have ten minutes left.
How we looking, Cheryl Ann?
Oh, we're looking hilarious.
I really hope
he thinks this is funny.
Oh.
So mean!
Guys, only one minute left.
Okay.
Time's up. Tools down.
Whoo-hoo!
Are you feeling good, guys?
- -Yes.
- -Yeah.
- -Hi, Avi.
- -Hey, Rebecca.
- -How are you?
- -Good.
- Oh, wow.
- How beautiful.
- -Ta-da!
- -Oh.
And who's the bald black guy?
-It's you, RuPaul.
-That's me, uh-uh.
Yes, and this is Rebecca,
and this is Craig Tracy.
- -Oh.
- -Oops!
So... and Craig Tracy
peed himself.
Oops.
-He made an oopsie.
-You know...
Do I have my hand in my diaper?
As a baby, everyone trying
to explore their privates,
- so that's what you're doing
- over there.
Yes, yes.
-Well, you nailed me.
-Yes.
And how can I draw you,
RuPaul, without saying,
- "You better werk it"?
-You better werk it.
-Okay. Thank you, Avi.
-Thank you very much.
Hi, Lana.
- -Ta-da!
- -Oh, my goodness.
I was thinking I will
paint all painters who survived.
We are sitting on the clouds
of balloons.
We are dreaming about winning,
and I painted you,
like, critiquing us.
And you
have this powerful thing,
like, to bump our balloons
and make us, like, fly away.
So basically,
I'm a dream killer?
- Yes.
- That's what you're doing.
Killing people's dreams.
And I was blowing my balloon,
and I'm escaping,
so, like, you cannot
do "boom" to me.
No matter what,
you cannot do "boom" to her.
- -Thank you, Lana.
- -You're welcome.
- -Aryn.
- -Hello.
-I present Plumsy!
-Oh.
The alien from Cabitron.
And she would like to say hello!
-And these are her friends.
-Wow.
This is Dave,
and this is Bwewp.
- -Bwewp?
- -Yeah.
-Where the party at?
-He likes to party.
This is very, very creative.
- -Well done. Thank you, Aryn.
- -Thank you so much.
Thanks, Aryn.
-Well, Sammie.
This is Chloe, so she
decided to spray tan herself,
but she just doesn't know
what to do, so she's sad
- and everything,
- so she gets all crazy.
- And then she's like,
- "Well, maybe I should
- put some clothes on;
- I don't know."
- -So let's try a skirt on.
- -Oh.
- But she's not quite sure
- about that.
- So let's maybe try some shorts
- and see how that looks,
but she's just not quite sure.
So she ends up
going back to the skirt
- and runs out the door
- forgetting her top.
- -Oh.
- -Forgetting her top.
Oops. Thank you, Sammie.
Yeah, thank you.
Hi, Rio.
So here,
I have our last competition,
where we have Cheryl Ann,
under the bus,
by our drag queen
who is driving the bus.
- And we have her over here,
- "Is someone paying you?"
Oh, "Is someone paying you?"
And we have the producer,
- the powers that be,
- throwing money out of the sky,
and she drives a Skin Wars
bus over her.
And you see the back of her ass
hanging out of the bus.
That is so funny.
-That's very funny.
-Yes.
-Thank you, Rio.
-Thank you.
I am in shock
that Rio decided to do that.
It's just rude.
- -Hi, Cheryl Ann.
- -Hi.
I created King Cat,
so it starts right here,
and King Cat
is smoking a cigarette,
but it's not just any cigarette.
You know, watching
Cheryl Ann tell her story...
So the funny cigarette to put
King Cat in this deep sleep...
...this is a disaster.
You look around the room,
- and everybody's kind of
- like this.
And then King Cat lands
to the baby mouse family.
-Thank you, Cheryl Ann.
-Thank you, guys.
- -Hi, Dawn Marie.
- -Hello.
- I had a little bit
- of a hard time,
a couple challenges ago,
with my partner, Cheryl Ann.
- Kind of got thrown
- under the bus a little bit.
- -Is the bus still running?
- -The bus is.
- I don't know, but I'm nervous
- for us, next.
But the bus is driving away,
- and it's leading
- my lovely partner away
on her horses,
into the sunset.
That arm represents Cheryl Ann
riding off into the sunset?
Yes, because she's not
on the show anymore.
Oh, the shade.
- -Hey.
- -But it's kind of ironic,
because you were a little lucky
that it was my painting skills
that saved you
from being eliminated that day.
-Oh!
-It's just a little ironic.
Oh, we didn't
just go there, did we?
- -Great. Thank you, Dawn Marie.
- -Thank you.
Mm-mm-mm, the fire just got
turned up in the kitchen, Lord!
Hi, Kyle.
- -How are you guys doing?
- -Good.
- -I was wondering,
- are you allergic to shellfish?
- -No, I'm not.
- -Oh, thank God.
'Cause this is my peep show
under the sea.
Well, let's open the curtains.
-Oh, my...
-Oh, my goodness.
Those are curtains, aren't they?
And we'll bring
the mermaid out.
- And that's the mermaid,
- on her bottom there.
- It's a mermaid.
- There's the tail.
Oh, and look on the front.
She's got a crab,
and cash in the hand,
- and then there's
- a dirty martini in the other.
- And look
- at where their claws are.
Yep. Well, let's see
the whole show now.
It's an under the sea
strip club.
We are gonna seek help
for you, Kyle.
I screwed this one up.
Nobody gets it, and the judges
are kind of like...
- -Okay.
- -Now,
- what made you laugh the most
- back there?
Well, Rio's.
The storytelling
was so creative,
so funny, and then the
execution was--was beautiful.
I thought that Aryn
did something so different
from everybody else.
No one has done that before,
where they've turned
their model upside down.
Lana had
that adorable painting.
Those little caricatures
were really good, actually.
And the story,
which is very funny.
- -The dream killer.
- -Yeah.
Cheryl Ann strikes me
as a serious-minded artist.
- King Cat,
- with the funny cigarette?
- Obviously,
- it wasn't like "ha ha ha,"
but it was clever.
- You know, I think
- it was probably funny to her.
Oh, yeah.
Okay, so have you made
a decision?
Yes. I have.
Let's go tell them.
- All right, painters,
- you've had two hours
to create a piece
that makes Ru laugh.
- Okay, let's find out
- who our top three painters are.
Lana.
Thank you, guys.
Rio.
Aryn.
Uh-huh!
You all are fantastic painters,
and your creativity
just blew me away.
Lana, those balloons
and the boom?
It was hilarious.
Thank you.
Rio,
that **** cracked me up.
Thank you so much.
Thank you, Ru.
Aryn, you turned
your model upside down,
and it was so creative.
Oh, thank you so much.
All right.
It's time to crown our winner.
The winner
of this challenge is...
All right, painters.
You've had two hours to create
a piece that makes Ru laugh.
The winner
of this challenge is...
Yeah!
Congratulations, Rio.
You're our winner.
It just cracked us up,
and you've set the bar
very high for yourself.
Congratulations, Rio.
I'll tell you your advantage
in a moment.
All right, painters.
If you thought the competition
was brutal before,
it's about to be
an absolute bloodbath.
- -Hello, painters.
- -Oh, my God.
It's Jigsaw
from the Saw movies.
You are being divided
into two teams.
Each team will get four
perfectly innocent models.
- Your job is
- to transform their bodies
into perfect visions of horror.
Make sure your artwork
is to die for.
Yes!
Well, as you know,
that was the iconic character
Jigsaw from the insanely
successful Saw movies.
In your first challenge,
we got to see your comedic side.
In your next challenge,
we want to see your dark side.
Each team must create
cohesive body paintings
with a horror and gore theme.
One painter from the winning
team will be our winner,
and one painter from the losing
team will go home.
Who has experience
in horror and gore?
Wow.
-Across the board, except for--
-Except for me.
But I'll see what happens.
Rio, you won
the last challenge.
That means you get
to pick your teammates.
- Okay, Rio.
- Who's your first choice?
Um, my first choice...
is Aryn.
Hey, all right.
My second teammate...
is Avi.
Oh, yeah!
And my final teammate is...
Kyle.
- I'm picking Kyle
- because I remember him
telling a story about being
eight years old and coming up
- with this entire
- haunted house theme,
and I know that Aryn had
some history in that, as well.
Avi is very good technically,
and so I feel great
about my team.
So that means Lana,
Dawn Marie, Sammie,
and Cheryl Ann
as the other team.
We can do this.
Oh, I know we can do this.
I've done it.
I'm actually really
concerned about Cheryl Ann
and Lana's background
when it comes to scary things.
Lana's pieces
are just charming and cute,
and Cheryl Ann's never done
anything scary in her life.
Okay, so these are your teams.
- You have some time tonight
- to come up with your themes.
I hope you can sleep tonight.
I think whatever painting
that needs to be done,
Avi, I really want you
to utilize your brain
on what you think
would be scary.
- In the first challenge,
- I really screwed up,
and now I'm already put
on the back burner, but,
you know, I've grown up doing
haunted houses my whole life,
- so I feel like
- this is the challenge
I've been waiting for.
I know if I don't speak up,
- I'm just gonna get pushed
- to the side.
I need to step it up.
I have an idea that's crazy.
You know the "see no, hear no,
speak no evil"?
Well, I'm thinking
if you see no evil,
I know a trick where we can
rip her eyes out onstage.
- "Speak no evil," you can rip
- somebody's mouth
completely open.
Just, like--
I know it's crazy, but--
I really like your idea.
Yeah, I--I like that.
- Kyle comes up
- with a "see no evil,
hear no evil,
speak no evil" concept.
- So that's pretty awesome,
- actually.
We're gonna go with that.
- "See no evil, hear no evil,
- speak no evil."
We're gonna start there.
That's the name of the story.
Okay, how are we
gonna collaborate?
We turned the models
around to the back
and did a cohesive scary thing
that was like a scene.
I think they're
supposed to be characters.
- Ideas are being
- shut down all around.
I think when we finally reach
an idea, I think we'll be okay.
It's just this constant
"Bam! Down."
Or we can even do stuff
that's possessed by something.
Bam. Down.
I think we need
to paint our own characters.
I'm not happy about it
at all.
I could have broken
glass pieces of prosthetics,
like, coming off of her.
I'm on a team
with Cheryl Ann again.
Last time, I kind of got shoved
out of our dual piece,
- and I don't want
- to allow that again,
so I'm being very guarded.
Right.
So we are doing
a combined theme...
- -Okay.
- -...with the four of you
called Nightmare on Hill Street.
Dentures.
We finally decided
on doing an idea
where our house
that we're living in is haunted.
Let's get the pasties on you,
and we'll go from there.
Technically,
in an hour and 11 minutes,
we have to team together
so we can work on the back.
- We decided that each person
- gonna work
on his own model on the front,
and we're gonna combine
everything together on the back.
So I'm gonna get "speak,"
Aryn gonna get "hear,"
and Kyle gonna "see."
And we all decided
to create the nun,
and she's gonna be possessed
by our evil demons.
All prosthetics first thing.
I can use the nails as teeth.
Yep, or you could use
the vampire teeth.
Kyle is amazing artist.
- Don't do her eyebrows,
- obviously.
Oh, yeah.
I know Kyle from the body
painting community in Florida,
- and we turned to be really,
- really good friends,
so just being able
to work with him, it's awesome.
Mwah-ha-ha!
Holy crap, my god.
Wow!
Good morning, painters.
Wow, look at that!
Oh, my God. It's Tobin Bell
from the Saw movies.
It's so neat to be, like,
so close to such a horror icon.
So I'd like you all to welcome
our special guest judge,
star of the Saw movies,
master of horror, Tobin Bell.
- -Hello.
- -Hi.
- -Hello. Thank you.
- -What's happening?
And of course, you know our
resident judge, Craig Tracy.
-Hello, painters.
-Hi.
I want you to scare me
with how creative
your designs will be
and how masterful
and believable
your technique will be,
both at a distance and up close.
Tobin, what will you
be looking for today?
I'll be looking
for story and detail.
- What are the team names?
- I'm dying to know.
Nightmares on Hill Street.
Okay, and this team?
-We're The Gore Lords.
-The Gore Lords.
- Okay, well,
- we're gonna walk around
and take a look at your work.
Can't wait to see.
Hello, Gore Lords.
So our general concept
is "hear no evil,
- see no evil,
- speak no evil."
We have the symbolism
of the nun
- who is possessed
- by these demons.
Each of them are like demonic
representations of things
that she's been suppressing.
-Lots of conflict there.
-Yeah.
- Well, what's a story
- without conflict?
- All right, Gore Lords.
- Good luck.
Thank you.
Good morning, ladies.
Good morning.
So our set of models
is a cohesive story
about the horrors
that are happening
in the house
we currently live in.
- I was gonna do a clown,
- because to me--
- -I'm already scared.
- -Yes, I hate clowns.
I'm already scared.
- Like, to me,
- it's the creepiest thing,
to think of toys come to life
and then let alone kill you.
My character,
it's a zombie pole dancer.
- A zombie pole dancer?
- Okay.
So my character is based
on a toy that was left behind
in the house
that has been possessed.
I'm actually doing
a were-pire,
which is a vampire in the front
and a werewolf in the back.
I look forward to seeing
what you're gonna come up with.
- Thank you.
- I look forward to painting it.
Good luck.
- I feel responsible
- for the whole team.
-Coming together?
-Man, really good.
- Did you think
- I had that in me?
Yes, I do. That's why I had
you on the team.
I feel like my creative way
of directing
and putting things together--
We have an excellent team,
- and nobody is trying
- to push weight,
to try to be the headliner.
- Everybody
- is all working together
- to make sure
- that the art is the headliner.
- I think that's perfect.
- That's perfect. Okay, sketches.
- -Let's draw it.
- -There you go.
We have our plan.
Everybody paint the front,
get done, then go to the back,
- and let's all paint the back
- at the same time.
-You guys rock.
-You guys are amazing.
They might get
credit and points for ingenuity.
They're doing a unified piece.
We are all individually
working on our pieces,
- and the Gore Lords,
- they are working collectively
as a group.
- -We got this.
- -Ha!
So I hope I'm not screwed.
Three hours
till the final reckoning.
Aah! I don't like that.
We have five hours
to paint horror and gore,
and I'm truly focusing
on actually doing
a creepy scary face
and putting prosthetics on,
painting that,
and making sure that is,
like, the most scary feature.
- Sammie's clown face
- is the scariest face
I've ever seen in my life,
but she doesn't have
any other details.
You can't just have
a plain painting.
It's got to have design.
It's got to have a concept.
Two hours.
No pressure.
- -No pressure.
- -Oh, my God.
-No pressure.
-No, nothing.
Ooh, he's so creepy.
What needs to happen here is,
she needs to walk out.
- I think she should be
- the crawler,
'cause she can't see.
Yeah.
You'll be like--like this.
- That'll just kind of leave you
- to lead with your mouth
a little bit, like this.
- That's the way
- the entrance'll be.
We have 40 minutes left.
- Do you girls
- want to get together in 20
and go over the story?
Just give me
some time, sweetie, okay?
-I was asking a question.
-Yeah. I just need time.
I mean, it's a "yes" or "no."
I just said I needed time.
I am a little nervous.
- We need to get
- our models choreographed,
and I continuously ask my group,
"Do you guys want
to stop painting and do that?"
And I'm just met with,
"I'm still painting."
- It's like, "Who cares?"
- We know it.
Like, let us just paint.
On the last team challenge,
Cheryl Ann totally bullied over
and dominated Dawn Marie.
I was just really hoping to be
super strong in my concept.
"Our."
So I really don't want her
to take over this whole project.
Ugh! I'm getting
really tired of this.
- Cheryl Ann
- is a little bit controlling.
- Just tell your model
- individually,
- and then it'll take us
- ten minutes to go over it.
That distrust
that I am experiencing?
It's not a good thing,
but it's there.
You can't help what you feel.
- Do you have prosthetics
- on her back?
No.
Slap them on.
They're really easy.
- And those are badass.
- I would use them.
- Glue them on coming out,
- in the flames?
Yeah, like hidden in it.
Okay. Let me finish her leg.
Time is ticking, and I want
to complete the piece.
I don't want to leave her legs
just open to skin.
- I might need
- some help rushing this.
I am really trying not
to panic right now.
I'm looking around the room,
and the quality
of Lana's zombie isn't there.
The rib cage just
doesn't look very accurate.
- You are just,
- act like a zombie.
Like, really confused.
- I knew I was gonna go
- with all the zombie,
like, earthy skin,
but it wasn't that detailed.
So I feel nervous.
- Do you want more
- blood splatter on her,
or is that all we're doing?
Is that good?
- Oh, ****.
- You guys need help?
- Let me paint this white
- on her neck.
Touch it up one more time.
- We're down to five minutes,
- and I'm looking,
- and, oh, my God,
- we have nothing on these legs.
- You can't leave bare skin
- in this challenge.
Where is my damn makeup?
- We're all painting,
- you know, Rio's model,
trying to get him caught up,
and I'm so confused.
Man, if he would have just
worked on his piece
- versus coming around
- and checking on us
- every ten minutes,
- he would be finished.
- -You need to get this done.
- -You want help with it?
- Yeah.
- Let's just knock this out.
- Let's get everyone together.
- Come on. We have three minutes.
- -Come on, Kyle.
- -Okay.
- I got to turn
- the air pressure up.
- Possessed, possessed,
- possessed.
They are doing
some creepy stuff.
Let's kick it out, girls!
This is it, painters.
It's over
in five, four, three...
No, no. we don't have time.
...two, one. Time's up.
-Whoo-hoo!
-Time's up.
Tools down!
Oh, my God.
- It's like a house of horrors
- in here.
Ugh!
Painters, models,
follow me to the stage.
- I'm a little nervous,
- because my model
is not completely finished,
so if we happen to be
in the bottom,
- it could possibly be me
- that goes home.
Welcome, painters.
- -Hi.
- -Hey.
Each team had five hours
to create
a horror and gore design
with a cohesive look
using four models.
You will be judged
on concept and creativity,
technique, and execution
of the challenge.
In the end,
there will be one winning team
and one losing team.
And from those teams
there will be one winner,
and one painter
will be sent home.
Let's say hello
to our esteemed judges.
Craig Tracy.
- -Hello, painters.
- -Hey.
- -Robin Slonina.
- -Hi, everybody.
Hello.
-RuPaul Charles.
And our special guest judge,
from the Saw movies,
Tobin Bell.
- -Hello.
- -Hey.
Okay, painters.
- It's time for you
- to present your paintings.
It is so nice
to see my art come alive.
I stepped out of my box.
I tried something new
with my old-school vampire
with bat ears.
Put the hair into a bun
to make, like, a wolf face.
- I'm really happy
- with my piece.
- I've created
- really scary piece
with, like, a perfect zombie.
- And you can see kind of, like,
- insides, like your rib cage
and, like, your broken ribs.
- My model comes out,
- and she does a very good job
of how I imagined
a broken doll would walk in.
I like the colors I've chosen.
I like the mash-up of
kind of cute and kind of creepy
at the same time.
- I'm feeling pretty good
- about my piece.
It's definitely different
than anybody else's.
I have a really scary face.
- The prosthetics
- were done correctly,
and that's what I focused on.
So our performance is next,
and we all agreed on a story
to make it
a cohesive group piece,
and we have to kill it.
Many years ago,
an eight-year-old little girl
- was playing with her toy clown
- and porcelain doll
when a were-pire
came out of nowhere
and attacked her savagely.
While being attacked,
her older brother got home
from his go-go dancing
night job.
- He tried desperately
- to save her
but instead was impaled
by his traveling pole.
The little girl was hopelessly
mutilated and died instantly.
Her tortured soul then split
into two separate parts
and entered her doll
and clown toys.
- Who's--what?
- Where's the little girl?
- What's happening?
- Who's the brother?
Now the clown, the doll,
and her zom-brother
eternally seek vengeance,
causing nightmares
and tragic death.
- All right, Gore Lords.
- You're next.
I'm happy with the cross
ripping across the chest,
- and then just creating
- a little small skirt
and the rosary beads around it.
I am a bit concerned
that I didn't paint
the back of the arms.
- Like, I meant to paint
- flames back there,
but I didn't have enough time.
When I see the model's
coming to stage,
I'm proud of this piece.
I got the "speak no evil,"
so I stitched her mouth,
and so if she cannot speak,
all her body gonna be, like,
mouth, teeth, and crazy stuff.
- I'm a little disappointed
- that mine is
slightly more drab than
the other two of the demons.
- Mine was a little bit
- difficult,
since I just have ears,
just because ears
don't have a lot of, you know,
colorful aspects to them.
- I'm looking at mine,
- and I'm like,
"My piece is gonna
stand out the most,"
- just because
- of the whole concept.
It has a crown of thorns
around the eye.
- Looking at the other team's
- paintings,
they seem very detailed,
so in order
for us to be in the top,
it's really important
- to have our models
- nail the choreography,
because the actual scariness
is gonna come
from our characters' acting.
Forgive me, Father,
for I have sinned.
- Man, we came together,
- and we did it.
I'm extremely more than proud.
Whoo!
Ahh!
Okay,
Nightmares on Hill Street.
- The story was super confusing
- for me.
- I wasn't quite sure
- what was happening.
Where's the little girl?
Her spirit is now
in the doll and the clown,
- and she previously
- lived in the house
- that we're all staying at now
- on Hill Street.
Visually, there was a certain
disconnect between the pieces.
If you can make them
relate in some way,
it's worth giving that
thought and time.
Right.
Cheryl Ann, I think that it's
a super fun take on a vampire.
The concept and the colors--
Everything's really
very, very nicely done.
Dawn Marie, this is
a gorgeous technical painting.
Lana, I was unsold.
I found there to be a little bit
of technical problems.
I wanted a little more color.
I wanted a little bit
more concept.
The clown,
a little bit maybe simple
compared to the others.
The rips aren't
as convincing for me.
I wish that there was maybe
just edged-in highlights
or something to pop them.
Dawn Marie, who on your team
should win this challenge?
I like what I did.
- So, Cheryl Ann,
- if your team wins,
who should win this challenge?
I would like
to win this challenge.
Who would be the very bottom?
Well...
- I would choose
- Sammie's piece.
It's a lot of plain,
not very detailed clothing.
- I don't think
- I should be the one going home.
Dawn Marie,
who would be on the bottom?
Lana.
All right.
So, Sammie, who would be bottom?
Um...
Oh, I hate this.
I would choose Lana's.
- I think her zombie's
- really cool,
but it's not the typical zombie.
I cannot believe
they all called my name,
and I'm not happy with that.
- I don't want
- to be on the bottom again.
-Bottom?
-Lana.
I would choose Lana's.
They all called my name,
- and I was really surprised
- about it.
They're picking
strongest competitor,
'cause I can paint really well,
and I have a really strong
art background.
- Gore Lords,
- tell us about your work.
Our work is "hear no evil,
see no evil, speak no evil."
- We wanted to use the nun
- as somewhat
of a symbolism of confession.
We wanted to play off
a bit of exorcism.
These were the inner demons
that were within her.
I loved this.
I loved the theatricality of it.
Conversely, Rio, yours does
look a little under-painted.
I thought the presentation
was so disturbing,
in fact, I actually--
I really wanted it to be over,
because it was actually
quite scary to me.
I particularly liked the way
you worked together
to come up with a clear
and cohesive story.
The way Piper's hands were
in the semi-crucifix position
was heart-wrenching for me.
-Thank you.
- Wow.
Rio, you seem like
you're the unofficial leader
of this team.
How should we choose
who should win, who should lose?
Kyle should win.
If we were to lose,
I wouldn't be surprised
if I left.
Wow!
Kyle, how are you feeling?
- I'm honored,
- but I would like to disagree.
I felt like I lack the detail
on the eyeballs.
I'm not really proud of--
I love it.
Okay, Gore Lords.
Thank you so much.
Thank you.
Okay, painters.
- The judges have a lot
- to discuss,
- and we will bring you
- back out shortly.
- What do you think, guys?
- Are you shaking in your boots?
I was very taken
by the Gore Lords.
They didn't miss
an element.
Rio, he was the one
calling the shots.
Possibly at the
expense of his own painting.
The back was really
disappointing to me.
Aryn's piece
was my least favorite.
It didn't have the sharpness
that I was feeling from Avi
or from Kyle.
Avi? I wasn't sure
what I was looking at.
Like, is this the mouth
of one creature?
Is there multiple mouths?
- But ultimately,
- I didn't even care,
because I was so seduced
by the quality of the painting.
- -Yeah, it was really great.
- -Yeah.
And how about Kyle?
I feel like he's the most
improved painter here.
I think Skin Wars is really
changing him as an artist.
Oh, I know it.
- And the crown of thorns
- was a...
- -Oh!
- -...wonderful finishing detail.
And what about
Nightmares on Hill Street?
- It was kind of
- all over the place.
I don't think they were helped
at all by that story.
Was Cheryl Ann's vampire
magnificent?
It was magnificent.
- -I loved it.
- -Scary.
It was compelling.
- This is where we've been
- pushing Cheryl Ann
the whole time, and I think
she really came through here.
Let's talk about Lana.
It felt de-saturated.
You think there just
- wasn't enough
- interesting detail?
- There was enough
- interesting detail,
except for the pole.
I wasn't crazy
about Sammie's clown.
- You know, I thought
- it was pretty under-painted.
There wasn't enough detail.
And she doesn't
step up enough, you know,
so I'm not feeling
the passion from Sammie.
- The face,
- it was beautifully done
and everything,
but it wasn't sort of painted.
It was more prosthetics.
- I thought the porcelain doll
- was beautifully,
beautifully done.
Technically,
beautifully painted.
I literally went back
and looked for things
that I could critique.
It was creepy,
but it almost was too pretty
to be scary.
Okay, guys, so have you
made your decision?
- -Yeah. Yeah.
- -Yeah.
Welcome back, painters.
- Tonight
- there can only be one winner,
and for one painter,
it will be game over.
Team Gore Lords...
Congratulations.
You're tonight's winning team.
The Gore Lords
are the top team,
and I feel
freaking amazing about it.
Tobin, what'd you think
about this team as a whole?
It was cohesive.
It was horror but on a deeper,
human, gut level.
I loved it.
Thank you. Thank you.
For Tobin Bell to say
that he loved it...
oh, oh.
Man, it's just amazing.
It really is amazing.
Rio...
Aryn...
congratulations.
You are safe.
You may head back to the lounge.
Thank you.
My heart is, like,
racing on fear and excitement,
because I haven't won
a challenge yet.
Oh, my God, I have a chance
of actually winning this.
Avi...
Kyle...
you are the top two painters.
Avi, tonight's piece--
- I wasn't even quite sure
- what I was looking at,
but I didn't care,
because it was amazing.
Your technique, superb.
Thank you.
Kyle, I loved
your piece tonight.
I think that the crown of thorns
was a really nice,
horrifying touch.
Thank you so much.
You both did exceptional work,
but the winner
of this challenge is...
Avi, Kyle...
you both did exceptional work.
- The winner
- of this challenge is...
Kyle.
Congratulations.
You're tonight's winner.
I'm so proud of you, guy.
Ah, I finally win!
- I'm so thankful
- for my background
in the horror world.
Now everybody can see
what I'm capable of.
- I'm so happy
- that Kyle took it.
I mean, we friends
even before the show,
and I'm so proud of him.
Kyle, we looked
at a beautiful piece tonight
that was horrific
and basically perfect.
- -Thank you.
- -Thank you guys so much.
- You may head back
- to the lounge. Thank you.
Nightmares on Hill Street,
you are tonight's losing team.
Cheryl Ann...
Lana...
Dawn Marie...
Sammie...
unfortunately,
one of you is going home.
Dawn Marie...
Cheryl Ann...
you are safe.
Thank you.
- You may head back
- to the lounge.
- I do not believe
- I'm in the bottom two.
It's really stressful situation,
and I was on the bottom before,
but I don't want to go home.
Lana, I love the pole
through the head.
I just got lost a little bit
on the front
with some of the details.
Sammie, that clown face
was horrifying,
but the rest of the piece
just felt incomplete.
The judges really felt
it could go either way.
Sammie...
you're going home tonight.
You were awesome.
Lana, that means you survived,
- but you've been
- in the bottom two
two weeks in a row.
The judges want to see
more from you.
- Please go back
- to the painters' lounge.
Thank you for a chance.
See you, sweetie.
Sammie, you have mad skills,
but I feel like I didn't
get to know you that well.
I challenge you to delve
into your soul
and delve into your spirit
and see what's there
and what's uniquely you.
I'm sad to go,
to leave my painting family
and all that, but it's been
a pleasure to be here,
so thank you for having me.
Sammie, it's time
to wash off your canvas.
Thank you. Bye.
Good-bye.
Best of luck, Sammie.
- I'm really bummed
- that I'm leaving.
I would have loved
to have made it to the end
and win the $100,000.
But I came here,
and I showed my work,
and I showed who I was,
and I got to meet
a lot of amazing people.
Sammie!
Being here has meant
a lot to me, in a way,
a feeling of accomplishment,
- knowing that I could
- do something.
- I mean, I would have
- never thought, like,
oh, five, six years ago
that I would be
competing in body painting.
- I feel that I did do
- what I set out to do.
I made it here,
so I'm pretty proud of myself.
Next time on Skin Wars...
Let me please
introduce Carson Kressley.
Hi!
Oh! This is so cool.
- You will create
- a body painting
that's inspired
by the world of steampunk.
- Too much going on in my head
- right now.
- I don't know if I'm gonna
- be able to pull it off.
Yeah, I think you were
- more intent on trying
- to get back at me.
I think it's really,
like, childish.
It's just not steampunky
enough for me.
This has been
the most difficult decision
we've made all season.
of competitive body painting,
there's nothing more fierce
than the power
of transformation.
Skin Wars.
The only limits
are your imagination.
You won't believe your eyes,
as 12 of America's
most talented artists
compete
and push the boundaries.
Absolutely breathtaking.
Some will rise to the top,
while others will watch
their dreams go down the drain.
It felt pretty flat.
It's the challenge
of a lifetime for $100,000
and the ultimate title
of Skin Wars champion.
- Walking
- into the work room,
I see this big purple door,
and I don't know what to expect.
I'm just like, "Uh--"
Hello, painters!
Hi.
How's everybody feeling?
- -Pretty good.
- -Fantastic.
- Are you ready to hear
- about the next challenge?
- -Yes.
- -You sure?
Yeah.
Knock, knock.
- I was just like, "What's
- hiding behind door number one?"
Who's there?
Orange.
Orange who?
Orange you glad
you aren't Fernello?
- Yeah.
- Ru just went there.
- Too soon, Ru.
- It's too soon.
Please welcome the queen
of comedy, RuPaul Charles.
Hi.
For your first challenge,
you will have two hours
to create a body paint
that makes Ru laugh.
Oh, my God.
I'm a classically trained
oil painter,
so I'm not a stand-up comic.
You will be judged on
creativity and design concept,
technique, and execution
of the challenge.
And the winner of this challenge
gets a big advantage
in the next challenge.
Everyone understand?
-Mm-hmm.
-Good. Your time starts now!
My heart is racing,
because I'm not a funny person
when it comes to my art.
I start thinking "dirty jokes,"
- because I think Ru
- has a dirty side,
but I don't know.
What's the challenge today?
To do something that's going
to make them laugh.
- I feel like
- you'll be good at this.
We only have two hours?
We can make her, like,
with a really bad spray tan.
Body painting does give me
my own individual identity.
My husband is a worship pastor
at a church in Park City,
and I'm a stay-at-home mom.
There was a time, before
I did start body painting,
that a lot of times,
people would refer to me,
"Oh, Robert's wife,"
or, "Maximus and Bianca's mom,"
and now people know me for me.
I finally gained
my individuality back.
- Okay, I'm gonna airbrush
- your face, so close your eyes.
It would just be so amazing
to win this, to show that,
as a woman and as a mom,
that you can do it too.
We have a hour and six minutes.
Paint your models.
Comic books and cartoons
is where I started.
And the cartoons were so clever
in making a humorous situation
about something serious.
I'm looking forward to seeing
Cheryl Ann's piece.
The previous challenge
had Cheryl Ann and her model...
Vivienne Pinay as Nicki Minaj.
...and the model crashed
her whole concept in the ground
by saying
that she didn't like any of it.
- I wouldn't even post
- a selfie of this.
Is someone paying her
to throw me under the bus?
Would you, personally,
like a booty like that?
I started drawing
the bus, and a drag queen
is driving the bus, saying,
"Wrong makeup, fish."
We only have ten minutes left.
How we looking, Cheryl Ann?
Oh, we're looking hilarious.
I really hope
he thinks this is funny.
Oh.
So mean!
Guys, only one minute left.
Okay.
Time's up. Tools down.
Whoo-hoo!
Are you feeling good, guys?
- -Yes.
- -Yeah.
- -Hi, Avi.
- -Hey, Rebecca.
- -How are you?
- -Good.
- Oh, wow.
- How beautiful.
- -Ta-da!
- -Oh.
And who's the bald black guy?
-It's you, RuPaul.
-That's me, uh-uh.
Yes, and this is Rebecca,
and this is Craig Tracy.
- -Oh.
- -Oops!
So... and Craig Tracy
peed himself.
Oops.
-He made an oopsie.
-You know...
Do I have my hand in my diaper?
As a baby, everyone trying
to explore their privates,
- so that's what you're doing
- over there.
Yes, yes.
-Well, you nailed me.
-Yes.
And how can I draw you,
RuPaul, without saying,
- "You better werk it"?
-You better werk it.
-Okay. Thank you, Avi.
-Thank you very much.
Hi, Lana.
- -Ta-da!
- -Oh, my goodness.
I was thinking I will
paint all painters who survived.
We are sitting on the clouds
of balloons.
We are dreaming about winning,
and I painted you,
like, critiquing us.
And you
have this powerful thing,
like, to bump our balloons
and make us, like, fly away.
So basically,
I'm a dream killer?
- Yes.
- That's what you're doing.
Killing people's dreams.
And I was blowing my balloon,
and I'm escaping,
so, like, you cannot
do "boom" to me.
No matter what,
you cannot do "boom" to her.
- -Thank you, Lana.
- -You're welcome.
- -Aryn.
- -Hello.
-I present Plumsy!
-Oh.
The alien from Cabitron.
And she would like to say hello!
-And these are her friends.
-Wow.
This is Dave,
and this is Bwewp.
- -Bwewp?
- -Yeah.
-Where the party at?
-He likes to party.
This is very, very creative.
- -Well done. Thank you, Aryn.
- -Thank you so much.
Thanks, Aryn.
-Well, Sammie.
This is Chloe, so she
decided to spray tan herself,
but she just doesn't know
what to do, so she's sad
- and everything,
- so she gets all crazy.
- And then she's like,
- "Well, maybe I should
- put some clothes on;
- I don't know."
- -So let's try a skirt on.
- -Oh.
- But she's not quite sure
- about that.
- So let's maybe try some shorts
- and see how that looks,
but she's just not quite sure.
So she ends up
going back to the skirt
- and runs out the door
- forgetting her top.
- -Oh.
- -Forgetting her top.
Oops. Thank you, Sammie.
Yeah, thank you.
Hi, Rio.
So here,
I have our last competition,
where we have Cheryl Ann,
under the bus,
by our drag queen
who is driving the bus.
- And we have her over here,
- "Is someone paying you?"
Oh, "Is someone paying you?"
And we have the producer,
- the powers that be,
- throwing money out of the sky,
and she drives a Skin Wars
bus over her.
And you see the back of her ass
hanging out of the bus.
That is so funny.
-That's very funny.
-Yes.
-Thank you, Rio.
-Thank you.
I am in shock
that Rio decided to do that.
It's just rude.
- -Hi, Cheryl Ann.
- -Hi.
I created King Cat,
so it starts right here,
and King Cat
is smoking a cigarette,
but it's not just any cigarette.
You know, watching
Cheryl Ann tell her story...
So the funny cigarette to put
King Cat in this deep sleep...
...this is a disaster.
You look around the room,
- and everybody's kind of
- like this.
And then King Cat lands
to the baby mouse family.
-Thank you, Cheryl Ann.
-Thank you, guys.
- -Hi, Dawn Marie.
- -Hello.
- I had a little bit
- of a hard time,
a couple challenges ago,
with my partner, Cheryl Ann.
- Kind of got thrown
- under the bus a little bit.
- -Is the bus still running?
- -The bus is.
- I don't know, but I'm nervous
- for us, next.
But the bus is driving away,
- and it's leading
- my lovely partner away
on her horses,
into the sunset.
That arm represents Cheryl Ann
riding off into the sunset?
Yes, because she's not
on the show anymore.
Oh, the shade.
- -Hey.
- -But it's kind of ironic,
because you were a little lucky
that it was my painting skills
that saved you
from being eliminated that day.
-Oh!
-It's just a little ironic.
Oh, we didn't
just go there, did we?
- -Great. Thank you, Dawn Marie.
- -Thank you.
Mm-mm-mm, the fire just got
turned up in the kitchen, Lord!
Hi, Kyle.
- -How are you guys doing?
- -Good.
- -I was wondering,
- are you allergic to shellfish?
- -No, I'm not.
- -Oh, thank God.
'Cause this is my peep show
under the sea.
Well, let's open the curtains.
-Oh, my...
-Oh, my goodness.
Those are curtains, aren't they?
And we'll bring
the mermaid out.
- And that's the mermaid,
- on her bottom there.
- It's a mermaid.
- There's the tail.
Oh, and look on the front.
She's got a crab,
and cash in the hand,
- and then there's
- a dirty martini in the other.
- And look
- at where their claws are.
Yep. Well, let's see
the whole show now.
It's an under the sea
strip club.
We are gonna seek help
for you, Kyle.
I screwed this one up.
Nobody gets it, and the judges
are kind of like...
- -Okay.
- -Now,
- what made you laugh the most
- back there?
Well, Rio's.
The storytelling
was so creative,
so funny, and then the
execution was--was beautiful.
I thought that Aryn
did something so different
from everybody else.
No one has done that before,
where they've turned
their model upside down.
Lana had
that adorable painting.
Those little caricatures
were really good, actually.
And the story,
which is very funny.
- -The dream killer.
- -Yeah.
Cheryl Ann strikes me
as a serious-minded artist.
- King Cat,
- with the funny cigarette?
- Obviously,
- it wasn't like "ha ha ha,"
but it was clever.
- You know, I think
- it was probably funny to her.
Oh, yeah.
Okay, so have you made
a decision?
Yes. I have.
Let's go tell them.
- All right, painters,
- you've had two hours
to create a piece
that makes Ru laugh.
- Okay, let's find out
- who our top three painters are.
Lana.
Thank you, guys.
Rio.
Aryn.
Uh-huh!
You all are fantastic painters,
and your creativity
just blew me away.
Lana, those balloons
and the boom?
It was hilarious.
Thank you.
Rio,
that **** cracked me up.
Thank you so much.
Thank you, Ru.
Aryn, you turned
your model upside down,
and it was so creative.
Oh, thank you so much.
All right.
It's time to crown our winner.
The winner
of this challenge is...
All right, painters.
You've had two hours to create
a piece that makes Ru laugh.
The winner
of this challenge is...
Yeah!
Congratulations, Rio.
You're our winner.
It just cracked us up,
and you've set the bar
very high for yourself.
Congratulations, Rio.
I'll tell you your advantage
in a moment.
All right, painters.
If you thought the competition
was brutal before,
it's about to be
an absolute bloodbath.
- -Hello, painters.
- -Oh, my God.
It's Jigsaw
from the Saw movies.
You are being divided
into two teams.
Each team will get four
perfectly innocent models.
- Your job is
- to transform their bodies
into perfect visions of horror.
Make sure your artwork
is to die for.
Yes!
Well, as you know,
that was the iconic character
Jigsaw from the insanely
successful Saw movies.
In your first challenge,
we got to see your comedic side.
In your next challenge,
we want to see your dark side.
Each team must create
cohesive body paintings
with a horror and gore theme.
One painter from the winning
team will be our winner,
and one painter from the losing
team will go home.
Who has experience
in horror and gore?
Wow.
-Across the board, except for--
-Except for me.
But I'll see what happens.
Rio, you won
the last challenge.
That means you get
to pick your teammates.
- Okay, Rio.
- Who's your first choice?
Um, my first choice...
is Aryn.
Hey, all right.
My second teammate...
is Avi.
Oh, yeah!
And my final teammate is...
Kyle.
- I'm picking Kyle
- because I remember him
telling a story about being
eight years old and coming up
- with this entire
- haunted house theme,
and I know that Aryn had
some history in that, as well.
Avi is very good technically,
and so I feel great
about my team.
So that means Lana,
Dawn Marie, Sammie,
and Cheryl Ann
as the other team.
We can do this.
Oh, I know we can do this.
I've done it.
I'm actually really
concerned about Cheryl Ann
and Lana's background
when it comes to scary things.
Lana's pieces
are just charming and cute,
and Cheryl Ann's never done
anything scary in her life.
Okay, so these are your teams.
- You have some time tonight
- to come up with your themes.
I hope you can sleep tonight.
I think whatever painting
that needs to be done,
Avi, I really want you
to utilize your brain
on what you think
would be scary.
- In the first challenge,
- I really screwed up,
and now I'm already put
on the back burner, but,
you know, I've grown up doing
haunted houses my whole life,
- so I feel like
- this is the challenge
I've been waiting for.
I know if I don't speak up,
- I'm just gonna get pushed
- to the side.
I need to step it up.
I have an idea that's crazy.
You know the "see no, hear no,
speak no evil"?
Well, I'm thinking
if you see no evil,
I know a trick where we can
rip her eyes out onstage.
- "Speak no evil," you can rip
- somebody's mouth
completely open.
Just, like--
I know it's crazy, but--
I really like your idea.
Yeah, I--I like that.
- Kyle comes up
- with a "see no evil,
hear no evil,
speak no evil" concept.
- So that's pretty awesome,
- actually.
We're gonna go with that.
- "See no evil, hear no evil,
- speak no evil."
We're gonna start there.
That's the name of the story.
Okay, how are we
gonna collaborate?
We turned the models
around to the back
and did a cohesive scary thing
that was like a scene.
I think they're
supposed to be characters.
- Ideas are being
- shut down all around.
I think when we finally reach
an idea, I think we'll be okay.
It's just this constant
"Bam! Down."
Or we can even do stuff
that's possessed by something.
Bam. Down.
I think we need
to paint our own characters.
I'm not happy about it
at all.
I could have broken
glass pieces of prosthetics,
like, coming off of her.
I'm on a team
with Cheryl Ann again.
Last time, I kind of got shoved
out of our dual piece,
- and I don't want
- to allow that again,
so I'm being very guarded.
Right.
So we are doing
a combined theme...
- -Okay.
- -...with the four of you
called Nightmare on Hill Street.
Dentures.
We finally decided
on doing an idea
where our house
that we're living in is haunted.
Let's get the pasties on you,
and we'll go from there.
Technically,
in an hour and 11 minutes,
we have to team together
so we can work on the back.
- We decided that each person
- gonna work
on his own model on the front,
and we're gonna combine
everything together on the back.
So I'm gonna get "speak,"
Aryn gonna get "hear,"
and Kyle gonna "see."
And we all decided
to create the nun,
and she's gonna be possessed
by our evil demons.
All prosthetics first thing.
I can use the nails as teeth.
Yep, or you could use
the vampire teeth.
Kyle is amazing artist.
- Don't do her eyebrows,
- obviously.
Oh, yeah.
I know Kyle from the body
painting community in Florida,
- and we turned to be really,
- really good friends,
so just being able
to work with him, it's awesome.
Mwah-ha-ha!
Holy crap, my god.
Wow!
Good morning, painters.
Wow, look at that!
Oh, my God. It's Tobin Bell
from the Saw movies.
It's so neat to be, like,
so close to such a horror icon.
So I'd like you all to welcome
our special guest judge,
star of the Saw movies,
master of horror, Tobin Bell.
- -Hello.
- -Hi.
- -Hello. Thank you.
- -What's happening?
And of course, you know our
resident judge, Craig Tracy.
-Hello, painters.
-Hi.
I want you to scare me
with how creative
your designs will be
and how masterful
and believable
your technique will be,
both at a distance and up close.
Tobin, what will you
be looking for today?
I'll be looking
for story and detail.
- What are the team names?
- I'm dying to know.
Nightmares on Hill Street.
Okay, and this team?
-We're The Gore Lords.
-The Gore Lords.
- Okay, well,
- we're gonna walk around
and take a look at your work.
Can't wait to see.
Hello, Gore Lords.
So our general concept
is "hear no evil,
- see no evil,
- speak no evil."
We have the symbolism
of the nun
- who is possessed
- by these demons.
Each of them are like demonic
representations of things
that she's been suppressing.
-Lots of conflict there.
-Yeah.
- Well, what's a story
- without conflict?
- All right, Gore Lords.
- Good luck.
Thank you.
Good morning, ladies.
Good morning.
So our set of models
is a cohesive story
about the horrors
that are happening
in the house
we currently live in.
- I was gonna do a clown,
- because to me--
- -I'm already scared.
- -Yes, I hate clowns.
I'm already scared.
- Like, to me,
- it's the creepiest thing,
to think of toys come to life
and then let alone kill you.
My character,
it's a zombie pole dancer.
- A zombie pole dancer?
- Okay.
So my character is based
on a toy that was left behind
in the house
that has been possessed.
I'm actually doing
a were-pire,
which is a vampire in the front
and a werewolf in the back.
I look forward to seeing
what you're gonna come up with.
- Thank you.
- I look forward to painting it.
Good luck.
- I feel responsible
- for the whole team.
-Coming together?
-Man, really good.
- Did you think
- I had that in me?
Yes, I do. That's why I had
you on the team.
I feel like my creative way
of directing
and putting things together--
We have an excellent team,
- and nobody is trying
- to push weight,
to try to be the headliner.
- Everybody
- is all working together
- to make sure
- that the art is the headliner.
- I think that's perfect.
- That's perfect. Okay, sketches.
- -Let's draw it.
- -There you go.
We have our plan.
Everybody paint the front,
get done, then go to the back,
- and let's all paint the back
- at the same time.
-You guys rock.
-You guys are amazing.
They might get
credit and points for ingenuity.
They're doing a unified piece.
We are all individually
working on our pieces,
- and the Gore Lords,
- they are working collectively
as a group.
- -We got this.
- -Ha!
So I hope I'm not screwed.
Three hours
till the final reckoning.
Aah! I don't like that.
We have five hours
to paint horror and gore,
and I'm truly focusing
on actually doing
a creepy scary face
and putting prosthetics on,
painting that,
and making sure that is,
like, the most scary feature.
- Sammie's clown face
- is the scariest face
I've ever seen in my life,
but she doesn't have
any other details.
You can't just have
a plain painting.
It's got to have design.
It's got to have a concept.
Two hours.
No pressure.
- -No pressure.
- -Oh, my God.
-No pressure.
-No, nothing.
Ooh, he's so creepy.
What needs to happen here is,
she needs to walk out.
- I think she should be
- the crawler,
'cause she can't see.
Yeah.
You'll be like--like this.
- That'll just kind of leave you
- to lead with your mouth
a little bit, like this.
- That's the way
- the entrance'll be.
We have 40 minutes left.
- Do you girls
- want to get together in 20
and go over the story?
Just give me
some time, sweetie, okay?
-I was asking a question.
-Yeah. I just need time.
I mean, it's a "yes" or "no."
I just said I needed time.
I am a little nervous.
- We need to get
- our models choreographed,
and I continuously ask my group,
"Do you guys want
to stop painting and do that?"
And I'm just met with,
"I'm still painting."
- It's like, "Who cares?"
- We know it.
Like, let us just paint.
On the last team challenge,
Cheryl Ann totally bullied over
and dominated Dawn Marie.
I was just really hoping to be
super strong in my concept.
"Our."
So I really don't want her
to take over this whole project.
Ugh! I'm getting
really tired of this.
- Cheryl Ann
- is a little bit controlling.
- Just tell your model
- individually,
- and then it'll take us
- ten minutes to go over it.
That distrust
that I am experiencing?
It's not a good thing,
but it's there.
You can't help what you feel.
- Do you have prosthetics
- on her back?
No.
Slap them on.
They're really easy.
- And those are badass.
- I would use them.
- Glue them on coming out,
- in the flames?
Yeah, like hidden in it.
Okay. Let me finish her leg.
Time is ticking, and I want
to complete the piece.
I don't want to leave her legs
just open to skin.
- I might need
- some help rushing this.
I am really trying not
to panic right now.
I'm looking around the room,
and the quality
of Lana's zombie isn't there.
The rib cage just
doesn't look very accurate.
- You are just,
- act like a zombie.
Like, really confused.
- I knew I was gonna go
- with all the zombie,
like, earthy skin,
but it wasn't that detailed.
So I feel nervous.
- Do you want more
- blood splatter on her,
or is that all we're doing?
Is that good?
- Oh, ****.
- You guys need help?
- Let me paint this white
- on her neck.
Touch it up one more time.
- We're down to five minutes,
- and I'm looking,
- and, oh, my God,
- we have nothing on these legs.
- You can't leave bare skin
- in this challenge.
Where is my damn makeup?
- We're all painting,
- you know, Rio's model,
trying to get him caught up,
and I'm so confused.
Man, if he would have just
worked on his piece
- versus coming around
- and checking on us
- every ten minutes,
- he would be finished.
- -You need to get this done.
- -You want help with it?
- Yeah.
- Let's just knock this out.
- Let's get everyone together.
- Come on. We have three minutes.
- -Come on, Kyle.
- -Okay.
- I got to turn
- the air pressure up.
- Possessed, possessed,
- possessed.
They are doing
some creepy stuff.
Let's kick it out, girls!
This is it, painters.
It's over
in five, four, three...
No, no. we don't have time.
...two, one. Time's up.
-Whoo-hoo!
-Time's up.
Tools down!
Oh, my God.
- It's like a house of horrors
- in here.
Ugh!
Painters, models,
follow me to the stage.
- I'm a little nervous,
- because my model
is not completely finished,
so if we happen to be
in the bottom,
- it could possibly be me
- that goes home.
Welcome, painters.
- -Hi.
- -Hey.
Each team had five hours
to create
a horror and gore design
with a cohesive look
using four models.
You will be judged
on concept and creativity,
technique, and execution
of the challenge.
In the end,
there will be one winning team
and one losing team.
And from those teams
there will be one winner,
and one painter
will be sent home.
Let's say hello
to our esteemed judges.
Craig Tracy.
- -Hello, painters.
- -Hey.
- -Robin Slonina.
- -Hi, everybody.
Hello.
-RuPaul Charles.
And our special guest judge,
from the Saw movies,
Tobin Bell.
- -Hello.
- -Hey.
Okay, painters.
- It's time for you
- to present your paintings.
It is so nice
to see my art come alive.
I stepped out of my box.
I tried something new
with my old-school vampire
with bat ears.
Put the hair into a bun
to make, like, a wolf face.
- I'm really happy
- with my piece.
- I've created
- really scary piece
with, like, a perfect zombie.
- And you can see kind of, like,
- insides, like your rib cage
and, like, your broken ribs.
- My model comes out,
- and she does a very good job
of how I imagined
a broken doll would walk in.
I like the colors I've chosen.
I like the mash-up of
kind of cute and kind of creepy
at the same time.
- I'm feeling pretty good
- about my piece.
It's definitely different
than anybody else's.
I have a really scary face.
- The prosthetics
- were done correctly,
and that's what I focused on.
So our performance is next,
and we all agreed on a story
to make it
a cohesive group piece,
and we have to kill it.
Many years ago,
an eight-year-old little girl
- was playing with her toy clown
- and porcelain doll
when a were-pire
came out of nowhere
and attacked her savagely.
While being attacked,
her older brother got home
from his go-go dancing
night job.
- He tried desperately
- to save her
but instead was impaled
by his traveling pole.
The little girl was hopelessly
mutilated and died instantly.
Her tortured soul then split
into two separate parts
and entered her doll
and clown toys.
- Who's--what?
- Where's the little girl?
- What's happening?
- Who's the brother?
Now the clown, the doll,
and her zom-brother
eternally seek vengeance,
causing nightmares
and tragic death.
- All right, Gore Lords.
- You're next.
I'm happy with the cross
ripping across the chest,
- and then just creating
- a little small skirt
and the rosary beads around it.
I am a bit concerned
that I didn't paint
the back of the arms.
- Like, I meant to paint
- flames back there,
but I didn't have enough time.
When I see the model's
coming to stage,
I'm proud of this piece.
I got the "speak no evil,"
so I stitched her mouth,
and so if she cannot speak,
all her body gonna be, like,
mouth, teeth, and crazy stuff.
- I'm a little disappointed
- that mine is
slightly more drab than
the other two of the demons.
- Mine was a little bit
- difficult,
since I just have ears,
just because ears
don't have a lot of, you know,
colorful aspects to them.
- I'm looking at mine,
- and I'm like,
"My piece is gonna
stand out the most,"
- just because
- of the whole concept.
It has a crown of thorns
around the eye.
- Looking at the other team's
- paintings,
they seem very detailed,
so in order
for us to be in the top,
it's really important
- to have our models
- nail the choreography,
because the actual scariness
is gonna come
from our characters' acting.
Forgive me, Father,
for I have sinned.
- Man, we came together,
- and we did it.
I'm extremely more than proud.
Whoo!
Ahh!
Okay,
Nightmares on Hill Street.
- The story was super confusing
- for me.
- I wasn't quite sure
- what was happening.
Where's the little girl?
Her spirit is now
in the doll and the clown,
- and she previously
- lived in the house
- that we're all staying at now
- on Hill Street.
Visually, there was a certain
disconnect between the pieces.
If you can make them
relate in some way,
it's worth giving that
thought and time.
Right.
Cheryl Ann, I think that it's
a super fun take on a vampire.
The concept and the colors--
Everything's really
very, very nicely done.
Dawn Marie, this is
a gorgeous technical painting.
Lana, I was unsold.
I found there to be a little bit
of technical problems.
I wanted a little more color.
I wanted a little bit
more concept.
The clown,
a little bit maybe simple
compared to the others.
The rips aren't
as convincing for me.
I wish that there was maybe
just edged-in highlights
or something to pop them.
Dawn Marie, who on your team
should win this challenge?
I like what I did.
- So, Cheryl Ann,
- if your team wins,
who should win this challenge?
I would like
to win this challenge.
Who would be the very bottom?
Well...
- I would choose
- Sammie's piece.
It's a lot of plain,
not very detailed clothing.
- I don't think
- I should be the one going home.
Dawn Marie,
who would be on the bottom?
Lana.
All right.
So, Sammie, who would be bottom?
Um...
Oh, I hate this.
I would choose Lana's.
- I think her zombie's
- really cool,
but it's not the typical zombie.
I cannot believe
they all called my name,
and I'm not happy with that.
- I don't want
- to be on the bottom again.
-Bottom?
-Lana.
I would choose Lana's.
They all called my name,
- and I was really surprised
- about it.
They're picking
strongest competitor,
'cause I can paint really well,
and I have a really strong
art background.
- Gore Lords,
- tell us about your work.
Our work is "hear no evil,
see no evil, speak no evil."
- We wanted to use the nun
- as somewhat
of a symbolism of confession.
We wanted to play off
a bit of exorcism.
These were the inner demons
that were within her.
I loved this.
I loved the theatricality of it.
Conversely, Rio, yours does
look a little under-painted.
I thought the presentation
was so disturbing,
in fact, I actually--
I really wanted it to be over,
because it was actually
quite scary to me.
I particularly liked the way
you worked together
to come up with a clear
and cohesive story.
The way Piper's hands were
in the semi-crucifix position
was heart-wrenching for me.
-Thank you.
- Wow.
Rio, you seem like
you're the unofficial leader
of this team.
How should we choose
who should win, who should lose?
Kyle should win.
If we were to lose,
I wouldn't be surprised
if I left.
Wow!
Kyle, how are you feeling?
- I'm honored,
- but I would like to disagree.
I felt like I lack the detail
on the eyeballs.
I'm not really proud of--
I love it.
Okay, Gore Lords.
Thank you so much.
Thank you.
Okay, painters.
- The judges have a lot
- to discuss,
- and we will bring you
- back out shortly.
- What do you think, guys?
- Are you shaking in your boots?
I was very taken
by the Gore Lords.
They didn't miss
an element.
Rio, he was the one
calling the shots.
Possibly at the
expense of his own painting.
The back was really
disappointing to me.
Aryn's piece
was my least favorite.
It didn't have the sharpness
that I was feeling from Avi
or from Kyle.
Avi? I wasn't sure
what I was looking at.
Like, is this the mouth
of one creature?
Is there multiple mouths?
- But ultimately,
- I didn't even care,
because I was so seduced
by the quality of the painting.
- -Yeah, it was really great.
- -Yeah.
And how about Kyle?
I feel like he's the most
improved painter here.
I think Skin Wars is really
changing him as an artist.
Oh, I know it.
- And the crown of thorns
- was a...
- -Oh!
- -...wonderful finishing detail.
And what about
Nightmares on Hill Street?
- It was kind of
- all over the place.
I don't think they were helped
at all by that story.
Was Cheryl Ann's vampire
magnificent?
It was magnificent.
- -I loved it.
- -Scary.
It was compelling.
- This is where we've been
- pushing Cheryl Ann
the whole time, and I think
she really came through here.
Let's talk about Lana.
It felt de-saturated.
You think there just
- wasn't enough
- interesting detail?
- There was enough
- interesting detail,
except for the pole.
I wasn't crazy
about Sammie's clown.
- You know, I thought
- it was pretty under-painted.
There wasn't enough detail.
And she doesn't
step up enough, you know,
so I'm not feeling
the passion from Sammie.
- The face,
- it was beautifully done
and everything,
but it wasn't sort of painted.
It was more prosthetics.
- I thought the porcelain doll
- was beautifully,
beautifully done.
Technically,
beautifully painted.
I literally went back
and looked for things
that I could critique.
It was creepy,
but it almost was too pretty
to be scary.
Okay, guys, so have you
made your decision?
- -Yeah. Yeah.
- -Yeah.
Welcome back, painters.
- Tonight
- there can only be one winner,
and for one painter,
it will be game over.
Team Gore Lords...
Congratulations.
You're tonight's winning team.
The Gore Lords
are the top team,
and I feel
freaking amazing about it.
Tobin, what'd you think
about this team as a whole?
It was cohesive.
It was horror but on a deeper,
human, gut level.
I loved it.
Thank you. Thank you.
For Tobin Bell to say
that he loved it...
oh, oh.
Man, it's just amazing.
It really is amazing.
Rio...
Aryn...
congratulations.
You are safe.
You may head back to the lounge.
Thank you.
My heart is, like,
racing on fear and excitement,
because I haven't won
a challenge yet.
Oh, my God, I have a chance
of actually winning this.
Avi...
Kyle...
you are the top two painters.
Avi, tonight's piece--
- I wasn't even quite sure
- what I was looking at,
but I didn't care,
because it was amazing.
Your technique, superb.
Thank you.
Kyle, I loved
your piece tonight.
I think that the crown of thorns
was a really nice,
horrifying touch.
Thank you so much.
You both did exceptional work,
but the winner
of this challenge is...
Avi, Kyle...
you both did exceptional work.
- The winner
- of this challenge is...
Kyle.
Congratulations.
You're tonight's winner.
I'm so proud of you, guy.
Ah, I finally win!
- I'm so thankful
- for my background
in the horror world.
Now everybody can see
what I'm capable of.
- I'm so happy
- that Kyle took it.
I mean, we friends
even before the show,
and I'm so proud of him.
Kyle, we looked
at a beautiful piece tonight
that was horrific
and basically perfect.
- -Thank you.
- -Thank you guys so much.
- You may head back
- to the lounge. Thank you.
Nightmares on Hill Street,
you are tonight's losing team.
Cheryl Ann...
Lana...
Dawn Marie...
Sammie...
unfortunately,
one of you is going home.
Dawn Marie...
Cheryl Ann...
you are safe.
Thank you.
- You may head back
- to the lounge.
- I do not believe
- I'm in the bottom two.
It's really stressful situation,
and I was on the bottom before,
but I don't want to go home.
Lana, I love the pole
through the head.
I just got lost a little bit
on the front
with some of the details.
Sammie, that clown face
was horrifying,
but the rest of the piece
just felt incomplete.
The judges really felt
it could go either way.
Sammie...
you're going home tonight.
You were awesome.
Lana, that means you survived,
- but you've been
- in the bottom two
two weeks in a row.
The judges want to see
more from you.
- Please go back
- to the painters' lounge.
Thank you for a chance.
See you, sweetie.
Sammie, you have mad skills,
but I feel like I didn't
get to know you that well.
I challenge you to delve
into your soul
and delve into your spirit
and see what's there
and what's uniquely you.
I'm sad to go,
to leave my painting family
and all that, but it's been
a pleasure to be here,
so thank you for having me.
Sammie, it's time
to wash off your canvas.
Thank you. Bye.
Good-bye.
Best of luck, Sammie.
- I'm really bummed
- that I'm leaving.
I would have loved
to have made it to the end
and win the $100,000.
But I came here,
and I showed my work,
and I showed who I was,
and I got to meet
a lot of amazing people.
Sammie!
Being here has meant
a lot to me, in a way,
a feeling of accomplishment,
- knowing that I could
- do something.
- I mean, I would have
- never thought, like,
oh, five, six years ago
that I would be
competing in body painting.
- I feel that I did do
- what I set out to do.
I made it here,
so I'm pretty proud of myself.
Next time on Skin Wars...
Let me please
introduce Carson Kressley.
Hi!
Oh! This is so cool.
- You will create
- a body painting
that's inspired
by the world of steampunk.
- Too much going on in my head
- right now.
- I don't know if I'm gonna
- be able to pull it off.
Yeah, I think you were
- more intent on trying
- to get back at me.
I think it's really,
like, childish.
It's just not steampunky
enough for me.
This has been
the most difficult decision
we've made all season.