Skin Wars (2014–…): Season 2, Episode 6 - Episode #2.6 - 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 fell pretty flat.
It's the challenge
of a lifetime for $100,000
and the ultimate title
of Skin Wars champion.
Walking into the workroom,
I see these cute
little treasure chests,
and I'm dying to know
what's inside them.
Hello, painters.
- Hi.
- Hello.
- Let's say hello to our judges,
- Robin Slonina,...
Hi, everybody.
And our own resident
body-painting expert,
Craig Tracy.
Good morning.
Well, you've come a long way,
but today your future
depends on the past.
Inside your treasure chests
are Victorian era accessories
that features a dazzling jewel.
You have two hours
to create a waist-up front
and back design
that embodies your accessory
and brings a story
of your jewel to life.
- Dawn Marie,
- when I announced this challenge,
your face lit up.
I love painting jewelry,
and I love the Victorian era.
- I think this might be
- a good challenge for me,
so I'm excited.
- Can't wait to see
- what you come up with.
So today we are looking for
clear, saturated jewel-tones.
I'll also be looking
for the relationship
between your painting
and the accessory
that you've been given.
The winner of this challenge
will get an advantage
in the Concept Challenge,
- and I'll tell you
- what that is as soon
as we announce our winner.
Now let's see what's
inside your treasure chests.
Obviously there's gonna
be treasure
inside of the treasure chests,
but what is it gonna be?
Okay, Avi,
let's start with you.
That is a pink topaz head piece.
How you feeling about that?
I have no idea,
nothing about jewels.
- You don't know anything
- about jewels?
- So it's gonna
- be a big challenge for me,
so I'm gonna figure this out.
- Dawn Marie, let's see
- what you've got.
Ooh.
- That is a citrine clutch.
- Oh, is it citrine?
Kyle, a sapphire necklace.
- Aryn?
- Duh-nuh!
Ooh.
Looks like pearls.
Pearls.
Lana, let's see what you got.
Wow.
It's really matching my eyes.
Rio?
- Okay, Rio,
- Amber.
you got the amber bracelet,
and Cheryl Ann?
Ooh.
A diamond hair comb.
These are beautiful.
I could do something
really fun with this.
All right, painters,
you have your accessories.
You have two hours
to complete this challenge,
and your time starts now.
Good luck.
So we have two hours
to paint the body
inspired by the history
about the Victorian era.
So I have no idea,
nothing about jewelries.
So my jewelry,
it's a pink topaz.
I have no idea,
nothing about the history
of Victorian era.
What year is that again?
I'm in trouble today.
Citrine is a stone
that means "success," so
I'm going to be using ProPaint
to make the yellow pop
with some orange undertones.
- I want it to look like a jewel
- up close.
I'm excited about that.
My story is about this emerald
earrings as a family heirloom
and how these earrings being
passed on from one generation
to another.
I was in the bottom two times,
but I'm always painting
to be on top,
- so I want to win
- this challenge 'cause
I want to have advantage.
- I know
- exactly what I want to do,
and I've had this idea
in my head for a little while
to do an inverted,
upside-down, painting,
so I wanted to do a reflection
of a face
in a mirror
of this Victorian lady
wearing her diamond hair combs
and just go with it.
It's crazy.
Usually I'm very fast painter,
but I think I just
finished creating the story
of what I want to do.
I didn't even start
touching the body.
I have too much going on
in my head right now.
I'm worried.
I don't know if I'm gonna
be able to pull it off.
- Arms up. Arms up.
Guys, not so much time left--
just ten minutes.
- Wow.
- Oh, my god.
- The shoulder will help.
- Wow.
All right, time's up.
Tools down.
- Hey, Avi.
- Hey, and how are you?
- Good, how are you?
- I'm doing great.
Tell us about your pink topaz.
All right, so the story
represented a love triangle.
Two married couple,
he wasn't happy,
and he had affair,
so he decide to kill his wife
and be happy with his affair.
And I'm sorry, how
does pink topaz play into this?
Because pink topaz,
it's all about a true love
that he felt,
but she was thinking more about,
"Be successful and rich."
Now, in Israel, do they have
a thing called divorce?
Uh, yes.
- 'Cause that's another
- alternative to the murder, yeah?
That's true. Oh, yeah.
I had citrine,
and I took the gold design
that I painted on her
from the design
in the clutch that I was given.
- The gems are very well
- painted.
I wish they popped
a little bit more though
'cause I feel like the citrine
- is really blending
- into her skin tone
- and could have really popped
- that a little bit
more from those.
- Hello, Kyle.
- Hello.
My stone is the sapphire,
and this is Queen Rose.
Ta-da.
'Cause when I thought Victorian,
- they always
- had the bright red lips
and the bright red cheeks
and the white face,
so I didn't go with the exact,
you know, Victorian style.
I added the flair of me.
Yeah, it's got a feeling
of almost like a punk rocker
- or something, like,...
- Yeah.
That's the Kyle coming out.
So my jewel was the pearl,
and my concept is that I
have a fashionista mermaid
that was bored with the sea
and what she saw there
and decided to go above land
and look at the fancy ladies
in the Victorian era.
I love the realism
and the very detailed shading.
It really gives me
a very realistic 3D effect.
So when I think of diamond
in the Victorian era,
I thought of this beautiful
Victorian aristocrat
who was looking
in her looking glass,
and I had the idea to do an
inverted painting for a while.
I really wanted to portray
a portrait in reverse,
and I've just been waiting
for the right challenge
in order to pull this one out,
so she's admiring her diamond
hair combs that she has just
- adjusted into her hair.
- Rio.
My centerpiece here
was the heart in an amber color.
Tell me about the Victorian
quality of this piece.
Is that head piece indicative
of that period?
I kind of added fantasy
and a Victorian element
together versus just, uh,
trying to create
a regular person with
a Victorian-inspired outfit on.
No rules
in the fantasy world, huh?
- Lana.
- Hello.
This is a story about young lady
who promise her heart
to another gentleman,
but she got married
to the man picked by her family,
and she gived her heirloom
earrings to loved one,
and she keep one as necklace
for her wedding day.
- You do seem to have
- an understanding of clothing
and the way that they're made
and the way they fit the body.
There's clear delineation
between what's cloth
and what's skin.
- Thank you, Lana.
- Thank you so much.
Okay, thank you, painters.
- The judges have a lot
- to discuss,
- and we'll be back shortly.
- Thank you.
So, guys, what'd you think?
- You know,
- when I walked in, my eye
went straight to Cheryl Ann's,
- and I know that this is sort
- of a gimmick,
but, you know, I fell for it.
And in Skin Wars, making bold
moves can bring you to the top,
- or it can drop you
- to the bottom.
I was kind of drawn to Lana's
because of the color,
and it also--
It was just so rich.
She really took my note
about bringing jewel-tone colors
to it.
And Avi didn't really
- incorporate his piece of jewelry
- into his painting.
I loved Avi's story.
I really got caught up
in it and the drama of it,
but then it started to fall
apart in the painting itself.
I liked Aryn's story,
too, you know,
a mermaid that's,
like, got this fashion sense.
The front was more
powerful to me than the back.
And I think she really
did a great job with those.
I loved the design
that Dawn Marie did.
Those hand-painted gems
were absolutely gorgeous.
It was a good idea that
was caught halfway in execution.
- Right.
- Okay,
have you made a decision?
Yeah, it was a hard one.
Not--Not easy, but yeah.
All righty.
All right, painters, at
this point in the competition,
this is becoming
more and more difficult.
The top three painters are...
Cheryl Ann...
Aryn...
Lana...
- Congratulations,
- you're our top three painters.
- Yay.
- Bravo.
- I'm just frustrated
- at this point
because I thought
I had the chance at winning
- this challenge and the advantage
- that comes with it.
Cheryl Ann,
when we walked into the room,
- my eye
- went straight to your painting.
It was well painted.
It was very strong and bold,
and you had
such a strong concept behind it.
Thank you.
Aryn, gorgeous painting.
Loved the color,
your technique was incredible,
and it really was like a pearl.
It was just precious. Well done.
Thanks so much.
Lana, you are a storyteller,
and yet again,
we loved your story.
I loved how you incorporated
your jewelry into your story.
You used really rich,
saturated emerald tones,
and the clothing
was very well painted
and really spoke to us
as Victorian.
Thank you so much.
You all did an amazing job,
but there can be
only one winner,
and the winner
of this challenge is...
You've had two hours
to create a waist-up
- front and back design
- that embodies your accessory
and brings the story
of your jewel to life.
You all did an amazing job,
but there can be
only one winner,
and the winner
of this challenge is...
- Yay!
- Mine!
Lana, congratulations,
you're the winner
of this challenge.
Lana,
this was a perfect painting.
- Thank you.
- This means a lot to me.
Thank you so much.
- I never want to be
- on the bottom again,
- and it's always nice
- to win a challenge,
and now back on top.
Everyone ready to hear
what the next challenge is?
- Heck, yeah.
- All right.
In your first challenge
you showed us your throwback
designs to the Victorian era.
For this Concept Challenge
you'll be inspired
by what the Victorians
thought about the future.
You will have five hours
to create a head-to-toe,
- front-and-back
- body-painting
that's inspired
by the world of Steampunk.
- Whoo!
- Yeah!
Steampunk fuses
modern technology
and Victorian age aesthetics
to turn everyday objects
into works of art.
We want to challenge you
to update Steampunk
for the 21st century
and fill it with vibrant color.
I have been participating
in Steampunk conventions
for five years now.
Steampunk is taking
the Victorian era
and putting futuristic elements
in it.
So re-imagining things
that they would think
would happen in the future,
but now we're going to go
forward
and bring Steampunk
into the 21st century.
Painters, I've judged dozens
and dozens
of Steampunk designs,
so I need to see
you follow the theme
but bring something
that's really special
and exceptional to it.
Lana, because you won
the first challenge,
you get to take 30 minutes
away from another painter.
Oh, no.
- And you can wait
- until tomorrow
- to decide who that person is.
- Okay.
Lana gets the advantage that I
think we have all been dreading.
It is in the back of my mind
- that I did take my advantage
- against her
to take the fruit table
away from her.
I think I will swap with Lana.
Aw.
Oh, my God. I knew it.
You have five hours
to complete your work tomorrow,
- and you'll have the rest of the
- night to work on your design.
- Good luck.
- Whoo-hoo.
- Yay.
- Good night, guys.
- Bye-bye.
- Bye.
Excited about it.
Exciting.
- I've actually never done
- this before.
- Steampunk, futuristic,
- colorful.
Me neither technically.
Dawn, we need your expertise.
Yeah,
I'm here for competition,
and yeah, ultimately I
should hold all my knowledge
to myself to gain an advantage,
but that's not me.
The thing is, everything
is based off of steam.
Yeah.
- So you can have
- futuristic elements
- like computers and things
- like that,
- but instead of having cords
- coming to them,
you have other things
powering them.
- Interesting.
- And you can
- represent them by all sorts
- of different things.
Do whatever you
want to with Steampunk.
It's an imaginary world
based on the Victorian times.
- I like it.
- So I'm nervous
- because Dawn has all this extra
- knowledge about the stuff
that we're painting that I
don't necessarily have myself,
so I think she could really
take this one home.
No, over here.
- So we have five hours
- to create
full body-painting head-to-toes,
and we need to bring the
Steampunk into the 21st century
and use a lot of bright colors.
So today is going
to be Steampunk.
How are we gonna
make it really futuristic?
- Do you like pirates?
- Yes.
- Good. You're gonna
- be a pirate today.
Okay. Excellent.
- But--Steampunk version.
- Yeah, yeah.
You're basically a little girl
dreaming to find her gold.
- Oh, epic.
- That's the whole concept.
- Yeah.
- Can I--you wanna try this?
So I really love Steampunk,
and this can make me, like,
to show my talent even more.
I was so happy yesterday.
I started applying
bald cap 'cause
my model's supposed to have
this head piece from Steampunk,
and she's supposed
to have a goggles on top.
Let's begin.
I'm probably gonna create
something more futuristic,
but I'm gonna be using a lot
of gears inside
to make it more Steampunk.
So my piece is called,
Steam Wars 2000, and honest,
- I don't know much
- about Steampunk.
Uh, in Israel
we don't have Steampunk.
It's gonna be mix
of Steampunk and Cyberpunk.
That's gonna be the perfect--
to bring the Steampunk past
into the future Cyberpunk.
- They want to see
- something different.
I'm just afraid
I'm going too futuristic.
Well, I got us some goggles.
- I would've liked it
- if they were just one
- because I kind of wanted it
- to be a sky pirate.
The thing that I am the most
concerned about is making
sure I have enough time
to get all of my details in.
Well, I hope that Lana
does not choose me
because as we all know,
time is an issue for me.
I was like, "I don't even
need a wig--this'll be great."
My concept is a Steampunk fairy
that runs on absinthe.
The green fairy is Steampunk
because absinthe and stories
about it
are generally more Victorian.
And I'm making these weapons
- out of your back,
- Sweet.
And this octopus
is gonna be the one holding it.
My biggest asset is
my creativity, my imagination,
- and my way
- of putting things together.
These look small as Hell,
and then they stole--
They've got all the good ones.
My idea is to do something
I'm gonna call
Steampunk Yakuza--basically,
taking Japan-inspired cartoons
and blending them
with Steampunk.
So you can sit for me.
I'm gonna start from the top and
work my way down to the bottom.
So, uh, Lana got
the advantage yesterday.
- Did she take time
- away from you?
No. Uh, she didn't say who yet.
If she's smart,
she's not gonna take
this 30 minutes away from me.
I always finish before.
It's not even gonna tickle me.
She need to be smart and take it
from someone strong and slow.
Having 30 minutes taken away
can just take a top painter
and eliminate them
and send them home.
Hi.
- Hello
- Hello, hello.
- Hi.
- Hi!
Oh.
This is so cool.
It's Carson Kressley.
Let me please
introduce our judges.
- Robin Slonina.
- Hello.
- The always
- industrious RuPaul Charles.
Hi.
And our fashion expert,
Carson Kressley.
- Welcome back, Carson.
- Hi, everybody.
- Thank you so much.
- It's good to be back.
- Can you talk a little bit
- about Steampunk?
Yeah, I mean, I love
the whole Steampunk thing
because it has been
such a trendsetter
in the world of fashion and art.
- I'm excited to see
- what the painters have to say
with their paint today
in telling that kind
of Steampunk story.
We also have a special
surprise for everybody.
The winner of this challenge
gets their
very own air compressor
from Silent Aire Technology.
- Awesome.
- Whoa.
I'm the airbrush guy.
I need a compressor.
Hi, Lana.
Hello, judges.
I'll telling a story.
Front is about Dr. Steam
who lived in Victorian era,
and he was dreaming
about colorful,
futuristic Punk visions,
and my back will be
about Dr. Punk
who lived in the future.
- Steam in the front,
- punk in the back?
- Yeah!
- Now,
Lana, have you been thinking
about who you'll take 30 minutes
away from in this room?
Yes.
You don't have to tell us now.
I don't want to tell.
Okay.
Um, so I decided
to go very futuristic.
Uh, because we are gonna
be in the future,
- we're gonna use a lot
- of bright colors.
- Right.
- It's like Steampunky Brewster.
Do you have any experience
with Steampunk?
I never did a Steampunks,
but I always like
to do new things
and explore
and challenge myself,
so I'm excited for that.
- This is gonna be
- my sky pirate saloon girl.
- You've already taken
- Robin's note
about bright colors.
Oh, yeah, you bet I did.
Because, in the first challenge,
- you had an absolutely
- gorgeous design,
- but we kind
- of dinged her a little bit
because it
wasn't underlined enough,
so it didn't pop off
her model's skin tone.
- Thank you, Dawn Marie.
- Thank you.
I learned with body
painting competitions
you can use prosthetics,
but you don't want to overdo it,
- so I'm actually doing
- a new technique
where I'm hiding my prosthetics,
and they're not gonna be painted
necessarily as a prosthetic,
- if that makes sense.
- Hm.
- Hm. Doesn't make any sense
- at all.
- No.
- No.
- All right,
- so my Steampunk painting
is half-cyborg, Steampunk
green fairy,
so she runs on absinthe, and--
- Okay.
- Oh, okay.
- Yeah, so it, like--
- the steam power pumps
- it through her body,
- and that's how--
- You don't have any right
- now, do you?
- I don't.
- Okay.
- Well, cheers. Thanks, Aryn.
- Thanks. Thank you.
Okay, so today
I'm doing a Steampunk story
about this lady that goes
to a fortune-teller.
I'm not seeing a lot
of these Steampunk, kind
of like, technology components,
so where does that come in?
I'll pull the most
of the Steampunk elements--
- You'll see it,
- once I get the basecoat
- fully done.
- Okay.
- I don't know if you all are
- familiar with the word "Yakuza".
- I had it for lunch.
- Yeah, delicious.
It's, like, a Japanese mafia.
So the Japanese mafia built
this assassin machine somewhat.
It's meant to kind of, uh,
lure you in 'cause it's cute,
- and it's nice,
- and then it has these elements
that are made to destroy
which I am presently working on.
So this really is a face
that we're looking at.
- Those are actual eyeballs.
- Yes.
I just took my inspiration
from kind of like anime
and took Steampunk
and just merged it all together.
Right.
- You gonna love it!
- Okay.
Great. Thank you, Rio.
All right.
All right, painters, good luck
with your Steampunk paintings,
and we'll see you soon.
- You've never been
- this quiet, ever.
It's 'cause I really
like Steampunk,
- and I want it to look
- like I like it.
My concern with my concept
is that I am going very literal
with what I know of the genre.
Lana's advantage
is to take 30 minutes
from one of us other painters.
It's a freaky moment.
It's a freaky time right now.
Whew.
Lana,
you won the first challenge.
- You get to take 30 minutes away
- from one of your competitors.
- Who's it gonna be?
- I was thinking
to take 30 minutes
from strong painters.
Lana, just don't take it
away from me.
Um, I gonna choose...
Cheryl Ann.
Okay, Cheryl Ann,
it's time to put your tools down
for the next 30 minutes.
Great.
What am I gonna do?
What I know I can't do
is sit and freak out,
so I'm gonna take advantage
of this free time.
So it's not something
that's been taken away from me.
- It's something
- that's been given to me.
I never get to walk around
and look at you guys' work,
so it's kind of cool.
Even if Lana thinks she
might throw me off of my game,
I'm really going to use this
to the best of my ability.
So thank you, Lana.
Did you glue her panties?
- Not yet.
- Okay.
- Is that, like, electricity
- behind him?
Yeah, that's the Tesla coils.
Oh.
Is the back panel gonna
be, like, an electricity panel?
Yeah, the inside
gonna be all electricity.
Is that a stencil,
- those bubbles?
- Yes.
You prefer those airbrushes
than the gravity-fed ones?
I think that this was a way
- for her to distract
- other people.
If she's doing that,
then, I--that's genius.
That's--That's a good idea.
What else was I gonna do,
stare at a watch
- and just focus on
- how negative this situation is?
I'm not that kind of person.
- Okay, Cheryl Ann,
- your 30 minute timeout is up.
- You may keep on painting.
- Thank you.
Okay, painters, see you soon.
My model comes back,
and I am in the game.
Right, people,
we got 30 minutes of time.
- Well, I'm super nervous,
- and I know at this point
that I'm not going to be able
to do all of the things
that I had planned originally,
so I'm sad about that.
This is crazy.
- I have never painted this fast
- in my life.
- Guys, it's
- only five minutes left.
- No way.
- Yeah.
I have one thing left to do,
- and I'm gonna have to rush
- the hand of God to get it done.
Painters, time's up.
Tools down.
- Ahh.
- All right.
Wow.
Models, painters--follow me.
I think I did the right
decision taking 30 minutes
from Cheryl Ann 'cause
she's one
of my strongest competitors,
and maybe Cheryl Ann
will go home this time.
- Well, hello.
- Welcome, painters.
Hi.
- You all
- had five hours to create
a Steampunk-inspired design.
Tonight's winner
also gets a bonus prize.
You'll be going home
with your own air compressor
from Silent Aire Technology.
- Ohh.
- Nice.
Now let's say hello
to our esteemed judges,
Craig Tracy.
Hello, painters.
Robin Slonina.
Hi, everybody.
RuPaul Charles.
Toot-toot.
and our special guest judge
making his second visit
to Skin Wars, fashion expert,
Carson Kressley.
Hi, everybody.
Okay, painters, it's time
for you to present your work.
Even though I had 30 minutes
taken away from me,
my painting is beautiful.
I have fully accomplished
detail.
I'm so impressed
with how lovely her colors look.
I thought she was just lovely.
Usually to bring eyes into
the chest area of the models,
it's kind of gimmicky,
but I think the judges
- not gonna pay attention
- to that as gimmicky.
They're gonna see it as an art.
The best parts that I have,
it's the bright colors
in the background
and the gears element into it.
It's just, like, coming to life.
- I think she was
- completely different character.
She wasn't that sexy
compared to our models.
She was, like, really creature.
I planned on colors and how it
was supposed to pop up,
so I was really happy
about what I created.
I'm really excited when she
goes through with the skipping,
and she looks totally cute.
- I thought that that would add
- a whole nother dimension,
kind of to her character,
since she is a fairy.
- Knowing all the things
- that I wanted to add,
I think I still pulled it off.
[ethereal music,
- My piece looks great.
- I love it.
I'm feeling confident. It's fun.
It's colorful, and nor is it--
looks old-school Steampunk
because that's the main focus
of this challenge.
Now I'm noticing that my piece
is more about typical Steampunk
than the rest
of them as far as the style,
but she looks fun.
She's got her fun,
little octopus pet with her,
and there's a lot
of detail on my piece.
- I like it.
- I love it.
- The whole time
- that she's walking by,
I'm proud of what I created.
I don't know if there's a genre
of anime
in the Steampunk world,
but if it isn't, there will be
one after this one.
Painters, that was gorgeous!
- Yay!
- Thank you.
Judges, what'd you think?
- You know,
- I love the Steampunk thing,
but I saw a lot of different
skin-terpretations of it.
Uh-huh. Okay, Aryn.
- We're ready to talk to you
- about your work.
Whoo.
So this is my Steampunk
green fairy.
- I love that you used
- some three-dimensional props
like the tubing.
She's got absinthe goggles.
- absinthe makes the heart
- grow fonder.
- That's true.
- That's very true.
- It's what they say.
- Yeah.
- I would have done
- something else with the wings.
I might have worked in a little
bit more of a Steampunk vibe
that wasn't just those heavy
gears at the bottom.
- Thank you, Aryn.
- Thank you. Yeah.
Okay, Dawn Marie.
- I definitely love the reference
- to the saloon girl.
The corset in the back
I think is executed really well,
and I get that image.
From the front
I wasn't really getting
the whole corset feeling.
There could be some shadowing
just right at that belt line.
Now, the top part,
is that a see-through storyline,
because it looks naked?
It was supposed to read
more as a lighter leather.
Any time you deal with
the earth tones on the skin,
you really have to separate it
as being "not skin".
And that was our note
on the first challenge
was that the colors were
receding a little bit too much
into the skin tones.
- You've put together
- a character that's really
Steampunk feeling
with being cliché
and doing the same thing
over and over again.
- Thank you, Dawn Marie.
- Thank you.
- Based on
- the feedback, I was surprised,
but I think
that mine was the one piece
that kind of went literal
with the Steampunk character.
Okay, Cheryl Ann.
This is really whimsical
and really well
balanced as well,
but it's just not Steampunk-y
enough for me.
By now we really
know what you do well.
You have this very beautiful,
graphic, storybook style,
and I'm just wondering, like,
what else can you show us?
- What would you have done
- if you had the extra 30 minutes?
I was planning on hand
painting the gears.
But still,
that's just illustrating.
- Right.
- It's sticking a gear on it
and calling it "Steampunk."
- Like,
- I don't feel like those elements
would have increased the logic
of a character.
- Thank you, Cheryl Ann.
- Okay, thank you, guys.
Avi, your turn.
Avi, I don't know
how the other judges
feel about this piece,
but I have a real problem
with it.
Avi, I don't know how the other
judges feel about this piece,
but I have a real problem
with it.
I don't understand how you got
all of this done in five hours.
This is just such a delight
to look at.
I went really
futuristic 'cause
we're supposed to bring it
into the 21st century,
so I really wanted to use
all the old gears
to keep the same effect.
On the negative side,
I probably would have toned down
the metal color into the grays
just a little bit 'cause
it's so pure-looking.
I liked where you
went with the accessories,
and I love the blending
of the shoe.
It's just seamless.
Thank you.
Rio, your turn.
My piece is Steampunk Yakuza.
My inspiration was to kind
of blend
the world of anime
and the world of Steampunk.
I feel like this painting
is ready to party.
I just don't think
it's a Steampunk party.
- I can't stop
- making eye contact,
and that's very alarming to me.
- But which eyes?
- Which eyes, Carson?
I love the bright colors,
and it stands out.
If you want to be noticed,
- you do something
- that nobody else is doing.
- Nobody else went
- with that color story,
so I think that's a moment
to be congratulated on.
- All right,
- thank you all so much.
Okay, Lana, your turn.
I think this is fantastic.
- I love the paint.
- I love the colors.
- I like the idea of the fish
- thing 'cause that's very, like,
Steampunk-y that there'd be,
like, a submarine sea vessel
made out of a giant fish.
It's very pretty to look at.
I love how the zeppelin
almost feels like it's glowing
with this golden light,
and it's sort
of casting that golden light
onto your metal octopus.
- I think
- that's just so effective.
Okay, Kyle, step on down.
What is over her left eye?
It's just the revealing
of what's underneath her skin.
You know, it's hard when
you're applying a prosthetic
which is going off the skin,
and you're trying
to convince us visually
that it's under the skin.
- You know,
- you did it with that thigh,
that really strong
white outline is selling it.
Painters, you've created
some breathtaking work.
The judges have a lot
to discuss.
Thank you, painters.
Well, I can't believe
I painted a full body painting
in just four and a half hours.
Even though I didn't really
understand your strategy,
I think you were more intent
on trying to get back at me
from the food challenge when you
could have taken it away from
maybe another stronger painter
- like Avi.
- But why?
- I think Avi
- might beat you on this one
because you took it away
from me.
- That's true. You did it smart.
- I chose strong painter,
- but not the fastest one.
- Yeah.
- I choose strong,
- but not the fastest one,
and it, like, took from you.
It's why not from Avi?
Okay, guys, what'd you think
about the show tonight?
Skin-tilating.
Let's talk about Lana.
I got to say,
I did love her work.
- I think
- she painted beautifully,
but the octopus being right
next to the blimp confused me.
- I mean, they're literally almost
- touching.
Okay, let's talk about Aryn.
- Well, Aryn's green fairy--
- Right.
I just was so charmed
by her little, green fairy.
It was really the perfect
blending of technique and story.
- And she follows through--
- Right.
And she's done that
time and time again.
She is a force.
We have another storyteller
with Cheryl Ann,
but not everything has to have
outlines and cartooniness to it.
I mean, it was beautiful.
- You can't really
- argue with her technique,
and it didn't get gritty enough,
because Steampunk's gritty.
I just want to see
her go deeper.
I think she's
playing it too safe.
Part of this challenge
was to go future-forward.
Avi's was a perfect description
of future Steampunk.
- The fact that he
- got it all done,
there was so much thoughtfulness
that went into it that maybe he
didn't have a great story
that kind of captured
the romance of Steampunk.
Everything else is so above
and beyond.
Okay, well,
let's talk about Rio.
I love someone
who's not literal,
- and he chose a subject
- that he was passionate about.
He chose great neon colors,
but then it was just a bit
of a train wreck
- when it was time
- to actually execute it.
You know, not only did he do
those very gimmicky eyeballs
on his model's chest,
they weren't even well done.
- One of them almost
- looked like it had a lazy eye.
Did you think Dawn Marie's
was more creative than Rio's?
Dawn Marie
created a character
that I thought was fun.
It wasn't as futuristic as
I would have liked to have seen.
My real problem
with this was the top, you know,
- that bra piece or whatever?
- Yes.
They just looked
like dirty breasts.
She was so excited
about this challenge.
She should have rocked it.
The ones that didn't even know
that much about Steampunk
- were forced to kind of create
- their own version of it--
- Sure. Yes.
- and were therefore
a little bit more creative,
where hers was just,
like, the expected.
- Right.
- Yeah.
- That's a good point.
- A little bit more traditional.
- You know, Kyle is a little bit
- hit or miss technically.
- Like, you know that flesh
- ripped off the thigh?
It was perfectly highlighted,
and you really bought it.
- And then he did the same thing
- up here,
and he didn't really sell us,
you know, the rip from the face.
- I was actually very impressed
- by the way
he articulated the clothing
on the body.
The lapel, the way
she was pulling the fabric back
to expose her mechanical heart,
that all worked for me.
Okay, so
have you made a decision?
Yes.
Welcome back, painters.
- Tonight there can be
- only one winner,
and one of you
will be going home.
Cheryl Ann,
you are safe tonight.
- Congratulations.
- Thank you.
Cheryl Ann,
we want you to push
yourself further and really take
some bold risks moving forward.
Thank you.
Lana can try to knock me down,
but I'm too strong of a painter
to allow that to happen.
I will just simply
take it in stride,
and I also won't forget.
The rest of you represent the
top three and the bottom three.
Avi...
Aryn...
Lana...
you are the top three.
Please come forward.
The winner
of this challenge is...
Avi, Aryn, Lana...
One of you is tonight's winner.
Lana... congratulations,
you are safe.
- You may head back
- to the lounge.
- It's me and you again.
- Oh!
You both created
some amazing work tonight.
- It really could have gone
- either way,
but one was purely brilliant.
The winner
of this challenge is...
Avi. Congratulations.
- Yay. Good job.
- Awesome.
You won an air compressor
from Silent Aire Technology.
Avi, it was so detailed
and so beautiful.
It was meticulous in every way,
so just congratulations.
Spectacular.
- Congratulations
- to both of you.
You may head back to the lounge.
- Thank you.
- Thank you very much.
- It's the second time
- I'm winning,
and I'm the only one
that win two big challenges.
Kyle, Dawn Marie, Rio,
you are the bottom three.
Overall the judges
felt your work didn't compete
with the competition.
Kyle, your technique
was uneven.
It was perfect and clean
and great in some parts,
and kind of messy in others.
Dawn Marie, the overall piece
wasn't precise enough,
and at this point
in the competition,
the stakes are so high.
You can't afford
to make those kind of mistakes.
Rio, I really disliked the use
of the breasts
as those gimmicky eyes.
You were insanely creative,
but your technique
was very underwhelming.
Kyle, the judges think
you've made a huge improvement
since the beginning
as far as technique,
but you need to work a little
more on your consistency
if you want to stay
in this competition.
You're safe.
Thank you, guys.
You may head back
to the lounge.
This has been
the most difficult decision
we've made all season.
Dawn Marie...
I'm sorry to say,
you're going home tonight.
Rio, you definitely know
how to think outside the box,
but the judges want you to work
on your execution
if you want to stay
in this competition.
Please go back
to the painters lounge.
You're a queen.
You're a queen.
Thank you.
I hope this whole experience
was a positive one for you
and that you just paint
your ass off in the future.
- I will.
- Thank you.
You're a boss, lady.
Own it.
Thank you.
I don't want to go out crying.
Dawn Marie, it's time
to wash off your canvas.
I am more than a little upset
- that I'm leaving
- on a Steampunk challenge
because I do believe that
my piece looked more Steampunk
- than several of the ones
- that are staying.
Baby, baby, baby, baby, baby,
don't make me cry.
- I would like
- my fellow painters to know
that I love them for sharing
their creativity with the world.
I've had
such a blast meeting them,
and they've shaped me in ways
that they'll never know.
This was a dream
come true actually.
I've always wanted
to give my art to the world
and tell them more about the art
that I so much love.
Skin Wars Season 2 rocks.
Next time on Skin Wars...
- What?
- That's scary as Hell.
- It's a big risk,
- but I'm willing to take it.
That dental work
is extraordinary.
There was something missing.
We're gonna be expecting
something spectacular.
Whoo!
- I don't have
- too much experience with UV.
Everything shows
with the black light.
- I want to make sure
- that Cheryl Ann
doesn't step all over me.
Yay!
Oh, my God.
It's a lot to take in.
Who's responsible
for the design?
- I guess it was more my idea.
- I am going home.
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Walking into the workroom,
I see these cute
little treasure chests,
and I'm dying to know
what's inside them.
Hello, painters.
- Hi.
- Hello.
- Let's say hello to our judges,
- Robin Slonina,...
Hi, everybody.
And our own resident
body-painting expert,
Craig Tracy.
Good morning.
Well, you've come a long way,
but today your future
depends on the past.
Inside your treasure chests
are Victorian era accessories
that features a dazzling jewel.
You have two hours
to create a waist-up front
and back design
that embodies your accessory
and brings a story
of your jewel to life.
- Dawn Marie,
- when I announced this challenge,
your face lit up.
I love painting jewelry,
and I love the Victorian era.
- I think this might be
- a good challenge for me,
so I'm excited.
- Can't wait to see
- what you come up with.
So today we are looking for
clear, saturated jewel-tones.
I'll also be looking
for the relationship
between your painting
and the accessory
that you've been given.
The winner of this challenge
will get an advantage
in the Concept Challenge,
- and I'll tell you
- what that is as soon
as we announce our winner.
Now let's see what's
inside your treasure chests.
Obviously there's gonna
be treasure
inside of the treasure chests,
but what is it gonna be?
Okay, Avi,
let's start with you.
That is a pink topaz head piece.
How you feeling about that?
I have no idea,
nothing about jewels.
- You don't know anything
- about jewels?
- So it's gonna
- be a big challenge for me,
so I'm gonna figure this out.
- Dawn Marie, let's see
- what you've got.
Ooh.
- That is a citrine clutch.
- Oh, is it citrine?
Kyle, a sapphire necklace.
- Aryn?
- Duh-nuh!
Ooh.
Looks like pearls.
Pearls.
Lana, let's see what you got.
Wow.
It's really matching my eyes.
Rio?
- Okay, Rio,
- Amber.
you got the amber bracelet,
and Cheryl Ann?
Ooh.
A diamond hair comb.
These are beautiful.
I could do something
really fun with this.
All right, painters,
you have your accessories.
You have two hours
to complete this challenge,
and your time starts now.
Good luck.
So we have two hours
to paint the body
inspired by the history
about the Victorian era.
So I have no idea,
nothing about jewelries.
So my jewelry,
it's a pink topaz.
I have no idea,
nothing about the history
of Victorian era.
What year is that again?
I'm in trouble today.
Citrine is a stone
that means "success," so
I'm going to be using ProPaint
to make the yellow pop
with some orange undertones.
- I want it to look like a jewel
- up close.
I'm excited about that.
My story is about this emerald
earrings as a family heirloom
and how these earrings being
passed on from one generation
to another.
I was in the bottom two times,
but I'm always painting
to be on top,
- so I want to win
- this challenge 'cause
I want to have advantage.
- I know
- exactly what I want to do,
and I've had this idea
in my head for a little while
to do an inverted,
upside-down, painting,
so I wanted to do a reflection
of a face
in a mirror
of this Victorian lady
wearing her diamond hair combs
and just go with it.
It's crazy.
Usually I'm very fast painter,
but I think I just
finished creating the story
of what I want to do.
I didn't even start
touching the body.
I have too much going on
in my head right now.
I'm worried.
I don't know if I'm gonna
be able to pull it off.
- Arms up. Arms up.
Guys, not so much time left--
just ten minutes.
- Wow.
- Oh, my god.
- The shoulder will help.
- Wow.
All right, time's up.
Tools down.
- Hey, Avi.
- Hey, and how are you?
- Good, how are you?
- I'm doing great.
Tell us about your pink topaz.
All right, so the story
represented a love triangle.
Two married couple,
he wasn't happy,
and he had affair,
so he decide to kill his wife
and be happy with his affair.
And I'm sorry, how
does pink topaz play into this?
Because pink topaz,
it's all about a true love
that he felt,
but she was thinking more about,
"Be successful and rich."
Now, in Israel, do they have
a thing called divorce?
Uh, yes.
- 'Cause that's another
- alternative to the murder, yeah?
That's true. Oh, yeah.
I had citrine,
and I took the gold design
that I painted on her
from the design
in the clutch that I was given.
- The gems are very well
- painted.
I wish they popped
a little bit more though
'cause I feel like the citrine
- is really blending
- into her skin tone
- and could have really popped
- that a little bit
more from those.
- Hello, Kyle.
- Hello.
My stone is the sapphire,
and this is Queen Rose.
Ta-da.
'Cause when I thought Victorian,
- they always
- had the bright red lips
and the bright red cheeks
and the white face,
so I didn't go with the exact,
you know, Victorian style.
I added the flair of me.
Yeah, it's got a feeling
of almost like a punk rocker
- or something, like,...
- Yeah.
That's the Kyle coming out.
So my jewel was the pearl,
and my concept is that I
have a fashionista mermaid
that was bored with the sea
and what she saw there
and decided to go above land
and look at the fancy ladies
in the Victorian era.
I love the realism
and the very detailed shading.
It really gives me
a very realistic 3D effect.
So when I think of diamond
in the Victorian era,
I thought of this beautiful
Victorian aristocrat
who was looking
in her looking glass,
and I had the idea to do an
inverted painting for a while.
I really wanted to portray
a portrait in reverse,
and I've just been waiting
for the right challenge
in order to pull this one out,
so she's admiring her diamond
hair combs that she has just
- adjusted into her hair.
- Rio.
My centerpiece here
was the heart in an amber color.
Tell me about the Victorian
quality of this piece.
Is that head piece indicative
of that period?
I kind of added fantasy
and a Victorian element
together versus just, uh,
trying to create
a regular person with
a Victorian-inspired outfit on.
No rules
in the fantasy world, huh?
- Lana.
- Hello.
This is a story about young lady
who promise her heart
to another gentleman,
but she got married
to the man picked by her family,
and she gived her heirloom
earrings to loved one,
and she keep one as necklace
for her wedding day.
- You do seem to have
- an understanding of clothing
and the way that they're made
and the way they fit the body.
There's clear delineation
between what's cloth
and what's skin.
- Thank you, Lana.
- Thank you so much.
Okay, thank you, painters.
- The judges have a lot
- to discuss,
- and we'll be back shortly.
- Thank you.
So, guys, what'd you think?
- You know,
- when I walked in, my eye
went straight to Cheryl Ann's,
- and I know that this is sort
- of a gimmick,
but, you know, I fell for it.
And in Skin Wars, making bold
moves can bring you to the top,
- or it can drop you
- to the bottom.
I was kind of drawn to Lana's
because of the color,
and it also--
It was just so rich.
She really took my note
about bringing jewel-tone colors
to it.
And Avi didn't really
- incorporate his piece of jewelry
- into his painting.
I loved Avi's story.
I really got caught up
in it and the drama of it,
but then it started to fall
apart in the painting itself.
I liked Aryn's story,
too, you know,
a mermaid that's,
like, got this fashion sense.
The front was more
powerful to me than the back.
And I think she really
did a great job with those.
I loved the design
that Dawn Marie did.
Those hand-painted gems
were absolutely gorgeous.
It was a good idea that
was caught halfway in execution.
- Right.
- Okay,
have you made a decision?
Yeah, it was a hard one.
Not--Not easy, but yeah.
All righty.
All right, painters, at
this point in the competition,
this is becoming
more and more difficult.
The top three painters are...
Cheryl Ann...
Aryn...
Lana...
- Congratulations,
- you're our top three painters.
- Yay.
- Bravo.
- I'm just frustrated
- at this point
because I thought
I had the chance at winning
- this challenge and the advantage
- that comes with it.
Cheryl Ann,
when we walked into the room,
- my eye
- went straight to your painting.
It was well painted.
It was very strong and bold,
and you had
such a strong concept behind it.
Thank you.
Aryn, gorgeous painting.
Loved the color,
your technique was incredible,
and it really was like a pearl.
It was just precious. Well done.
Thanks so much.
Lana, you are a storyteller,
and yet again,
we loved your story.
I loved how you incorporated
your jewelry into your story.
You used really rich,
saturated emerald tones,
and the clothing
was very well painted
and really spoke to us
as Victorian.
Thank you so much.
You all did an amazing job,
but there can be
only one winner,
and the winner
of this challenge is...
You've had two hours
to create a waist-up
- front and back design
- that embodies your accessory
and brings the story
of your jewel to life.
You all did an amazing job,
but there can be
only one winner,
and the winner
of this challenge is...
- Yay!
- Mine!
Lana, congratulations,
you're the winner
of this challenge.
Lana,
this was a perfect painting.
- Thank you.
- This means a lot to me.
Thank you so much.
- I never want to be
- on the bottom again,
- and it's always nice
- to win a challenge,
and now back on top.
Everyone ready to hear
what the next challenge is?
- Heck, yeah.
- All right.
In your first challenge
you showed us your throwback
designs to the Victorian era.
For this Concept Challenge
you'll be inspired
by what the Victorians
thought about the future.
You will have five hours
to create a head-to-toe,
- front-and-back
- body-painting
that's inspired
by the world of Steampunk.
- Whoo!
- Yeah!
Steampunk fuses
modern technology
and Victorian age aesthetics
to turn everyday objects
into works of art.
We want to challenge you
to update Steampunk
for the 21st century
and fill it with vibrant color.
I have been participating
in Steampunk conventions
for five years now.
Steampunk is taking
the Victorian era
and putting futuristic elements
in it.
So re-imagining things
that they would think
would happen in the future,
but now we're going to go
forward
and bring Steampunk
into the 21st century.
Painters, I've judged dozens
and dozens
of Steampunk designs,
so I need to see
you follow the theme
but bring something
that's really special
and exceptional to it.
Lana, because you won
the first challenge,
you get to take 30 minutes
away from another painter.
Oh, no.
- And you can wait
- until tomorrow
- to decide who that person is.
- Okay.
Lana gets the advantage that I
think we have all been dreading.
It is in the back of my mind
- that I did take my advantage
- against her
to take the fruit table
away from her.
I think I will swap with Lana.
Aw.
Oh, my God. I knew it.
You have five hours
to complete your work tomorrow,
- and you'll have the rest of the
- night to work on your design.
- Good luck.
- Whoo-hoo.
- Yay.
- Good night, guys.
- Bye-bye.
- Bye.
Excited about it.
Exciting.
- I've actually never done
- this before.
- Steampunk, futuristic,
- colorful.
Me neither technically.
Dawn, we need your expertise.
Yeah,
I'm here for competition,
and yeah, ultimately I
should hold all my knowledge
to myself to gain an advantage,
but that's not me.
The thing is, everything
is based off of steam.
Yeah.
- So you can have
- futuristic elements
- like computers and things
- like that,
- but instead of having cords
- coming to them,
you have other things
powering them.
- Interesting.
- And you can
- represent them by all sorts
- of different things.
Do whatever you
want to with Steampunk.
It's an imaginary world
based on the Victorian times.
- I like it.
- So I'm nervous
- because Dawn has all this extra
- knowledge about the stuff
that we're painting that I
don't necessarily have myself,
so I think she could really
take this one home.
No, over here.
- So we have five hours
- to create
full body-painting head-to-toes,
and we need to bring the
Steampunk into the 21st century
and use a lot of bright colors.
So today is going
to be Steampunk.
How are we gonna
make it really futuristic?
- Do you like pirates?
- Yes.
- Good. You're gonna
- be a pirate today.
Okay. Excellent.
- But--Steampunk version.
- Yeah, yeah.
You're basically a little girl
dreaming to find her gold.
- Oh, epic.
- That's the whole concept.
- Yeah.
- Can I--you wanna try this?
So I really love Steampunk,
and this can make me, like,
to show my talent even more.
I was so happy yesterday.
I started applying
bald cap 'cause
my model's supposed to have
this head piece from Steampunk,
and she's supposed
to have a goggles on top.
Let's begin.
I'm probably gonna create
something more futuristic,
but I'm gonna be using a lot
of gears inside
to make it more Steampunk.
So my piece is called,
Steam Wars 2000, and honest,
- I don't know much
- about Steampunk.
Uh, in Israel
we don't have Steampunk.
It's gonna be mix
of Steampunk and Cyberpunk.
That's gonna be the perfect--
to bring the Steampunk past
into the future Cyberpunk.
- They want to see
- something different.
I'm just afraid
I'm going too futuristic.
Well, I got us some goggles.
- I would've liked it
- if they were just one
- because I kind of wanted it
- to be a sky pirate.
The thing that I am the most
concerned about is making
sure I have enough time
to get all of my details in.
Well, I hope that Lana
does not choose me
because as we all know,
time is an issue for me.
I was like, "I don't even
need a wig--this'll be great."
My concept is a Steampunk fairy
that runs on absinthe.
The green fairy is Steampunk
because absinthe and stories
about it
are generally more Victorian.
And I'm making these weapons
- out of your back,
- Sweet.
And this octopus
is gonna be the one holding it.
My biggest asset is
my creativity, my imagination,
- and my way
- of putting things together.
These look small as Hell,
and then they stole--
They've got all the good ones.
My idea is to do something
I'm gonna call
Steampunk Yakuza--basically,
taking Japan-inspired cartoons
and blending them
with Steampunk.
So you can sit for me.
I'm gonna start from the top and
work my way down to the bottom.
So, uh, Lana got
the advantage yesterday.
- Did she take time
- away from you?
No. Uh, she didn't say who yet.
If she's smart,
she's not gonna take
this 30 minutes away from me.
I always finish before.
It's not even gonna tickle me.
She need to be smart and take it
from someone strong and slow.
Having 30 minutes taken away
can just take a top painter
and eliminate them
and send them home.
Hi.
- Hello
- Hello, hello.
- Hi.
- Hi!
Oh.
This is so cool.
It's Carson Kressley.
Let me please
introduce our judges.
- Robin Slonina.
- Hello.
- The always
- industrious RuPaul Charles.
Hi.
And our fashion expert,
Carson Kressley.
- Welcome back, Carson.
- Hi, everybody.
- Thank you so much.
- It's good to be back.
- Can you talk a little bit
- about Steampunk?
Yeah, I mean, I love
the whole Steampunk thing
because it has been
such a trendsetter
in the world of fashion and art.
- I'm excited to see
- what the painters have to say
with their paint today
in telling that kind
of Steampunk story.
We also have a special
surprise for everybody.
The winner of this challenge
gets their
very own air compressor
from Silent Aire Technology.
- Awesome.
- Whoa.
I'm the airbrush guy.
I need a compressor.
Hi, Lana.
Hello, judges.
I'll telling a story.
Front is about Dr. Steam
who lived in Victorian era,
and he was dreaming
about colorful,
futuristic Punk visions,
and my back will be
about Dr. Punk
who lived in the future.
- Steam in the front,
- punk in the back?
- Yeah!
- Now,
Lana, have you been thinking
about who you'll take 30 minutes
away from in this room?
Yes.
You don't have to tell us now.
I don't want to tell.
Okay.
Um, so I decided
to go very futuristic.
Uh, because we are gonna
be in the future,
- we're gonna use a lot
- of bright colors.
- Right.
- It's like Steampunky Brewster.
Do you have any experience
with Steampunk?
I never did a Steampunks,
but I always like
to do new things
and explore
and challenge myself,
so I'm excited for that.
- This is gonna be
- my sky pirate saloon girl.
- You've already taken
- Robin's note
about bright colors.
Oh, yeah, you bet I did.
Because, in the first challenge,
- you had an absolutely
- gorgeous design,
- but we kind
- of dinged her a little bit
because it
wasn't underlined enough,
so it didn't pop off
her model's skin tone.
- Thank you, Dawn Marie.
- Thank you.
I learned with body
painting competitions
you can use prosthetics,
but you don't want to overdo it,
- so I'm actually doing
- a new technique
where I'm hiding my prosthetics,
and they're not gonna be painted
necessarily as a prosthetic,
- if that makes sense.
- Hm.
- Hm. Doesn't make any sense
- at all.
- No.
- No.
- All right,
- so my Steampunk painting
is half-cyborg, Steampunk
green fairy,
so she runs on absinthe, and--
- Okay.
- Oh, okay.
- Yeah, so it, like--
- the steam power pumps
- it through her body,
- and that's how--
- You don't have any right
- now, do you?
- I don't.
- Okay.
- Well, cheers. Thanks, Aryn.
- Thanks. Thank you.
Okay, so today
I'm doing a Steampunk story
about this lady that goes
to a fortune-teller.
I'm not seeing a lot
of these Steampunk, kind
of like, technology components,
so where does that come in?
I'll pull the most
of the Steampunk elements--
- You'll see it,
- once I get the basecoat
- fully done.
- Okay.
- I don't know if you all are
- familiar with the word "Yakuza".
- I had it for lunch.
- Yeah, delicious.
It's, like, a Japanese mafia.
So the Japanese mafia built
this assassin machine somewhat.
It's meant to kind of, uh,
lure you in 'cause it's cute,
- and it's nice,
- and then it has these elements
that are made to destroy
which I am presently working on.
So this really is a face
that we're looking at.
- Those are actual eyeballs.
- Yes.
I just took my inspiration
from kind of like anime
and took Steampunk
and just merged it all together.
Right.
- You gonna love it!
- Okay.
Great. Thank you, Rio.
All right.
All right, painters, good luck
with your Steampunk paintings,
and we'll see you soon.
- You've never been
- this quiet, ever.
It's 'cause I really
like Steampunk,
- and I want it to look
- like I like it.
My concern with my concept
is that I am going very literal
with what I know of the genre.
Lana's advantage
is to take 30 minutes
from one of us other painters.
It's a freaky moment.
It's a freaky time right now.
Whew.
Lana,
you won the first challenge.
- You get to take 30 minutes away
- from one of your competitors.
- Who's it gonna be?
- I was thinking
to take 30 minutes
from strong painters.
Lana, just don't take it
away from me.
Um, I gonna choose...
Cheryl Ann.
Okay, Cheryl Ann,
it's time to put your tools down
for the next 30 minutes.
Great.
What am I gonna do?
What I know I can't do
is sit and freak out,
so I'm gonna take advantage
of this free time.
So it's not something
that's been taken away from me.
- It's something
- that's been given to me.
I never get to walk around
and look at you guys' work,
so it's kind of cool.
Even if Lana thinks she
might throw me off of my game,
I'm really going to use this
to the best of my ability.
So thank you, Lana.
Did you glue her panties?
- Not yet.
- Okay.
- Is that, like, electricity
- behind him?
Yeah, that's the Tesla coils.
Oh.
Is the back panel gonna
be, like, an electricity panel?
Yeah, the inside
gonna be all electricity.
Is that a stencil,
- those bubbles?
- Yes.
You prefer those airbrushes
than the gravity-fed ones?
I think that this was a way
- for her to distract
- other people.
If she's doing that,
then, I--that's genius.
That's--That's a good idea.
What else was I gonna do,
stare at a watch
- and just focus on
- how negative this situation is?
I'm not that kind of person.
- Okay, Cheryl Ann,
- your 30 minute timeout is up.
- You may keep on painting.
- Thank you.
Okay, painters, see you soon.
My model comes back,
and I am in the game.
Right, people,
we got 30 minutes of time.
- Well, I'm super nervous,
- and I know at this point
that I'm not going to be able
to do all of the things
that I had planned originally,
so I'm sad about that.
This is crazy.
- I have never painted this fast
- in my life.
- Guys, it's
- only five minutes left.
- No way.
- Yeah.
I have one thing left to do,
- and I'm gonna have to rush
- the hand of God to get it done.
Painters, time's up.
Tools down.
- Ahh.
- All right.
Wow.
Models, painters--follow me.
I think I did the right
decision taking 30 minutes
from Cheryl Ann 'cause
she's one
of my strongest competitors,
and maybe Cheryl Ann
will go home this time.
- Well, hello.
- Welcome, painters.
Hi.
- You all
- had five hours to create
a Steampunk-inspired design.
Tonight's winner
also gets a bonus prize.
You'll be going home
with your own air compressor
from Silent Aire Technology.
- Ohh.
- Nice.
Now let's say hello
to our esteemed judges,
Craig Tracy.
Hello, painters.
Robin Slonina.
Hi, everybody.
RuPaul Charles.
Toot-toot.
and our special guest judge
making his second visit
to Skin Wars, fashion expert,
Carson Kressley.
Hi, everybody.
Okay, painters, it's time
for you to present your work.
Even though I had 30 minutes
taken away from me,
my painting is beautiful.
I have fully accomplished
detail.
I'm so impressed
with how lovely her colors look.
I thought she was just lovely.
Usually to bring eyes into
the chest area of the models,
it's kind of gimmicky,
but I think the judges
- not gonna pay attention
- to that as gimmicky.
They're gonna see it as an art.
The best parts that I have,
it's the bright colors
in the background
and the gears element into it.
It's just, like, coming to life.
- I think she was
- completely different character.
She wasn't that sexy
compared to our models.
She was, like, really creature.
I planned on colors and how it
was supposed to pop up,
so I was really happy
about what I created.
I'm really excited when she
goes through with the skipping,
and she looks totally cute.
- I thought that that would add
- a whole nother dimension,
kind of to her character,
since she is a fairy.
- Knowing all the things
- that I wanted to add,
I think I still pulled it off.
[ethereal music,
- My piece looks great.
- I love it.
I'm feeling confident. It's fun.
It's colorful, and nor is it--
looks old-school Steampunk
because that's the main focus
of this challenge.
Now I'm noticing that my piece
is more about typical Steampunk
than the rest
of them as far as the style,
but she looks fun.
She's got her fun,
little octopus pet with her,
and there's a lot
of detail on my piece.
- I like it.
- I love it.
- The whole time
- that she's walking by,
I'm proud of what I created.
I don't know if there's a genre
of anime
in the Steampunk world,
but if it isn't, there will be
one after this one.
Painters, that was gorgeous!
- Yay!
- Thank you.
Judges, what'd you think?
- You know,
- I love the Steampunk thing,
but I saw a lot of different
skin-terpretations of it.
Uh-huh. Okay, Aryn.
- We're ready to talk to you
- about your work.
Whoo.
So this is my Steampunk
green fairy.
- I love that you used
- some three-dimensional props
like the tubing.
She's got absinthe goggles.
- absinthe makes the heart
- grow fonder.
- That's true.
- That's very true.
- It's what they say.
- Yeah.
- I would have done
- something else with the wings.
I might have worked in a little
bit more of a Steampunk vibe
that wasn't just those heavy
gears at the bottom.
- Thank you, Aryn.
- Thank you. Yeah.
Okay, Dawn Marie.
- I definitely love the reference
- to the saloon girl.
The corset in the back
I think is executed really well,
and I get that image.
From the front
I wasn't really getting
the whole corset feeling.
There could be some shadowing
just right at that belt line.
Now, the top part,
is that a see-through storyline,
because it looks naked?
It was supposed to read
more as a lighter leather.
Any time you deal with
the earth tones on the skin,
you really have to separate it
as being "not skin".
And that was our note
on the first challenge
was that the colors were
receding a little bit too much
into the skin tones.
- You've put together
- a character that's really
Steampunk feeling
with being cliché
and doing the same thing
over and over again.
- Thank you, Dawn Marie.
- Thank you.
- Based on
- the feedback, I was surprised,
but I think
that mine was the one piece
that kind of went literal
with the Steampunk character.
Okay, Cheryl Ann.
This is really whimsical
and really well
balanced as well,
but it's just not Steampunk-y
enough for me.
By now we really
know what you do well.
You have this very beautiful,
graphic, storybook style,
and I'm just wondering, like,
what else can you show us?
- What would you have done
- if you had the extra 30 minutes?
I was planning on hand
painting the gears.
But still,
that's just illustrating.
- Right.
- It's sticking a gear on it
and calling it "Steampunk."
- Like,
- I don't feel like those elements
would have increased the logic
of a character.
- Thank you, Cheryl Ann.
- Okay, thank you, guys.
Avi, your turn.
Avi, I don't know
how the other judges
feel about this piece,
but I have a real problem
with it.
Avi, I don't know how the other
judges feel about this piece,
but I have a real problem
with it.
I don't understand how you got
all of this done in five hours.
This is just such a delight
to look at.
I went really
futuristic 'cause
we're supposed to bring it
into the 21st century,
so I really wanted to use
all the old gears
to keep the same effect.
On the negative side,
I probably would have toned down
the metal color into the grays
just a little bit 'cause
it's so pure-looking.
I liked where you
went with the accessories,
and I love the blending
of the shoe.
It's just seamless.
Thank you.
Rio, your turn.
My piece is Steampunk Yakuza.
My inspiration was to kind
of blend
the world of anime
and the world of Steampunk.
I feel like this painting
is ready to party.
I just don't think
it's a Steampunk party.
- I can't stop
- making eye contact,
and that's very alarming to me.
- But which eyes?
- Which eyes, Carson?
I love the bright colors,
and it stands out.
If you want to be noticed,
- you do something
- that nobody else is doing.
- Nobody else went
- with that color story,
so I think that's a moment
to be congratulated on.
- All right,
- thank you all so much.
Okay, Lana, your turn.
I think this is fantastic.
- I love the paint.
- I love the colors.
- I like the idea of the fish
- thing 'cause that's very, like,
Steampunk-y that there'd be,
like, a submarine sea vessel
made out of a giant fish.
It's very pretty to look at.
I love how the zeppelin
almost feels like it's glowing
with this golden light,
and it's sort
of casting that golden light
onto your metal octopus.
- I think
- that's just so effective.
Okay, Kyle, step on down.
What is over her left eye?
It's just the revealing
of what's underneath her skin.
You know, it's hard when
you're applying a prosthetic
which is going off the skin,
and you're trying
to convince us visually
that it's under the skin.
- You know,
- you did it with that thigh,
that really strong
white outline is selling it.
Painters, you've created
some breathtaking work.
The judges have a lot
to discuss.
Thank you, painters.
Well, I can't believe
I painted a full body painting
in just four and a half hours.
Even though I didn't really
understand your strategy,
I think you were more intent
on trying to get back at me
from the food challenge when you
could have taken it away from
maybe another stronger painter
- like Avi.
- But why?
- I think Avi
- might beat you on this one
because you took it away
from me.
- That's true. You did it smart.
- I chose strong painter,
- but not the fastest one.
- Yeah.
- I choose strong,
- but not the fastest one,
and it, like, took from you.
It's why not from Avi?
Okay, guys, what'd you think
about the show tonight?
Skin-tilating.
Let's talk about Lana.
I got to say,
I did love her work.
- I think
- she painted beautifully,
but the octopus being right
next to the blimp confused me.
- I mean, they're literally almost
- touching.
Okay, let's talk about Aryn.
- Well, Aryn's green fairy--
- Right.
I just was so charmed
by her little, green fairy.
It was really the perfect
blending of technique and story.
- And she follows through--
- Right.
And she's done that
time and time again.
She is a force.
We have another storyteller
with Cheryl Ann,
but not everything has to have
outlines and cartooniness to it.
I mean, it was beautiful.
- You can't really
- argue with her technique,
and it didn't get gritty enough,
because Steampunk's gritty.
I just want to see
her go deeper.
I think she's
playing it too safe.
Part of this challenge
was to go future-forward.
Avi's was a perfect description
of future Steampunk.
- The fact that he
- got it all done,
there was so much thoughtfulness
that went into it that maybe he
didn't have a great story
that kind of captured
the romance of Steampunk.
Everything else is so above
and beyond.
Okay, well,
let's talk about Rio.
I love someone
who's not literal,
- and he chose a subject
- that he was passionate about.
He chose great neon colors,
but then it was just a bit
of a train wreck
- when it was time
- to actually execute it.
You know, not only did he do
those very gimmicky eyeballs
on his model's chest,
they weren't even well done.
- One of them almost
- looked like it had a lazy eye.
Did you think Dawn Marie's
was more creative than Rio's?
Dawn Marie
created a character
that I thought was fun.
It wasn't as futuristic as
I would have liked to have seen.
My real problem
with this was the top, you know,
- that bra piece or whatever?
- Yes.
They just looked
like dirty breasts.
She was so excited
about this challenge.
She should have rocked it.
The ones that didn't even know
that much about Steampunk
- were forced to kind of create
- their own version of it--
- Sure. Yes.
- and were therefore
a little bit more creative,
where hers was just,
like, the expected.
- Right.
- Yeah.
- That's a good point.
- A little bit more traditional.
- You know, Kyle is a little bit
- hit or miss technically.
- Like, you know that flesh
- ripped off the thigh?
It was perfectly highlighted,
and you really bought it.
- And then he did the same thing
- up here,
and he didn't really sell us,
you know, the rip from the face.
- I was actually very impressed
- by the way
he articulated the clothing
on the body.
The lapel, the way
she was pulling the fabric back
to expose her mechanical heart,
that all worked for me.
Okay, so
have you made a decision?
Yes.
Welcome back, painters.
- Tonight there can be
- only one winner,
and one of you
will be going home.
Cheryl Ann,
you are safe tonight.
- Congratulations.
- Thank you.
Cheryl Ann,
we want you to push
yourself further and really take
some bold risks moving forward.
Thank you.
Lana can try to knock me down,
but I'm too strong of a painter
to allow that to happen.
I will just simply
take it in stride,
and I also won't forget.
The rest of you represent the
top three and the bottom three.
Avi...
Aryn...
Lana...
you are the top three.
Please come forward.
The winner
of this challenge is...
Avi, Aryn, Lana...
One of you is tonight's winner.
Lana... congratulations,
you are safe.
- You may head back
- to the lounge.
- It's me and you again.
- Oh!
You both created
some amazing work tonight.
- It really could have gone
- either way,
but one was purely brilliant.
The winner
of this challenge is...
Avi. Congratulations.
- Yay. Good job.
- Awesome.
You won an air compressor
from Silent Aire Technology.
Avi, it was so detailed
and so beautiful.
It was meticulous in every way,
so just congratulations.
Spectacular.
- Congratulations
- to both of you.
You may head back to the lounge.
- Thank you.
- Thank you very much.
- It's the second time
- I'm winning,
and I'm the only one
that win two big challenges.
Kyle, Dawn Marie, Rio,
you are the bottom three.
Overall the judges
felt your work didn't compete
with the competition.
Kyle, your technique
was uneven.
It was perfect and clean
and great in some parts,
and kind of messy in others.
Dawn Marie, the overall piece
wasn't precise enough,
and at this point
in the competition,
the stakes are so high.
You can't afford
to make those kind of mistakes.
Rio, I really disliked the use
of the breasts
as those gimmicky eyes.
You were insanely creative,
but your technique
was very underwhelming.
Kyle, the judges think
you've made a huge improvement
since the beginning
as far as technique,
but you need to work a little
more on your consistency
if you want to stay
in this competition.
You're safe.
Thank you, guys.
You may head back
to the lounge.
This has been
the most difficult decision
we've made all season.
Dawn Marie...
I'm sorry to say,
you're going home tonight.
Rio, you definitely know
how to think outside the box,
but the judges want you to work
on your execution
if you want to stay
in this competition.
Please go back
to the painters lounge.
You're a queen.
You're a queen.
Thank you.
I hope this whole experience
was a positive one for you
and that you just paint
your ass off in the future.
- I will.
- Thank you.
You're a boss, lady.
Own it.
Thank you.
I don't want to go out crying.
Dawn Marie, it's time
to wash off your canvas.
I am more than a little upset
- that I'm leaving
- on a Steampunk challenge
because I do believe that
my piece looked more Steampunk
- than several of the ones
- that are staying.
Baby, baby, baby, baby, baby,
don't make me cry.
- I would like
- my fellow painters to know
that I love them for sharing
their creativity with the world.
I've had
such a blast meeting them,
and they've shaped me in ways
that they'll never know.
This was a dream
come true actually.
I've always wanted
to give my art to the world
and tell them more about the art
that I so much love.
Skin Wars Season 2 rocks.
Next time on Skin Wars...
- What?
- That's scary as Hell.
- It's a big risk,
- but I'm willing to take it.
That dental work
is extraordinary.
There was something missing.
We're gonna be expecting
something spectacular.
Whoo!
- I don't have
- too much experience with UV.
Everything shows
with the black light.
- I want to make sure
- that Cheryl Ann
doesn't step all over me.
Yay!
Oh, my God.
It's a lot to take in.
Who's responsible
for the design?
- I guess it was more my idea.
- I am going home.