After welcoming an industry pioneer as their mentor this season, the makeup artists work in pairs to bring their visions of a goblin king to life.
Ka-pow! With one competitor down, the battle intensifies as the artists head to San Diego Comic-Con to each create an original superhero character.
After a sweltering trip to the desert, the artists go to hell and back as they work in pairs to bring demons from different world cultures to life.
Following a hairy first challenge, the competitors must dream up sugar-coated candy creatures. But some artists' creations are more sour than sweet.
Things get larger than life in a challenge where the artists design characters that could appear in a "Jack the Giant Slayer" film.
The artists choose electron microscope photographs of different insects — which they must then use as inspiration for bug creatures.
After a zombie makeup challenge, tensions rise when the artists work in pairs to create otherworldly alien werewolves.
The artists must design glow-in-the-dark characters inspired by bioluminescence before facing a nerve-wracking double elimination.
The remaining five artists face a complex challenge: create an original creature inspired by mummies, an Egyptian god and the "Evil Dead" franchise.
The final four contestants push their creativity to the limit as they design an alien creature inspired by the SyFy series "Defiance."
It’s trial by fire — or in this case, by water — as the remaining artists create waterproof looks for an aquatic show in order to win the grand prize.
Judges analyze the previous work and personalities of returning contestants as a new season pits eight "Face Off" veterans against eight newcomers.
The contestants meet at a masquerade ball that inspires a cosplay-influenced challenge. Later, teams compete to create a world of fantasy characters.
Teams of three create fresh sci-fi takes on Frankenstein's monster and his bride — with the winning design being featured at a Halloween theme park.
It's time for a daunting double elimination as teams of two build imaginative twists on classic Mother Goose nursery rhyme characters.
The 12 remaining competitors seek spooky inspiration for an original subterranean creature that lives in the abandoned tunnels under a power station.
At a botanical garden, the contestants begin designing a goddess with features influenced by Mother Nature — and their own real-life moms.
Classic Halloween costumes such as clowns, skeletons and vampires get makeovers with new "trick elements" from the last ten players.
The challengers tackle edgy looks inspired by Elvira and conceptualize designs based on artistic movements such as cubism and expressionism.
Four teams of two enlist performers from Cirque Berzerk to model their creations for an intergalactic, multi-species circus troop of alien beings.
In a Gothic Revival church, the competitors gather to receive their spotlight challenge: incorporate the "seven deadly sins" into new characters.
The contestants create original comedy-horror characters, a challenge that gives some a chance to shine — but also sends one aspiring artist home.
Based on the meanings of ancient runes, the cast create dark elf warrior characters from Norse mythology — but a major twist leaves everyone reeling.
Some soar to great heights while others remain grounded when the contestants fabricate hybrid characters that are part human and part exotic bird.
In the season finale, three competitors imagine different versions of "Swan Lake" characters for a professional ballet performance.
The "Face Off" judges reveal their personal selections for the top 20 makeup creations from the first five seasons in this "best of" special.
This "Face Off" special examines the ancient art of body painting, including a visit to the lab by the cast of "Naked Vegas."