Tag - Rick Baker

Gremlins Puppet Restoration for Actor Dick Miller’s Family

Restoration of a Gremlins puppet for the family of the late actor, Dick Miller This Gremlins 2 puppet was a special restoration as it belong to the late Dick Miller and his wife, Lainie.  Dick played countless characters in his career, but perhaps i...

Hellboy Makeup Display Bust

A custom display created for Ron Perlman’s Hellboy makeup VFX bust This Hellboy makeup test bust was created by Rick Baker’s Cinnovation studios for the first Hellboy film for the VFX company, Tippett Studios, to use as reference. Origina...

Hellboy Movie Prop Mask Restoration

Restoring a screen used Hellboy movie prop mask from the Ron Perlman and Guillermo Del Toro film While this mask may look like Ron Perlman in prosthetics, it’s actually a beautifully crafted full head foam mask used in the first movie. The Hell...

Child Grinch Bust – Prop Appliance Display

A custom display bust made for original prop Grinch facial appliances from How the Grinch Stole Christmas. Just in time for the holidays! If you’ve enjoyed our other Grinch movie prop displays and restoration projects, no doubt you’ll li...

Baby Grinch Movie Prop Puppets

Completing baby Grinches using original foam latex parts from How the Grinch Stole Christmas. We always love getting the chance to help restore and display pieces created by Rick Baker’s Cinovation studios and props and costumes from the Grinch...

Ron Perlman Hellboy Prosthetics Display

A custom display created for a set of Ron Perlman Hellboy foam latex prosthetics This set of Ron Perlman Hellboy prosthetics arrived to our studio in need of a display worthy of such fun and unique movie props. After discussions with the client about...

Gremlin Greta Puppet Restoration

Restoration of a Gremlin Greta Puppet In the original Gremlins film all of the gremlins and mogwais were asexual, that is  until Gremlins 2 when Greta was introduced. This gremlin Greta puppet was used as a paint test to help Rick Baker’s tea...

Gremlins 2 Stop Motion Puppet Restoration

Repair and Conservation of a Gremlins 2 Stop Motion Puppet This miniature Gremlins 2 stop motion puppet was brought to us to for some sympathetic restoration/conservation and repairs. Other than the damage to the arm, there were a only a few areas ...

VIDEO Adam Savage Visits Our Studio to Talk Restoration

In this video Adam Savage stops by our studio to talk with Tom about our work restoring original props and creatures! Tested has a great series called “Maker Spaces” and in this video Adam Savage came by our studio to talk at length with ...

Tom a guest on The Adam Savage Project Podcast

Tom was a special guest on the Still Untitled: The Adam Savage Project where the trio talked prop restoration and Stranger Things 2! While out in San Fransisco Tom stopped by “The Cave” to chat with our friends Adam Savage and Norm Chan o...

MIB Worm Guy Puppet Restoration

Restoration of a MIB worm guy created for the 1997 Sci-fi adventure starring Tommy Lee Jones and Will Smith. We have been fortunate enough to get a chance to work on several of the MIB worm guy puppets created by Rick Baker’s Cinovation Studios...

Gremlins 2 Mohawk Puppet Restoration

Restoration and custom display of a Gremlins 2 Mohawk Puppet The years had not exactly been kind to this Gremlins 2 Mohawk Puppet, more then 25 years of storage had taken their toll on the foam latex.  But we have seen our fair share of Gremlins pup...

Men in Black Worm Guy Puppet Restoration

Restoration of an original Men in Black Worm Guy puppet. This Men in Black worm guy prop puppet was used in the original, 1997 film.  Since production of the film wrapped, time had taken a bit of a toll on the fragile foam latex alien.  One of his...

MIB Worm Alien Puppet Display

Custom display of an original MIB worm alien puppet from Men In Black 2. This intentionally split in half body of an MIB worm alien is a puppet used in the scene after the “worm guys” twister party with Rosario Dawson. The pieces came fr...

Baby Grinch Puppet Restoration and Display

A restoration and custom display of a baby Grinch puppet “mask” skin from How the Grinch Stole Christmas. Since we put so much time and care into each piece we work on, we develop a connection with each of them, but with this baby Grinch ...

Grinch Makeup Appliance Display Bust

He’s a mean one! A custom display bust created for a production made Grinch makeup appliance. One of our clients purchased this production made Grinch makeup appliance from Prop Store’s Rick Baker Monster Maker Auction (an auction we helped prep ...

Gremlins 2 Prop Restoration & Display

Restoration and display of a screen used Gremlins 2 prop puppet. Before his restoration this Gremlins 2 prop puppet was exhibiting the same issues as many of the other Gremlins we have repaired. Stored on a single post that went all the way through t...

Display of one of the Men in Black 2 Worm Aliens

A custom display and restoration of one of the Men in Black 2 Worm aliens. To create the rowdy group of worm aliens several types of puppets were created by Rick Baker’s Cinovation Studios, depending on what each scene called for. This movie prop p...

Rocketeer Lothar Mask Display & Acrylic Case

A custom display for an original production made Rocketeer Lothar mask created by Rick Baker’s studio for the 1991 sci-fi action adventure film. This Rocketeer Lothar mask was one of the pieces we helped to conserve and display for Prop Store’s R...

Harry and the Hendersons Mask Conservation and Display

Conservation and display of an original Harry and the Hendersons mask from the production of the classic bigfoot comedy. This production made Harry and the Hendersons mask was in nearly pristine condition and sold through the Rick Baker Monster Make...

Gremlins 2 Prop Puppet Restoration and Display

The Gremlins are back! Restoration and museum style display for an original Gremlins 2 prop puppet. When this Gremlins 2 prop puppet from the 1990 horror/comedy sequel arrived in our studio he was in definite need of some serious TLC.  His ears had ...

Gremlins Daffy Puppet Restoration & Museum Style Display

Don’t get him wet, keep him out of bright light, and never feed him after midnight. Restoration and custom display of a Gremlins Daffy puppet. We were tasked with repairing this movie Gremlins Daffy puppet and creating a custom display for the ...

Two-Face Makeup Appliances Tommy Lee Jones Bust

A custom display bust for a set of original Batman Forever Two-Face makeup appliances made for Tommy Lee Jones. An appliance display for a classic Bat-Villain! These Two-Face makeup appliances were originally created for the Batman Forever film by Ri...

Mike Myers Cat in the Hat Movie Costume Display

An original Mike Myers Cat in the Hat movie costume on a custom mannequin with a themed display base. For this custom mannequin project, we were sent a Mike Myers Cat in the Hat movie costume which included a stretch backed body suit and cowl (by Ste...

Gremlins 2 Movie Prop Restoration and Hatching Display

This screen used Gremlins 2 movie prop is an oversized proto-gremlin used for close ups of Gremlins hatching. The Gremlins 2 movie prop puppet was made to look like it was growing in a bubble on the back of another gremlin after the creature had gott...

Men in Black Alien Custom Mannequin

Gentle restoration and display of an original Men in Black alien tourist costume from the 2002 sequel. Our client picked up these original Men in Black alien tourist costume elements from the Prop Store’s Rick Baker: Monster Maker auction. Th...

MIB Dog Poop Alien Custom Mannequin

Our custom display for an MIB Dog Poop Alien, one of the more comical aliens from Men in Black 2. Our client won the mask and hands of the MIB Dog Poop Alien from Prop Store’s Rick Baker auction. He wanted to use his newly acquired pieces in a uni...

Star Wars Insider – Red Five Article

Star Wars Insider – Red Five Article In the September 2015 issue of Star Wars Insider magazine Tom was interviewed for the reoccurring article “Red Five”. Red Five consists of Star Wars actors, authors, special effects technician...

ESPN’s Sports Nation Star Wars Special

ESPN’s Sports Nation Star Wars Special For Halloween, ESPN’s Sports Nation decided to celebrate with a Star Wars Special complete with the Cantina band! We are always so excited and honored when someone contacts us about using our cantina...

Rick Baker Auction Conservation & Display for Prop Store

The Prop Store Rick Baker Auction: Conservation and Display Work “Rick Baker is my hero. It’s as simple as that. That goes for most of our crew here as well. To be given the opportunity to help preserve and prepare a large number of items...
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