The following is a collection of photos from the making of Rod Maxwell’s “The Wishing Well”.
 
 
All work created by Rod Maxwell.
 
Each prosthetic appliance could only be used once.
A few used/torn prosthetic appliances.
All faces were first sculpted out of clay.
Mounted and prepped
Then molded in epoxy and stone.
Most pieces where cast in foam latex.
Many wigs were hand-tied hair by hair.
Fat suits were sculpted from 100’s of lbs of clay.
Deeply sculpted folds allowed better movement.
Rod Maxwell sculpting a female fat suit.
Special silicone-like breasts where cast.
Lightweight molds were made for the fat suits.
Fat suits were cast in polyfoam.
A spandex base layer was used in the cast.
All sculpting was done on 9x12 ft platform.
The same space was used for green-screening.
This was the set-up for Sally’s final close-up.
Mirrored floors helped create ambient lighting.
Silicone fat wrists were used to plump up Sally.
Extremely fat hands where created in foam...
but were too cartoonish, so they were not used.
A practical brick wall was created in vacuform.
It was painted, but only used as a reference.
Ultimately the wall was green-screened out.
Foam heads were used to mount and color pieces
Sally’s face as a rough sculpt.
Rod Maxwell between takes checks shot list.
Green-screen acting, reacting to nothing.
Child appliance ready to be cast.
Rod Maxwell self-applying Sally.
Rod Maxwell as Barney.
Aged contact lenses were specially hand-painted.
Implanted water balloons helped fat necks jiggle.
This sculpt was styled after Einstein.
This character has crossed eyes in the film.
A challenge to create, only seen for a moment.
Dental appliances were worn over braces.
A tan line.
One of the more realistic makeups in the film.