The challenge is to create a new human/animal hybrid based from 3 exotic animals that are brought into lab.

A full-body makeup challenge for the contestants.

Makeup artist Michael Westmore meets the contestants at Vasquez Rocks in Southern California, where episodes of "Star Trek" were shot, and the competitors learn that they must create an alien for a newly discovered world

"Friday the 13th" director Sean Cunningham serves as a guest judge for a challenge that has the contestants creating an original horror-movie villain along with an accompanying movie poster, title and tagline.

In teams of two, the contestants turn brides into grooms and grooms into brides.

Zombies take over as the seven remaining special effects artists must create an original zombie to avoid the dreaded double elimination on “Dancing Dead”.

The five remaining contestants must disguise themselves to fool their own family members at a Los Angeles wig shop.

The last challenge has the three remaining contestants creating fairy-tale characters derived from "The Three Little Pigs," "Little Red Riding Hood" and "Hansel and Gretel" for a cocktail-party setting in the first-season finale.

Sean Astin greets the contestants, who are challenged to create original aliens for the “Star Wars” cantina scene in the Season 3 opener.

The contestants must create an original pirate character "who has become one with the sea".

The Chinese New Year is the theme as the contestants create dragon makeup for performers doing an acrobatic dance routine.

The contestants create zombie makeup for characters from "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland." Director Paul W.S. Anderson serves as a guest judge.

The contestants create makeup for superheroes and their sidekicks after getting inspiration from some astonishing vehicles. Kevin Smith is a guest judge.

The artists take inspiration from the video game Dishonored when creating characters with exaggerated features for the challenge.

The competing artists are tasked with creating original movie monsters based on sketches done by children.

The competing artists use makeup to create looks inspired by Dr. Seuss' "Sleep Book," which is celebrating its 50th anniversary.

Material from a junkyard must be used in a cyborg challenge.

The NBC series "Grimm" inspires the makeup created by the competing artists.

The remaining three artists are tasked with creating Halloween-themed characters, which they then must have perform in a choreographed stunt show.

Viewers choose the Season 3 winner, who will be announced during the finale in Los Angeles. Also: The eliminated artists reunite.

The art of body painting is demonstrated and explored during an hour hosted by McKenzie Westmore and featuring commentary by the cast of "Naked Vegas" and former "Face Off" contestants.

The artists arrive at the Port of Long Beach and board the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter U.S.S. George Cobb, which is where they learn they'll be making beautiful but deadly sirens based on unique sea creatures. Working in teams of two, one group feels compelled to start from scratch on Day 2. At the same time, another duo struggles with streamlining different visions into one makeup.

The reality competition celebrates its 100th episode in style when the artists turn real-life couples into whimsically undead duos. Following the challenge, host McKenzie Westmore, who recently became an ordained minster, will perform a marriage ceremony attended by friends and family.

The artists must create a mashup character from famous works of genre literature.

The artists paired up to create the gatekeeper to an alternate dimension ... and the creature he or she guards.