Sliders (1995)

Sliders was fairly sparse on episodes needing elaborate special makeup effects, with each episode that did having no makeup effects credits. The episode 'Invasion' is such an example, though being filmed in Vancouver already narrows down the list of suspects!

I suspect the Kromagg makeups in the episode were the work of Toby Lindala, who was based primarily in Vancouver as he worked on The X-Files. In fact, several X-Files Grey masks are actually seen in a display case in one scene of 'Invasion'!

Between the reused X-Files masks and the similarity the Kromagg makeups have to Lindala's alien makeups for The Outer Limits episode 'The Grell', I'm certain that Lindala (or at least a member of his studio) must have worked on this episode.

Location filming for Sliders moved to Los Angeles after the second season completed, which resulted in a variety of makeup effects artists working on assorted episodes. Todd Masters supplied some makeups and puppets for a couple of episodes, such as the slug puppet in 'The Breeder'.

However, certain episodes also required more advanced prosthetic makeups; according to Stephanie Fowler, who was the makeup department head, it was Michael Westmore and Ed

French - who were both providing the makeup effects for Star Trek: The Next Generation and its sequel series - who contributed these makeups.

Fowler specified that Westmore made the pieces but didn't work on-set, with Ed French applying it on-set. In an email to me, French recalled that he had worked on the episode 'State of the ART' (starring Robert Englund of Nightmare on Elm Street fame), supplying assorted light-up prosthetic pieces (the same sort put on Brent Spiner as Data on Next Generation?)

The vampire-like makeups in 'The Last of Eden' must have been Westmore and French's work; sadly I haven't been able to find any behind the scenes photos of these makeups. The makeup design was applied on several performers in the episode.

A lion-like facial appliance was made for Deron McBee as the lion mutant Ceres in 'This Slide of Paradise', and again I wish there was more behind the scenes photos of this makeup!

The last two seasons had their special makeup effects supervised by Bernd J. Rantscheff, his team including Thomas Surprenant and James Rohland. Rantscheff's team redesigned the Kromaggs to be more human-like, now with heavy brows, noses and bald heads.

(I also would like to thank Thomas Surprenant for kindly sending me the behind the scenes photos he took during his time on the series!)

Rantscheff's team also realized the cyborg Eddies in the episode 'California Reich', with a silvery facial prosthetic obscuring the performer's mouth, as well as a half-face makeup applied to Carol Huston as an incomplete Eddie.

Amazing Stories (1985)

Greg Cannom realized the mummy makeups for the episode 'Mummy Daddy' where an actor playing a mummy is mistaken for the genuine article; for the episode two different makeups were made, a more comical design for Tom Harrison as the fake mummy, and a more 'evil' and dessicated makeup for Michael Zand as the real mummy Ra Amin Ka.

Cannom also designed the alien makeups for the episode 'Fine Tuning', with wrinkled faces, large craniums, and angular static prop hands.

The 'Duppy' monster that briefly appears in the episode 'The Sitter' was a puppet constructed and operated by 'Techniprops Inc.' according to the episode's credits, but I haven't been able to find any more information about the company online.

The titular creature of the Joe Dante-directed episode 'The Greibble' was designed and realized by Rob Bottin, whose team realized the storybook creature as a more realistic design with some cartoonish traits. The Greibble suit was realized in a similar fashion to the werewolves from The Howling and the aliens from Explorers, with an animatronic 'hat' worn by the performer wearing a sculpted latex suit. The animatronics controlled the head's eye, mouth and tongue movements, as well as the extra pair of antennae-like ears.

The skull-like makeup of the decaying dream girl in 'Miscalculation' was supplied by makeup artist Michael Westmore.

The episode 'Miss Stardust', directed by Tobe Hooper, instead had Stan Winston Studio realizing its creatures; assigned to the project were the likes of Tom Woodruff Jr., Alec Gillis, Shane Mahan, Shannon Shea, John Rosengrant and Matt Winston, among others. Shea in particular wrote up his experiences wrote up his experiences on his own blog, 'First Person Monster Blog: The Amazing Story of Miss Stardust'.

Four aliens were designed for the episode, the first being a 'Cabbage Man' (played by Weird Al Yankovic), whose makeup was handled by Mahan. Mahan made sure to take moulding casts of actual lettuce leaves in order to create the right textures for the Cabbage Man prosthetics.

Mahan, Woodruff, etc, had a problem when it came to applying the Cabbage Man makeup; none of them were in the makeup union, so technically this was illegal. The workaround was that Kevin Yagher, who Woodruff etc had just worked for, was a member of the makeup union; therefore he applied the makeup onset, even though it was Mahan's design.

The episode involved several female aliens competing on Earth to be 'Miss Universe', all realized as puppets. Miss Mars was the work of Rosengrant, who designed them a narrow-headed humanoid with sharp teeth and long ears. The Miss Mars puppet had to be supported with wires, thanks to a miscalculation when sculpting the arms; they were originally intended to be cable-controlled, but were too heavy.

Miss Venus was the work of Woodruff, who designed them as a slug-like creature with tendrils; Miss Venus was operated by a puppeteer underneath.

Lastly was 'Miss Jupiter', realized by Gillis, with help from Matt Rose, as a multi-breasted, horse-faced creature. The Miss Venus and Miss Jupiter puppets were made from urethane foam rather than foam latex, thanks in part to the puppets being so large.

Sources: Shannon Shea's personal blog entry on the series, 'First Person Monster Blog: The Amazing Story of Miss Stardust'.