LIQUID LATEX!

Latex is a thin liquid which is used to make shallower sfx surface wounds. It can be made thicker using latex thickener or thinner by just adding a thinner just by adding a drop of ammonia. It tends to stick to your clothes and ruin them so wear some kind of protective clothing.

1. Add latex to skin using an old paint brush you can throw away or even a cotton bud and leave to dry.

It goes on white but when it dries it goes shiny and clear. It can be dried using a hairdryer or just waiting for body temperature to do it's thang.

2. Use nail scissors to cut through the latex. WARNING: be extra careful not to cut the skin underneath, if this happens go straight to hospital because latex is for external use only.

3. You can leave it clear and shiny or to make it more convincing cover with skin colour facepaint or foundation and add powder.

4. Now add colouring (e.g. Bruising, redness), a thicker cakey blood for depth and a runny blood to make it more realistic.

When removing latex you can just rub at it but it tends to pull on the little hairs so I remove it with make-up remover. If it doesn't come off straight away I sit the cotton pad of remover over it just so it soaks, wash it with soap and water then moisturise the area just to be sure.

If you would rather use latex with tissue, click this link.
If you would like to see how to make liquid latex prosthetics, click this link.

DIY FAKE BLOOD

I have been ill for the last week so I made myself get up and do something, that something just happened to be make some fake blood.

  Ingredients;

     -10ml of cheap bright red lip gloss 

     -8g of face powder/talc 

     -a capful of red food colouring

     -a small resealable container

     -something to stir with i.e. a cocktail stick

1. Mix together the powder and the lip gloss. Gradually add the lip gloss and mix in slowly so as not to get it everywhere. The lip gloss makes it gooey whereas the powder makes it thicker, if the mixture isn't thick/gooey enough add more of the relevant substance.

2. Add the capful of food colouring to make the colour more pigmented. Stir slowly as adding this makes the mixture split slightly and slide everywhere but keep stirring to combine.

3. If the mixture still isn't thick/gooey enough add a bit of Vaseline.

4. Decant the mixture into a small resealable container.

You can change the recipe however much you'd like, this is just how I do it and I only made a small amount as I didn't need all that much. If you didn't like this recipe here are some more. It may also take a while to get off. My mixture was very thick so I wouldn't use it as a dripping blood probably more of a wound filler type of blood, next time I'd put a bit of blue food colouring in it to make it darker.