Monday, February 13, 2012

How to Gouge an Arm

Have you ever seen one of those movies when some on have a chunk of skin cut off their arm. Well that's what I'm going to teach you how to do today.


For this activity you will need
  1. Gelatine
  2. Food coloring
  3. Modeling putty
  4. Skin tone make up
  5. Bruise and FX makeup wheels
  6. Cotton balls
  7. Popsicle stick
  8. Lotion
  9. ProsAid
Here are toe steps to create your gouge...
  1. melt down the solid gelatine, about 20 seconds in the microwave. 
  2. stir in about 4 drops of red food coloring and 2 of blue. 
  3. CHECK to make sure that it is not to hot for your model's skin. 
  4. Once it has cooled down take the popsicle stick and spead a layer onto your model's skin. T
  5. Pulled apart a cotton ball and bloat the gelatine.
    • This wall create a texture in the gelatine.
  6. Once you are satisfied with your texture amount add another layer of gelatine.
    • You can repeat steps 5 and 6 until you are satisfied with the results.
    • On the last layer try and spread the edges out as thin as possible.
Once satisfied with your gelatine it is time to build up the wound.
  1. Put the lotion on your hands and pull out the modeling putty
  2. Start molding the putty around the gelatine
    • Apply a layer of ProsAid to your model's skin  between each strip of putty
  3. Once you have your border blend the outer edges down
  4. Apply 2 thin layers of ProsAid to make the putty stronger
Now it's time to make it look real.
  1. Add some pink and red to a sponge and blend it onto the putty
  2. Add some skin tone to the edges of the putty and blend onto your model's skin.
  3. Add some purple to the inner edge or the putty.
  4. Take a good last look and use your best judgement to make it look realistic.
Your final result should look something like this.

 For more cool stuff to do with gelatine check out this cool video.
This is also a cool article about making scars and burns.



Wednesday, February 1, 2012

How to Make Reusable Vomit

 This is a dramatization.

In film sometimes you may want to show a puddle of vomit. Today I'm going to tell you how I make reusable vomit.

Here's the supplies you will need:
  • 1 Pot
  • 1 cookie sheet
  • various food
  • water
  • food coloring
  • gelatin
Now when I say gelatin I don't mean the yummy delicious snake known as Jello, I mean make up gelatin. It's easy to make and will be used the base for the vomit and is necessary for making the vomit reusable. This is where you can find the recipe to make gelatin.
Once you have the gelatin made it is time to melt it down a block of it in the pot. You will want to add some water to thin out the gelatin. Once the block has boiled down it's time add food coloring. You will want to add about a 1/4 drop of green and 1/2 a drop of yellow. 

Now you will want to add some crushed up food. You add more for chunky looking vomit and less for a less chunky look. Once you mix the food up you may need to add a smidgen more water to help it cool down.

Before the gelatin has completely cooled you will want to pour the mixture onto a cookie sheet and place it in the refrigerator for about 10 minutes. After that time check the edges of your vomit and see if you can peel it up. If you can you have successfully made your reusable vomit, if you can't put it back in the fridge for a bit.

When finished your vomit may look something like this.

If you are looking for an easier way to make vomit you may want to check out this link.

If you get bored this vomit can also be used to prank your friends.