2009 Halloween Egg - The Ninth Ring of Hell

Step 12 Blood, Tears and Epoxy

Dante's description of Satan describes how all three faces are crying. It also mentions that as each face is chewing the traitor in its mouth, copious amounts of blood are running over the chins of the faces.

I simulated the blood and tears using epoxy and food coloring. I mixed a small amount of epoxy with red food coloring to form blood. I repeated the process with a small amount of blue food coloring to form tears. I then used toothpicks to apply these mixtures to the mouth and eyes as appropriate.

I had some touble getting the food coloring and epoxy to mix. I'm not sure if it was the temprature in my work room or the ratio of dye to epoxy. Next time I think I will mix up a larger amount as I've used this technique effecively on larger scales before. I also plan to experiment with different types of applicators in the future to see if I can acheive better control.