Realistic Vampire Bite

Step 3 Building the Bite: Part 2

Now comes the sculpting. Take whatever sculpting device you like to use, in the example I used the end of a small brush and a tiny screwdriver, and poke into the center of the wax to make a puncture. If you used the end of a brush like I did it'll come out in a perfect circle which doesn't look like a realistic bite mark. So I used the tiny screwdriver to add some jagged edges and more detail to it.

As you can see it already looks pretty good. If you wanted, you could skip the rest of the steps and just fill the wound with stage blood and be ready to go. But of course I want my puncture to be a little sturdier so I'm going to seal it in with some Liquid Latex.

I only applied one thin coat making sure to get some into the puncture and on the top. Then I used a piece of orange hydro sponge to stipple the latex on where the wax meets the skin. This will help it blend into the skin more believably once it's dried.

Wait for the latex to dry, you can speed up the process by using a blow-dryer on it. Once that is complete you will need to set using some kind of setting powder. I used commercial setting powder but baby powder works just as well.

Now that the puncture has been applied and set, you're ready to move on to the make-up application.