Realistic Wound FX

Step 6 Touching Up and Enhancing the Wound

Now that the brunt of the work is complete comes the fun part of applying blood. I prefer to use store bought stage blood and apply it with a fine tip brush. Although any common home-made blood recipe should do the job just as well.

The reservoir we created earlier does a great job of catching the blood.

To give it a more traumatic feeling I prefer to dab the wound and area surrounding it with a paper towel to spread and splatter the blood. After, I reapply blood to the interior of the wound.

If you wish, you can stop here since you've achieved a convincing wound. But I wanted to have little pieces of meat and matter inside my wound for a more nauseating look. I did this by saturating an end of a q-tip in stage blood, then pulling loose strands of the cotton from the stick with a push pin and applying it to the wound. The results are quite good.

Comments

[turbotonic27]

holly Cow !

[emihackr97]

holly cow!?

[kbec]

I want to thank you so much for this tutorial! It was extremely easy to follow for someone who has never done anything like this before. I wanted to test out how to do the wound a week before Halloween and it came out better than I would have thought. Now that I did the arm, I plan on actually having a nice one on my face. The cotton swab idea, for added meat and grossness, really made it so much better too. so happy!

[Stormed Wolf]

Nice... They actualy sell premade latex wounds without blood, but they have a realistic feel and look once you add some black inside the cavity and the stage blood

[imlikenotastate]

This tutorial is AWESOME. I'm filming a zombie short film this weekend and wanted to figure out a way to create convincing open wounds for Halloween as well. This is my first attempt, which I was fairly pleased with. I didn't have the same amount of makeup as you did (I only had a bright red and black), but since it's going to be filmed in B&W I don't mind as much. I have a few kinks to work out, but i wanted to let you know that this was SUPER helpful.

Do you have advice for easy/clean removal? I know I need a thicker base layer for these, but is there a good way to remove it and be able to keep it? Mine kind of tore and crumpled up when I removed it. I wasn't terribly upset since it was a trial run, but I wondered if you (or anyone else) had advice.

Thanks!

[Odynia]

Man that's AWESOME! I'm gonna do this for my English assignment, we have to make a video for a scene in Romeo & Juliet. I'm doing the part where Juliet stabs herself, I'm gonna take a close up of the wound & freak the girls out in my class xDD

[smartaleck135]

On the left side of the throat... ill tell you how it turns out with a bit of acting at school... my friends will crap themselves >: )
GJ pull n twist... which reminds me. try to make one of a broken arm with protruding bone.

[noneedto]

COOL man that looks REAL to me:P

[minerug]

Hmmm, I should walk into school one day with this... *evil laugh*

[Fashim]

Lol that was what i was thinking

[thepaul1993]

then you will get sent home HORRAY A DAY OFF

[Redgerr]

naw it would be hallarious, i might do it too

[minerug]

lol, but my original plan was to see how many of the idjits at my school noticed it.... 8)

[elyador]

At my school, everybody would just roll thier eyes and say "Why?". They know me too well.

[Iridium7]

 my school would call me emo.

[thepaul1993]

lol

[minerug]

But first, What is an alternative to liquid latex?

[eskimojo]

Good ol' Elmer's glue, not as good but it will get the job done. I haven't personally used it but it's common knowledge among household FX amats.

[megaman]

where do you get that stage blood thing?

[volund]

if you can manage to get it from Simulaids, they sell a high quality fake blood which may be mixed with water to make anywheres from a tablespoon to a gallon, they also sell thickener to make the fake blood thick. www.simulaids.com

[eskimojo]

if you're on the cheap though Corn Syrup, Blue/Red Food Coloring, and Flour will do the same job for much cheaper, the biggest difference between store-bought and home-made is sodium benzoate or any other such preservative.

[Pull and Twist]

You can buy it from any costume shop... or now that Halloween is nearby you can get it from pretty much everywhere. For a cheaper solution you could make your own. Just do a web search for Blood Recipes and you'll get a bunch of different ones for all your needs.

[Ballston Manor]

Best fake blood recipe I've ever used: -Caro Syrup (thick corn syrup..check your grocery store's baking aisle) -1 packet black cherry flavored Kool-Aid The quantity you wish to make determines the recipe. Just pour some Caro Syrup in a bowl, and slowly add Kool-Aid mix until you get a color you like. WARNING - This mixture WILL stain clothes, the sofa, the dog, or anything else it touches. You can get it off your skin with soap and hot water, but be sure you want to dye anything else you bring it near.