Theater Effects: Gunshot Wounds

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Step 1 What You Need:

You will need the following:

Trauma Stack Makeup
Flesh Stack Makeup
Stipple Sponge
Blood Gel
Flesh Latex
Sculpey or similar modeling clay
Q-Tips
A toothpick or similar, I used a Flosspick
Spirit Gum

Comments

[Evilthingamabober]

HoLy CrAp, that actually looks like somebody took a jackhammer to your arm!!!

[SG1Oniell]

you're quite fond of that stiple sponge aren't you?

[Its Giggles]

HOLY SHI*T! ! ! O.O

[El Chucko Norris]

yum that looks delicious

[flyingace]

The "What You Need" list calls for Flesh Stack Makeup, but you never mention it being used in the instructable. What is the Flesh Stack Makeup for? Also, I've been hunting for these items on line. Is the Trauma Stack you refer to the same as a Severe Trauma Stack or an Injury Stack. Those are ones that I see frequently but no Trauma Stack yet. And thanks for this Instructable, it's going to make my costume complete!

[mg0930mg]

Injury stacks are the same thing as trauma stacks, sorry If I 'm too late to help.

[goodernst]

it is more like a bruise but it is cool

[junits15]

thats sooooooooooooo awsome! if i had all the supplies i would soo do this!

[Canookian]

Its horrible (not your instructable, that was awesome)! I tried going to your lacerations instructable, but somethings wrong with it. It just says that it cant find the page. Is there any other way I can get to it?

[TrumpetNeel]

the Instructageeks are fixing it as we speak (type?)

[Canookian]

Hurrah!

[ewilhelm]

Yeah, we're trying to figure out what happened. The data isn't lost, that's for sure.

[Canookian]

WHY???!!! The lacerations are keeping their secrets in secracy from me!! Why cant I learn their secret secrets???!!!!

[Canookian]

I STILL can't learn the lacerations' secret secrets!! After almost a month!! WHY DONT THE INSTRUCTAGEEKS FIX IT!!!! WHYYYYYYY????!!!!! *breaks down sobbing* Well, is making a laceration similar to making a gunshot wound? Like, if you just shape the putty stuff into a long, jaggy thing instead of a volcano? I think Ill try that come Halloween...gosh, I never thought that Id say this, but I hope it falls on a school day this year...muahaha... Thatd be great. Getting suspended for being mortally wounded. What nice teachers. Ill put a laceration on my throat (since theres the dress code where your belly has to hide behind a t-shirt) and a couple gun shots on my arms or head. I cant wait! OOH!!! You know that foamy stuff thats used for fixing cracks in air vents and stuff? I forgot the name, but you could put a laceration on your belly, then spray loops of 'intestine' with the foamy stuff, then dye it reddish purple or whatever intestines look like (why did I just feel hungry then?). But Im not sure if that stuffs toxic if used topically. Itd look pretty damn real and cool if it isnt, though!

[eskimojo]

A good solution to the whole "caustic foam" thing would be to use nylon stockings with balled up newspapers stuffed inside and then the whole piece soak in fake blood. Lacerations are slightly simpler than the gunshot actually. Just make a layer of liquid latex, let dry, another layer of liquid latex and then toilet paper, then another layer of liquid latex and use a toothpick or any sharp enough object to cut the laceration into the latex. you can add layers if the first part isn't satisfactory.

[spookee]

Sprayfoam Insulation (what I and my father call it) isn't topically toxic, but it is caustic. Getting flecks of it on my hand left me with 2 small scars that look like someone jagged a couple of pencils in my hand. So, putting it directly on your skin isn't a good idea.

[Canookian]

jeebus, id almost forgotten about commenting here XD my friend Shenannigans and I tried the selophane idea and it turned out horribly. we couldnt get it to spray properly so we wound up spraying the sidewalks and street and whatnot out of boredom and frustration, and resorted to flinging fake blood at each other to kinda compensate for gore effect, lol

[John Smith]

I don't think that its toxic, but it sticks to ANYTHING and EVERYTHING. I got a small fleck of it on my foot, and I couldn't get it off. Eventually it wore off, but it still wouldn't be a good thing to spray on your belly.

[Canookian]

What if you were to, say, put a kind of covering over your belly? Like...hmmm...I would say a few layers of selophane, maybe? Something like that, and just make sure to cover any obviousness with some gore, and youd be set! Like, wrap the selophane around the circumference of your torso, then when youre done you can cut it off from the back

[TrumpetNeel]

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[Canookian]

Huh...cow intestine...Id seriously worry about disease. And how would you get a spilly effect? I guess the ends could be covered by wearing a jacket, though...Maybe you could use some sort of tubing for the squeemish (well, obviously theyre not so squeemish if they desire the affect of an intestine spillage, but dont wanna go so far as animal assistance). Ha ha, you mean Canida? I still havent read any of her things, but Ive seen the results. Pretty neats Oooh! I read youre laceration thingy! I had to type it up on google, though, and I could only read it a section of the time, but if its still broken and someone wants to read it, thats what they have to do

[rendergirl]

beautiful! any advice on how to make the back of your head appear to be blown out? I have long hair and wouldn't want to shave my head for this. Also would need bits of brain and skull, etc.

[eskimojo]

wig cap, as well as modding your own wig with nastiness you can make out of more liquid latex, i'd suggest mixing it with strings of yarn or any extra wig hair, and adding tons upon tons of thick fake blood.

[Asuraku]

It's a cool gore effet and all, but have you ever been shot, or even seen someone get shot? I've been shot and it looked nothing like that, nor was it as fun to produce. Good effect none the less.

[jordan08]

i like this it is very cool for halloween

[fireblast_1212]

The guy next to me wants this done to his head. Oh my. He's been shot in the head.

[doopits]

Dammit, for some reason I had the wrong image - here it is photo

[pimpuser]

Yo this is absolutely cool and EZ do you mind if a film the step-by-step and send it to indy mogul... I would give you the credit

[ThreeWestCreative]

That is absolutely fantastic! :) Cheers! We tried our hand at some wounds for our latest no-budget film. Basically the one Pete was supposed to have a wound from being hit in the head with a hammer and Sarah had a similar wound for a headbutt.

[random green dude]

gruesomely cool

[mariafrysfruit]

this is sooo cool it looks so real.

[ricky0207]

eeeeuwww! that looks to real... some half blind person might think you had been shot, and call the abulance!

[UnaKRon]

I have to agree with Samcursha, this is more of a large puncture wound than an exit wound..and for SURE it is not an entrance wound. Not even the muzzle flash and gases would do this at point blank, they simply make a star like tear where the skin tries to expand rapidly. I suggest a good forensics book. Other peoples accidents are great research for makeup effects. I'm not even sure a FMJ .50 cal would make that wound. Also you can use mortician's wax(available from a makeup store) or latex to create the build up for the wound. gelatin can be used if you make a mold..otherwise it will have a rounded edge..which is usally not the type of wound you see with a bullet, but more of burn effects. hobby lobby sales Latex as molding latex...it is simply thicker...take a bit and add some water for more of a liquid latex consistency or just build it up as is with some paper towels pieces, if you are building up a large area, molds also work great for thick build up prosthetic pieces you need to let dry a while. And you don't have to have latex occupy an area of build up, you can just slosh it in the mold and the outside builds up. But you don't have to fill it all with latex, just what you would see and then pad it with cotton or paper towels. Think of an "m" the space between the three lines of the m are blank space you would not see from the top only from the area below it in this instance that is the view from underneath the appliance..the forearm. So just pad that area with cotton instead of latex that would add hours to dry properly. Ok..ok..I'll do a instructable tonight to show what I mean.

[A.C.E.]

yeah, shoot something like a 30:06 at a hardback dictionary and you see what it means!

[Tinker83]

an FMJ .50 will shred a man at 1000 yards. the "red mist" is a very real phenomenon.

[SnuffyDaPenguin]

I believe it's called "pink mist" and that it's associated with close-range to bombs and such. But, nice instructable! I'm bringing my make-up stuff (effects make-up, not to make me look pretty) next time I go to my friend's house. We are going to Vegas...Weirdest murder ever...man fakes death by gun wound, only to fake dead in street and be crushed by tour bus... On second thought, maybe I won't be bringing this to any casinos...

[SnuffyDaPenguin]

And, yea, a .50 cal machine gun can cut you in half... I've seen a picture taken by a gunnery sergeant in Iraq, of a .50 cal magnum sniper shot to some dude's head...peeled his skull open and backwards...the words at the bottom of the picture said "Hope you haven't eaten lunch yet!"

[DrStoooopid]

There's no such thing as a .50 "magnum" in the DoD arsenal.....it's just plain .50 cal. however on that note. I saw a sniper video with the .50, and one shot split the guy's entire upper right quadrant...(shoulder, arm, from his waist up to his collar bone....)...and ripped it from his body. One shot. as far as that being an accurate exit wound...it's feasible, provided it was a hollow point and only struck soft tissue.

[UnaKRon]

what i meant was, I'm not sure a .50 would leave THAT wound. Yes it is a very large round and they can tumble break, apart and cause very large temporary and permanent cavities...but because of that...I think the arm bones would have been shattered here and the exit wouldn't look like that...and if it were an entrance...it wouldn't look like that as well. Also a .50 cal doesn't mean instant disintegration. There are videos of jack rabbits that sometime they are blown apart and sometimes they just go limp because not enough energy was passed quick enough into the poor little thing. Ballistics can have MANY different outcomes..and even a .30-06 can make a pink/red mist..that is simply blood and tissue being pushed out at high speeds. :P You would bet a .356 magnum would penetrate the sinus cavity at point blank or that a 9mm would penetrate the skull at point blank but there were two cases in the ER I volunteered at. One ended lodged in the bone the other on the opposite side of the head between the skin and bone...it traveled along the skull on the inside. It is strange stuff. Secondary projectiles such as bone also make them behave differently. Point being though... Doesn't look like a bullet wound to me :P But i encourage the author to keep experimenting with fx makeup and to invest in Forensics books, the ones with nasty pictures showing how different things affect the body and tissue.

[A.C.E.]

thisyup about the 9 mill. the guy in the movie the departed shot a guy in the head with a 9 mill hollow point and it blew stuff out of the back of his head. you could use this and this in a movie.