Make a Skin Wound Effect
Creating realistic effects for stage plays and movies is complicated. Skin wound effects on actors make a play or movie more realistic and believable. This realistic skin wound effect can be removed and reused. This type of wound effect is especially good for any production with a tight budget.
Instructions
1. Clean the desired wound area. Make sure it is dried thoroughly.
2. Apply a thin layer of liquid latex to the area with a brush or for best results, use your finger. Allow the latex to dry until it 's tacky. Use a blow dryer to speed up this process.
3. Roll the toilet paper into long, thin, snake like shapes. If the toilet paper is two ply, separate the plies first. The toilet paper will create the raised skin look of the wound. Use as much or as little as needed for the size of the wound desired.
4. Create the raised skin on the latex with the toilet paper. Make sure the ends of the toilet paper meet together, creating a small pool in the latex to hold the blood and make up. Cover the paper on the wound area with the liquid latex. Use a generous amount of latex, blending the outside of the wound area with the skin. The inside needs to be covered, but not blended, to keep the raised edge.
5. Allow the latex to dry completely. This may take several minutes.
6. Cover the wound with a neutral setting powder. Shake off any excess powder and then coat the wound effect with a foundation color that matches the skin. Use a sponge to blend the edges of the effect with your skin. Apply a darker color foundation or powder to the inside and outside areas to create depth.
7. Apply a light foundation to the top ridges of the wound with a brush and any areas that need highlights. In the inside wound area, apply dark brown and dark red make-up.
8. Paint inside the would with the dark red and black make-up half way up the wall, to create an open skin effect. Drip stage blood into the wound and around the area. If you're depicting an older wound, just apply the stage blood inside the wound.
9. Dab the wound with toilet paper and add a thin layer of setting make-up.
