My Very First Gore!

Ooh, exciting stuff - I love Mark Reid's work. I'm off to Paintopia for 4 days in May and there are some great workshops on there. Can't wait!

This is all too much fun! Just did this one whilst sitting in bed with Matt. I think it slightly freaked him out. Oops.

Can't wait for my latex and 3-D gel to arrive so I can make zombie skin and burned flesh.

You're a sick woman, Kammy

But great at this gore!
...I'm going to have to quit coming here, or I will be the sick one

That is WAY too good. how did you do that??? love it!

That is soooo awesome Kammy! I am jealous that your getting to play in all your goreyness, I need to get some latex and stuff.

Wow- I have a small SFX kit, obviously I need to practice more- yours is amazing. I want to do this to my hand before painting next halloween. That would be cool.

monna wrote:That is WAY too good. how did you do that??? love it!

Monna - I put a roll of derma wax between my thumb and forefinger joints, down onto my hand, blended it into the skin then built it up a little at the top so that it was flush with the joint but just higher than my actual skin surface. This meant I could cut into it and make it look like an open 3-D wound at the top.

After that, I gently opened up the "wound" with a slightly oiled derma wax tool, before filling it with blood paste. Some cake blood and syrup-type blood later and it looked like the photo. Oh, and a slight wash of very watery red paint around the area to make it look sore and inflamed.

I'm really glad you like it.

Valerie - eep! Sorry!

fairyfox wrote:Wow- I have a small SFX kit, obviously I need to practice more- yours is amazing. I want to do this to my hand before painting next halloween. That would be cool.

That would be very cool, especially as if you used a non-drying blood syrup, the wound would kind of move and seem to ooze a bit as you painted. I was doing this earlier and that's what freaked Matt out. Ahem.

This isn't difficult, so I'm sure you could do it really well. I've only been doing SFX for 4 days, after all!

Erica's Funny Faces wrote:That is soooo awesome Kammy! I am jealous that your getting to play in all your goreyness, I need to get some latex and stuff.

Erica - no latex used in this! It's just a little derma wax, fake blood and face paint! Play with the gory stuff, you know you want to. Join us on the dark sideeeee.

Do you have cookies?!

l!zzie wrote:Do you have cookies?!

Chocolate ones. Ohhhh yes we do.

Cookies? Dark side? I am so there!!!!!!!!

Kammy you are getting so good at this!!! sorry i cannot watch too long or i would faint!! like Val i am pretty bad with blood!
Is this the course your friends got you as a surprise birthday gift?

Paola - nooooo! My friend got me a 4-day festival ticket (all accommodation, workshops, food and drink included) to Paintopia, in May. Big gift, eh??

The interest in gore and SFX came from a jam I was at on Monday, where one of the attendees ran a 15-minute demo of derma wax and various theatrical blood products. Got hooked, taught myself more, been practising ever since.

Sorry if the stuff makes you feel faint! I don't mean to upset anyone.

Good!!! that sounds way better!! ah ah ah.
Don't worry i watch fast!!
I had the same problem with painting monsters and other halloween's faces. i bought many DVD from the Wolfe brothers and i am slowly moving on. I think it will take me a little longer for this as those cuts and blood looks pretty real to me!!!
Please keep sharing, i must overcome it one day.

I know Paola, when i first saw the fx at face and body convention...i said NO WAY..that is SO gross!!!.. NOW i want to do it... lol... I am Off one day next week, and will hunt for a front piece for your fat max! Stay warm!

Thank you so much Monna!

Awesome Kammy

Now you guys know why i was pasting all those gross photos around halloween.. All of the gore stuff was on sale and it's SUPER fun to do

ladysinaz wrote:Awesome Kammy

Now you guys know why i was pasting all those gross photos around halloween.. All of the gore stuff was on sale and it's SUPER fun to do

It really IS fun! I'd hate to think anyone was hurting - I'm a real hippychick type like that - but making effects that simulate nasty boo-boos is just fantastically addictive.

I just had a call from the place I ordered my SFX stuff from, and it's in the post after a stock delay. Should be getting latex, gelafix, film blood and barrier spray (plus some metallic powders for the Paintopia competition) arriving tomorrow! Yayyyy!

Is probably what it takes, to get to see what is made of and then is not scary anymore!!
Have fun!!!

oo it makes me want to get the materials for this. I'm a wiz at making bruises and cuts with paint but i haven't branched out yet. This makes me want to soooo bad. -plots-

Krissiemarie wrote:oo it makes me want to get the materials for this. I'm a wiz at making bruises and cuts with paint but i haven't branched out yet. This makes me want to soooo bad. -plots-

All the stuff I've posted uses only derma wax, fake blood and face paint, Krissiemarie, so it's not a huge outlay to play around with it.

My latex, Gelafix, barrier spray and other things finally arrived yesterday, so I've been having a play. Here's the burn effect I did this afternoon, while Cian was out at nursery. There are a couple of things I'll do differently next time, but I'm fairly happy with it for a first try:

Oh that is GOOD!!!
Too good. looks like it REALLY hurts!!!! ugh!

Ohhh Kammy it look sooo real and painful!!! Good job though!!