Zombie skin/wounds: Liquid Latex vs School Glue

So I didn't want to buy expensive liquid latex for a couple zombie gigs I have. I decided to try out the good ole' glue and tp trick. It worked... but the glue took awhile to dry and it dried to a paper mache sort of thing and flaked a bit.



I definitely suggest liquid latex over the glue. Hands down. It dries faster and moves with the skin better. The only downfall is the god-awful stink it has! But all in all much, much better than glue. Plus I don't think insurance would cover school glue??

Zombie Skin doesn't smell as bad as liquid latex & works great!

I needed something for 2 zombies this Friday and I wasn't about to pay more for shipping than the product is worth, otherwise I would've absolutely gotten zombie skin.

I got 16oz of latex for $18.99 so the cost was better than Zombie skin. I'm sure by next year I'll have a full on Zombie kit for gigs such as this lol

I got the $8 jar for now, but hope to get the $32 one by next year.

They both look delightfully yucky..ewwww...I can't do that stuff because it grosses me out too much. You folks make it look so real...ewwww...lol

WOW, those wounds look fantastic and GORY!!!! Love them!

PS - I'm crazy about this "Zombie" tutorial. The girl just uses a glue stick, tissues and face paint and I think some blood - the face she does is amazing with these simple items, pens your creativity for all sorts of faces!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iemwLymV0uk&feature=related

I am loving all the creative things everyone is doing with zombies, wounds, and gore special fx. I'm so grateful that I had the opportunity to learn from Pam Trent. Here was something I did this week.

Oh my goodness! Flopsie, that is truly, horrifically, vomit-inducingly disgusting!

Good job!

Both are quite gross. On face Off Roy used Pros Aid Glue & plastic wrap & painted over it. I'm really want to give that a try.

Ew. My stomach turned.

What are the essentials of a zombie kit, I wonder. I think I need to add tweezers, q-tips, plastic spatulas/knives, black thread, grains of rice...

Anything else? I also want to make sure the client is as comfortable as possible when I zombify them. When they come to you, do you have them watch tv and offer refreshments? Obviously not while painting them, but I have couples coming and think it's only common courtesy to offer drinks.

Has anyone tried the prosthetic "gel" that someone on Youtube makes for Zombie looks?

I found the tutorial....
She talks about it here:

Let me know what you think. I was thinking of testing it out this weekend on myself.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njlHPJJseHI&list=PLF57B921DACFC4231&index=2&feature=plpp_video

Face Painting by Jessica wrote:Ew. My stomach turned.

What are the essentials of a zombie kit, I wonder. I think I need to add tweezers, q-tips, plastic spatulas/knives, black thread, grains of rice...

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Why grains of rice?

EWWW!!!! in a good way!

Here's one before the blood. Zombies are really more rotting flesh. The bloody wounds are fresh bites.

Dream Warrior, grains of rice are "maggots".

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Affordable Face Magic wrote:Dream Warrior, grains of rice are "maggots".

Gooooot it!

Yes, sorry, they're maggots. Disgusting fly babies.

The zombies come at 5:30 pm tonight... I'm nervous but I'm so excited. I think I'll pre-make the scars on waxed paper before they show so I don't have to worry about too much drying time.

I was at European Convention, here the zombie skin is not popular, they use silicone and use a KRYOLAN power to thick prosaid, it looks exactly like zombie skin.