Need to paint cuts and bruises!

I really want to learn how to paint cuts and bruises without having to buy any extra products for this project. I have a whole bunch of colors in Diamond FX, is there a way I can get a good "beat up" look with just my face paints?

Please let me know!

yes you can,, but you need a stipple sponge, you can get it at party city back where they have the halloween make up. its black and kinda scratchy but makes great scrapes..here is a pic done with just paint
here is a link to the type of sponge...you put black and red, mix and drag on your skin..but don't put to much you want it kin of dry

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You may want to invest in a bruise wheel...the are about 8.00 the make great bruises....check out some you tube videos on these subjects you will find just what you need to make just about any type of special effects..

barbb919 wrote:You may want to invest in a bruise wheel...the are about 8.00 the make great bruises....check out some you tube videos on these subjects you will find just what you need to make just about any type of special effects..

Which brand of bruise wheel would you recommend?

You can use regular face paint if you don't want to buy a bruise wheel (which is oil based make-up.)

The wheels are just handy as they have all the colours of bruises as they age. I like Ben Nye's bruise wheels myself, but all the major theatrical make-up companies have their own.

Rake brushes work well for scrapes too. Kammy had some great gore in this thread: http://www.facepaintforum.com/t13771-my-very-first-gore?highlight=gore

Here's a photo (NOT MY WORK) of a bruise done with Starblends by Peta Rogers:



If you can stomach it, looking at photos for inspiration and color choices is a good idea. I personally like super light red starblend with black/red paint over the top looks cool. Do that for pirates.

here are some - in an assortment!
Paint (these are all over a year plus old)
quick type on the job

this takes about the same amount of time but more adult than child (eg kids want a big wound)


latex

latex and paint (and I stuffed the powder/paint but gives you an idea)


from Sunday night - where I was playing with a bruise wheel and silocone
this is my middle child with a bamboo skewer




the above one is before but it got very messy when I sticked it up below (blood smearing all over the place)


and just for fun because I went to wash my hands my daughter kept stiching it she wanted this one to show her friends at school- lol


Getting around to gelatine, will be playing with that soon - we are figuring out, what to go with for halloween right now. and have a few other things to try.

looks like my link to the stipple sponge didn't come thru...you put red and black on it but make sure not to use to much black..test it on your arm first and just drag it across what ever you want to look like a scrape.
http://www.amazon.com/s?ie=UTF8&keywords=stipple%20sponge&page=1&rh=i%3Aaps%2Ck%3Astipple%20sponge

I know you said you don't really want to buy any extra products but I really would recommend the Ben Nye Bruise Wheel, it works wonders and is almost effortless! As an SFX artist as well it is so important in my kit, you can also use it to create small scratches too.