Looking dead

We have been researching all over the internet on how to look dead.
Some website have suggested mixing talculm powder and water, but from past experience we know this DOES NOT WORK! The mixture goes lumpy and useless and is not like paint as described.
We've been trying it out with some household products, such as dry flour or dry talculm powder and this has had a much better effect for creating pale looking skin.
Most website have suggested adding a blue tint to lips and eye lids, but of course this should be very subtle.
To finish off we will use fake blood.

More ideas for fake skin

We found a new recipe for fake skin (which would be used to build up more realistic fake injuries). The key ingrediant is liquid latex, which can be bought online or in fancy dress shops.

1. 

   You'll need some liquid latex (get it at just about any costume store, ask the clerk and they'll know what you're talking about), a makeup sponge, a mirror, concealer/foundation in your skin tone, and a needle/thread (optional, for doing stitches)

2. 

   Dip the sponge in the latex and pick up a little.

3. 

   Dab the latex onto the mirror to make a really thin layer. You want it to be as even as possible

4. 

   Wait for the latex to dry. Or blow-dry it on low if you're impatient.

5. 

   Continue dabbing on thin layers and drying until the latex is the thickness you want. If you're making a scar, you can do thicker, less even layers to make it look ragged, or build up very gradually for one that looks more healed over and old. If you're going to make stitches (or just some peely skin), you don't need it to be as thick, so just add layers until it's not transparent anymore.

6. 

   Peel off the latex. Try not to let the edges roll up on themselves. If they do, you can trim them off with a pair of sharp scissors or a razor blade.

7. 

   Apply a little bit of liquid latex directly to your skin and stick on the "skin". Let it dry for a moment.
   If you want the skin to be really smooth, stick it with the side that was on the mirror up. If you want it to be rougher, stick it the other way. I chose the rough way.

8. 

   Add more latex to blend the edge of the fake skin into your real skin. Then apply your concealer/foundation. In the picture I only blended the top left edge.

9. 

   CAREFULLY stick the needle through the "skin". Don't sew through your arm. It hurts.

Testing Fake Blood

This was our attempts with fake blood and deciding on what we were going to use for our media in the death scenes

Make Up Practice - Bruises

We had a bit of a play around with dark eyeshadow and came up with this bruise. I think we got the colours right, so when we film a death scene, this is the technique we will use.

Fake Wounds

A good idea for the wounds we would like to use!

More Fake Blood...

Looks realistic and its cheap, we just need to make it in mass, we will experiment with the recipe and upload pictures and videos.

Fake Blood

Because we have a lot of crime scenes in our teaser trailer, we need fake blood, and a lot of it so here is a recipe for a large quantity of blood.

Buckets of Blood

1 Litre Corn Syrup

5 Litres Water

2 or 3 Tablespoons Red Food Colouring

1/2 Teaspoon Green Food Colouring (optional)

A slosh of milk


Get a large pail to mix this all together. If you do not like the consistancy you can either thin it with more water, or thicken it with sugar or corn syrup. The exact amount of food colouring you require will depend on the brand you buy, so you may need to play around with the measurements. If you make it too dark, just add more water again. Adding some milk will reduce the translucent of the mixture (real blood isn't see-through, but if you want clear blood, leave the milk out of the recipe). Don't add too much milk or the blood will look pink!


Once we have tried it out we will upload pictures and videos.