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 09/12/2005 03:22:20 AM · #1
Please share here your recapie for creating (fake) blood.
 09/12/2005 03:24:15 AM · #2
knife? oh you said fake... hmm paint, ketchup?
 09/12/2005 03:29:12 AM · #3
I've heard said that food coloring and corn syrup can be very effective.
 09/12/2005 03:30:25 AM · #4
Originally posted by BlackDot:
Please share here your recapie for creating (fake) blood.


You can buy some really good fake blood really cheap.
09/12/2005 03:31:50 AM · #5
Corn Syrup + lots of red food coloring + a tad of hot chocolate powder or coffee to thicken and darken
Play around with that- that's what we always use for our movies. Soggy strawberries and tomatoes work well for guts too. :D
 09/12/2005 03:41:18 AM · #6
Originally posted by NightShy:
Corn Syrup + lots of red food coloring + a tad of hot chocolate powder or coffee to thicken and darken
Play around with that- that's what we always use for our movies. Soggy strawberries and tomatoes work well for guts too. :D


I always use a little blue food coloring to darken personally.
 09/12/2005 03:45:55 AM · #7
What I've always used in theatre is washing up liquid, red food colour, and drinking chocolate.

The reason the drinking chocolate is there is for colour and thickness. It also helps to darken it as it dries. The wash-up liquid is the right consistency, and has the added bonus of making the 'stain' easier to wash out afterward.

Hope this helps

M.
 09/12/2005 03:47:21 AM · #8
Originally posted by NightShy:
Soggy strawberries and tomatoes work well for guts too. :D


And scotch broth if you need it to look like someones chucked up.
 09/12/2005 03:54:49 AM · #9
Originally posted by marklovell:
Originally posted by NightShy:
Soggy strawberries and tomatoes work well for guts too. :D


And scotch broth if you need it to look like someones chucked up.


Cambell's Cream of Mushroom soup.

BTW: what's scotch broth?

Message edited by author 2005-09-12 03:55:27.
 09/12/2005 04:18:54 AM · #10
Originally posted by nsbca7:


BTW: what's scotch broth?


Must be a scotland thing. It's got chunks of veg in it (carrot and potato etc), in a grey/brown sauce, along with oats and stuff to make it filling. If you ask me it tastes foul, but some people obviously eat it. Works better than just mushroom cos of the diff. colours and sometimes quite large veg chunks.





Edit:typo

Message edited by author 2005-09-12 04:19:59.
 09/12/2005 04:21:45 AM · #11
Originally posted by marklovell:
It's got chunks of veg in it (carrot and potato etc), in a grey/brown sauce, along with oats and stuff to make it filling. If you ask me it tastes foul...



Tastes foul and looks like puke. Gotta teach my mom that one.
 09/12/2005 04:34:05 AM · #12
Has to have carrots and peas. Puke always has carrots and peas!

Thanks a lot for the ideas!
Edited to say: This is why I love DPC

Message edited by author 2005-09-12 04:34:50.
 09/13/2005 12:44:05 AM · #13
A doctors Syringe, needle...
 09/13/2005 12:45:20 AM · #14
butcher shop anyone?
 09/13/2005 01:01:12 AM · #15
Milk with red food coloring will give the right texture but only good for perfectly flat positions. Has a very thick almost solid appearance.

09/13/2005 01:09:32 AM · #16
Hershey's chocolate syrup for B&W photos.

Brian
 09/13/2005 01:58:36 AM · #17
Do a forum search in deviantart.com, there is truly a wealth of knowledge on the topic. If i remember correctly i recall reading about corn syrup and red food coloring. Maybe adding floor for thicker consistency.
09/13/2005 02:21:09 AM · #18
In the business that I represent, and am burnt out with, the standard recipe is as follows...

1 bottle of clear Karo

red food color
yellow food color
green food color

you take the whole bottle of Karo, pour into a vat, bowl, whatever, include the red food color until the Karo is pure red. Add, about a 1/8th teaspoon of yellow to tone out the red. Add more yellow if desired. Add 1/4 teaspoon of green food color to tone down the red. Add drops of green until you get the desired look you are looking for.

This is what is used by many motion picture makeup artists, and what I use on a general basis when doing my "Madman" series.

Good luck.
 09/13/2005 03:19:21 AM · #19
Ah mr.Swinging Johnson! I was hoping to hear from you.

Have you a link to this "Madman" series ?

Thanks.
 09/13/2005 03:27:32 AM · #20
I found this by mistake today here on DPC.

It's a makeups class image. Seems like a person to ask about it.
 09/13/2005 03:41:39 AM · #21
That's just lovely!

Check the 5th post for the photograper's recipe :)

Message edited by author 2005-09-13 05:36:47.
 09/13/2005 05:36:27 AM · #22
I go to Party City every Halloween and stock up on fake blood it seems to work well for me, or rather at least what I like to do, not neccessarily with a good score though. :) The stuff I buy is called "Bottle of Blood."



But it of course doesn't look as good as real blood.


09/13/2005 10:42:39 AM · #23
Originally posted by BlackDot:
Ah mr.Swinging Johnson! I was hoping to hear from you.

Have you a link to this "Madman" series ?

Thanks.


still have alot of ideas that I am following through with, still have ideas shot that I still need to edit, I think I am a madman sometimes.

Thanks for your interest.
 09/14/2005 06:49:24 PM · #24
Originally posted by marklovell:
Originally posted by nsbca7:


BTW: what's scotch broth?


Must be a scotland thing. It's got chunks of veg in it (carrot and potato etc), in a grey/brown sauce, along with oats and stuff to make it filling. If you ask me it tastes foul, but some people obviously eat it. Works better than just mushroom cos of the diff. colours and sometimes quite large veg chunks.





Edit:typo


Mark,
When you return to Uni after your long holiday. Remind me to make you some 'Scotch Broth'. Then you will find out that it is not "Foul" as you put it, but rather tasty. And MUCH better than any of your 'English' food
:)
Kev (your Scottish Tutor)

Message edited by author 2005-09-14 18:50:11.
 09/14/2005 06:51:04 PM · #25
i found a really expensive and tatsety thick berry syrup for icecream works well... but i end up eating ti.
Its almost halloween, theres plenty of fake blood to be brought.
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