So, I decided to try my hand at homemade gelatin appliances.

I have a handful of Halloweens under my belt doing your typical zombie,vampire,burn victim and mangled car crash victim make up jobs my brother and I are weird like that using creme make up and wound stacks you find at places like Party City and Spirit Halloween stores. I bought and used/re-used your run of the mill latex appliances every teenager has used at least one Halloween or two with great results

This year however I decided to dabble into the world of gelatin. Now i did my homework and read up on it, watched Youtube vids from rookie and some actual SPFX houses alike and decided to go out, collect the needed supplies and take a swing at it. Tell me what you think, creative criticism and tips from anyone who has done this before is most welcome. The makeup and blood I picked up from Spirit Halloween. Gelatin/karo from Publix and the Glycerine and paint brushes I used were from Walmart.

Here is my set up [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/OM0o4.jpg[/IMG]

After mixing and microwaving and mixing some more i applied to my forearm and sculpted it as well as i could. Now I have to admit i think i messed up the ratios cause my end result didn't look how i think it should have I read its a 1 part glycerin/1 part karo/3 packets of gelatin ratio. My mix i used 4 packets though because it wasn't setting how i thought it should have been, maybe i made a rookie mistake. I also learned that this stuff sticks.to.every.thing. and it smells like a goat is sitting on your face. Ya know, being made of animals and all. [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/9xyiS.jpg[/IMG]

This is where i already has some experience, the paint job. Now It was 2:24am when i was doing this so I rushed it a tad and although I am not satisfied with how it looked after i was done, i think it was a good first crack. The edges looked like crap and will be rectified with more practice. I used a light brown and purple mix for the bruising effect. [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/iWDkY.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/5HNQW.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/vHtXp.jpg[/IMG]

Finally; no proper Zombie bite wound would be complete without blood. Here i used a thick blood gel that you have to heat up and then it solidifies how ever it ends up after poured which is great for permanent blood drips and some good ole dark stage blood that i painted into all the nooks and crannies. [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/4YyAy.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/IuWlk.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/N1c8z.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/3wJrr.jpg[/IMG]

So i have plenty of supplies and will be doing a few more practice runs before Halloween gets here, this is also the first time Iv'e posted picture links in Reddit so i hope this works how I want it too. Peace