Thanks!
Materials:
Artificial Flesh aka Mortician's Wax, optional Spirit Gum if needed to make it stick, optional vaseline or oil
Makeup sponge (a latex wedge is best)
Foundation (panstick type is best) and optional powder
Supracolours/theatrical paint in black & dark red, optional pink and bright red
Knife (not sharp! We don't want any REAL cutting to occur) or spatula
Synthetic hair brush/es
Fake blood- "jelly" type and optional "runny" type (I used a $35 bottle of professional jelly blood and two different $2 bottles of blood I got from a variety store at halloween, lol. Cheap blood is really luck-of-the-draw as one I bought was runny and the other was VERY thick but they are not labelled as such)
Tissue or optional porous sponge
Method:
Make sure the surface arm (or other body part) is clean and dry, but not moisturised. Depending on how sticky your artificial flesh is, you may need to apply a thin coat of spirit gum to the area.
Cut a chunk of flesh from the container. Warm it with your fingers. Mold it into the shape you want (don't worry about the cut, that comes later) and place on the arm. Pat and gently pull the edges with your fingers tot he edges become less obvious. You may need to put a bit of vaseline (petroleum jelly) or oil on your fingers first if the type you're using isn't really soft and pliable (cheap ones from "halloween" kits usually aren't, but the expensive theatrical versions are very malleable). Sponge on your panstick to blend in the edges further.
Use your spatula or knife to slice your wound! It doesn't need to be really deep.
Use your black paint on a brush to colour in the cut to give it depth. It will look kinda crap at this point, but don't worry.
Paint the dark red/garnet colour around the edges of the wound. You can dab some of the bright red if you wish.
Apply your pink colour to a sponge and dab it around the wound so it looks swollen. This is good if the wound is supposed to be fresh or reasonably recent, but not really for an older wound. It's up to you. (I did for the picture).
Apply the black colour to the sponge and dab all around. You can also dab some of the dark red if you like. Use your porous sponge if you want it to look "gravelly" (I didn't in this instance).
Use a porous sponge or a tissue (the quick and easy option- that's what I used) to dab some jelly blood all around. It looks like congealed blood. You'll also want to apply some around the cut, so use a brush.
Now for the optional running blood (for fresher wounds). Apply in the cut and let it run! It's not super runny, so be patient and blow on it if it needs a little help.
