Food colouring and corn syrup in small balloon with explosive devises between the blood and the actor. Not recommended for the untrained - only for professional use.
Cream make up [foundation close to your skin colour]
Scar wax
Liquid latex
Spirit Gum
Cotton balls
Bruising make up
Fake Blood
Method.
Wash and dry the area well.
Decide where the injury has occurred [helps also knowing what caused the injury].
Dealing with the surrounding area.
Wounds equal discolouration of the surrounding area. Wounds that have just occurred may not have a lot of 'bruising' yet. So be careful how much discolouration you actually might want to put on the surrounding area.
Cover the bruising with a translucent powder.
Creating the raw wound
Apply reds and purples to the injured area.
Keep the color splotchy not blended as the very 'splotchyness' gives dimension to the wounded flesh
Apply a layer of Spirit Gum.
Wait till the gum has become tacky.
Mush some pieces of the cotton balls in the Fx wound.
Allow some of the cotton balls ends to remain at the Fx wound sight.
Repeat the make up on - gum and cotton ball chunk process.
Pick at the Fx wound pulling away at the cotton ball chunks so that the cotton hairs still appear.
When there is a build up that looks like the Fx wound is thick and fleshy and you are satisfied with stop adding the layers.
Making torn skin.
Place a little cold cream or caster oil on your finger tips.
Helps stop the wax from sticking on you and getting in your way.
Using the scar wax and more cotton balls build up the Fx raw wounds surrounding area.
Blend the wax into the skin on the external wound area.
Keep the bits near the actual wound area torn and rough.
The liquid latex now goes around the scar wax and around the surrounding area.
Let the latex dry.
Apply again a few more times.
Apply a small amount of Caster oil on the wound site where the skin needs to be torn off looking.
The Caster Oil application makes sure your Fx does not Stick too or pull at the Fx wound.
Carefully dribble then brush out ward [aim from center to out side of wound ]
Dealing with the surrounding area.
Apply the Liquid Latex to the surrounding area.
Allow the Liquid Latex to dry.
Use a little Caster Oil over the latex.
Wipe off the excess Caster Oil with a cotton ball or tissue.
Blend the Liquid Foundation over the Fx and real skin area.
Apply Fx blood. [ For this Fx wound apply thicker blood]
Green and shades of blue for the surrounding area.
Red , deep purple and black make up
Fake blood
Liquid latex
Small pin like thing [lancet]
Fx maggots
Fx puss
Method
Wash and dry the area you will be working on.
Add a layer of latex to the desired area.
Allow the latex to dry.
Repeat from 1 to 6 times until there is the desired thickness for the layers you want to work with.
When the liquid latex is fully dry begin to lift small amounts of the liquid latex off the skin with the lancet. This lifting action makes a 'dead blister' look a like.
Puncture and gently pull at the dried latex as well.
this gets that lacerated and falling off effect.
Colour the wound mostly red.
Mix in a little black to change the color from bright red to blood red.
Add the deep purple colour near the Fx wound'.
Work your way through the greens.
Finish off with pale green on near by surfaces.
The extremities are blackish with a deep purple blue tinge if the wound is still alive. If not then the colouring becomes a kinda mid blue with white look on the lower sides [ think of gravity sucking things downward.]
When you are ready add a very little Fx blood to the wound.
Puss and maggots at this stage is a much better look.