Scars and Wounds

Products used:

- Moulding wax, Cine Wax (colourless)

- Latex 

- Supra Colour

- Fake Blood (Kensington Gore- DO NOT GO TO A JOKE SHOP)

- Barrier Foam

- Collodian for creating scars

- Tuplast to create old scars

- Wound Filler: it's slightly fibrous which gives the wound depth

- Pus : you can mix it with blood

- Isopropyl  Alcohol

- SupraColour palette

- Vaseline (good for adding shine to black eyes)

- Acetone

- Foundation palette

Tools:

- Sculpting tools

- Black stippling sponge : it's coarse and good for breaking up the colour

- Paint brushes

- Hairdryer

- Hairpins

HEALTH AND SAFETY:

- If your client is allergic to latex, you can use sealer instead to put on top of the wax

- When using Collodian, put a protector on underneath

- If you mix Supracolour with Isopropyl Alcohol DO NOT use near the eye 

- Always test the heat from a hairdryer on yourself before using it on the model

Other Tips:

- If you get a wound/bruise, photograph it and document the progress. The colour and shape will be different at different stages of its life. 

- Think about the context of the wound

- Think about every bit of the skin

- Only add liquids when the model is in situe

- You can add blood to clothing, but always check

- Can use a hairdryer to set, must be cool as wax will melt if its hot

Step-by-step:

- Take a bit of wax onto the back of the hand, it needs to be warmed up before it is put onto the skin. The consistency needs to be similar to butter.

- Make sure there is no grease in the area or the wax won't stay in place as well.

- You don't want any hard edges, if there is a lot of excess product and it starts to pick up then just wipe off the excess from the tool. 

- To create a deeper cut, roll up the wax and blend out the edges.

- To blend out the edges, use a tiny bit of moisturiser on top of the wax and it will blend out. 

- Cut into the wax to create the wound/gash.

- Apply a thin layer of latex over the top of the wax, bringing it slightly over the edges to seal it. 

- Dry with a cool hairdryer until clear

ADDING COLOUR

- Mix the colour you want to use with the Isopropyl alcohol, it doesn't harm the makeup just reduces it down so it is easier to apply. 

- Start stippling the colour on to get rid of the white from the wax, use your fingers to help blend.

- SupraColour palette red is good to create the look of inflamed/irritated skin. It's a good base for a bloody wound. 

- You can flick colour onto the skin using a paintbrush, it gives a good look of blood splatter. 

- Use a hairpin dipped in blood to create scratches, the wiggly ones are especially good for this!

- Using a hairpin again to add wound filler into the cut to add depth, and then add blood. 

EXTRA:

- Use a black stippling sponge with the fake blood. If you swipe it across the knuckles it gives a good illusion of a scrape on the skin. 

COLLODIAN:

- You can double dip with this product as it is so clean!

- When using on the face use a barrier foam.

- Apply to the skin, and squeeze it together to make it look raised.

- Don't powder, you'll use the shine that it gives the skin.

TUPLAST:

-Squeeze out the first drop to get rid of any excess.

- Apply onto the skin and pick with a pin.

TO REMOVE:

- When removing wax/latex, scrape off and out of the bowls and put into the bin. DO NOT PUT WAX/LATEX DOWN THE SINK.

- Collodian, use Spirit Gum

- Everything else, water is fine to remove. 

My Work

CUTS

As we didn't have enough time during the original lesson on scars and wounds I did mine during the catch up session. I'm really happy with how it looks, although it is quite theatrical in look I like how it has a 3D effect to it given by the shine and the raised wax.  I think because the palette knife I was using had quite a straight edge to it I was able to get the edges of the wax blended out quite smoothly. However once I coloured it the edges did become more prominent, so I think I needed to go back in with some moisturiser to blend out the edges slightly more. Furthermore I think that because I didn't water down some of the colour that I was using with IPA it did come out more opaque and more theatrical as a result. 

SCRATCHES AND GRAZES

I found doing the Scratches and Grazes really easy to do but I think that they look incredibly effective on the skin. I really like how in the picture of the scratches it goes from thicker to very thin as the product ran out on the hair pin, I think that it looks more authentic - depending on the type of scratch it is.
I think for the Graze I could've added more of the product to her knuckles so that it looks more authentic rather than just brushing fake blood across. I think I should've stuck with one direction to make the graze look more realistic.

SCARS

I tested both Tuplast and Collodion on the arm next to each other to see the difference. However they don't show up very well on camera. In person the Tuplast looked so much better than the Collodion, it definitely stood out more on the skin, but the Collodion did still give a nice effect making the skin look tighter.