SFX makeup- First time using Liquid Latex

So the other day I went to the Kryolan store in Newmarket and bought my first real special effects makeup! The liquid latex was what caught my eye the most so I decided to use it as soon as I got home! And this is what I came up with!

Now this was my first ever time using liquid latex so I ran into a bit of trouble. I applied the layers with a barrier of one ply of tissue in between to create texture, but when it came time to cut it open, it would not budge and I ended up ripping the whole thing off! I was absolutely devastated and almost gave up right then and there. 

But then and idea struck me, so i cut the entire thing in half and stuck both parts down again, but noooooo there was a huge gap at the bottom, hence the fleshy looking part at the bottom which was done using ripped up cotton pads.

Then it got time to paint it and this was honestly the most fun part, I played around with heaps of colurs and textures to get the perfect blood splatter and to achieve the desired depth of the inside of the cut. That was done by mixing blacks and reds also with some blood gel to create the illusion that the cut ran very deep.

I used a mix of blood gels face paints and grease paints to make everything look as gory as possible, finishing it off with a touch of blood spray and blotting it with a makeup wipe to make it look as though someone had tried to clean all the blood from around the wound.

And there we go, first time using Liquid Latex I believe was a great success! I also got some moulding wax so stay tuned to see if/what I post using that!