Hey, everyone and welcome to BFX. This week we are taking another look at the fake hand. Showing you how to make it better and bleed.
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Back in episode 15 we showed you how to make a fake stab wound hand. But some people complained that it was not real enough and it did not bleed. So this week we are going to show you a better method for making a fake hand and you can bet your bottom it is going to include some blood.
Sorry Gary, think you can spin the wheel?
Alright, $35.00.
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This time we are going to be using a better molding agent than before, welcome alginate. It is made from seaweed and it is really the best stuff you can use for molding faces and hands. We are also be using a pair of panty hose, one roll of plaster gauze, some rubber tubing, one none lubricated condom, four or five boxes of Knox Gelatin and flesh colored liquid latex.
Here is the skin. Wait for it. The first step is to start making your DIY ballistics gel, one ounce of Knox for every cup of water. We used about four ounces of Know. Mix this well with some red food coloring and put it in the fridge for an hour. Next mix your alginate as directed. Usually it is about a 1 to 1 ratio. When it is done it should be very thick. Have a friend put Vaseline on their hand and apply the alginate to your subjects dry hand. When this starts to set take strips of your plaster gauze, dip them in warm water and apply to the alginate as the hard shell. After a few more minutes you should be able to wiggle your hand free.
Next we take the mold and add a condom half full of blood, some strips of panty hose and tube bones we made with extra plaster gauze and the rubber hose to the center of the mold. By now you should be able to finish your ballistics gel by heating it to 130 degrees then pouring it into the mold then refrigerate for 36 hours. Next carefully remove the hand from the mold. The last step is to apply several layers of liquid latex skin and some make up for detail.
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I forgot one thing I have a friend off camera blowing fake blood into the tube as the hand gets chopped.
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Alright everybody thanks for watching and special thanks to everyone who responded to our text message and provided Art C German film maker names for me and Justin. I hope you enjoyed this revisit of an old project which makes me wonder if you could see any previous BFX project redone which would be? Let us know by leaving a comment down below, see you next week.
If you want to see bonus footage from this episode check out the blog at www.indymogul.com.
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