A few attempts at effects makeup

[Alex Scroggins]

So I've been getting into special effects makeup, which then lead me to cinematography. But I enjoy makeup most of all, So I thought I'd show a few pieces of my work. These two things are some of the first things I've done and I'd like some opinions. The first is a gunshot wound modeled so finely by one of my friends. The other is a severed finger done on myself. Which doing special effects makeup one handed sucks.The gunshot wound was the first thing I'd ever done with makeup and it turned out rather well.

 

*Just some forewarning, its a gunshot wound (entry and exit) and a severed finger, but they aren't too bad, but some squeamish people didn't like them.*

 

 

I'll link the finished ones but you can look at the album for a few other pictures.

 

Album: http://s292.photobucket.com/albums/mm19/alex_scroggins/

 

The gunshot entry wound ended up really good for a first time. The exit wound, not so much. The exit wound ended up shining when the light hit it, which ruins the effect, because I forgot to powder the matte black interior. Then when I added the blood it all just ran off the makeup and wax. Then any time a light hit the black just right it made a shining spot on it, but only when looking straight on. That was the mistake that ruined the effect. Lesson learned: Seal your effects.

 

Entry:

 

 

Exit:

 

Straight on:

 

Angled:

 

My second effect was a severed finger done with some mortician's wax and some liquid latex. The latex and the wax decided not to like each other so it ended up slightly off-color. The blood was also water based and ran off the latex too easily and started beading up. Since the effect took me so long (one handed) the wax started to curl at the edges. I ended up making the parts hanging out of the finger with some tissues and stage blood, but it had a few white spots still.

Lesson Learned: Get an assistant or guinea pig.

 

Finger: