Creating Wounds

Creating fake wounds is an important skill to learn as part of the TV and film industry. In this week's practical lesson we were learning how to create realistic wounds. When creating wounds you can use Sini Wax, Plasto and moulding wax to create a realistic look. Before you put down the wax you can apply spirit gum underneath to make the skin tacky and help the wax stick better on the skin.

The Method To Creating A Wound:

Apply some wax onto the back of your hand, this will make the wax softer and easier to mould and shape.

Roll the wax into a sausage shape and apply the wax onto the area where you want to have the wound.

Mould the edges of the wax into the skin, you can keep a tissue on hand with some cleanser to make the wax smoother.

Keep blending and moulding to make the edges of the wax so that they blend seamlessly into the skin.

Use a palette knife to cut the top of the sausage shape to act as the cut on the wound.

You can use a pin to rough up the edges to make the wound have more texture.

Use a baby bud and apply some latex to the wax, make sure the edges blend out onto the skin.

Use a hairdryer on the cool setting to dry the latex, dry it until it goes clear.

Use fingers and a sponge to blend out the fake blood onto the dry latex.

Make sure you apply lots of different colour to make the wound look more realistic.

You can add fibrous wound filler to give the wound more depth.

My Attempt At Creating A Wound:

I was quite pleased with how my work came out, I think that the wound does look quite realistic and gory. I think that the fake blood  I applied could have been done more carefully and not spread out so far onto the rest of the skin.

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After