gelatine severed fingers, toes and ears

[epochcraig]

ok hello all here is my post on making severed fingers, ears and toes , which has been good for walking dead necklaces and finger pots etc.


well here goes i started by taking a copy of my finger with a skin safe no water based silicone, you have about 5 minute work time with this so no need to rush just make sure you have a go coverage and no air bubbles....it will be set after 30 mins depending on which silicone you use, then i removed it from my thumb, i also did one of my finger as well.

i melted one block or cube of 300 bloom fx gelatine i got mine from mouldlife, but ive found what looks like a better gelatine from a company called nimbus creations which comes pre coloured in flesh which will make colouring easier next time.

with one block melt it in the microwave in small bursts of 5 seconds and stir each time. dont let it boil.

once melted and coloured , which after a few failed starts i found that liquid foundation and food
colouring is the best way to go i poured the gelatine in the mould then poured it back out to to make sure it gets a nice first detail layer......check for air bubbles then pour the rest back in.

i then stood it up in the freezer for 30 mins to speed up the setting and cooling time once out of the freezer let it warm to room temperature squeezing the mould gently and slowly pull out the finger and its ready for painting as bellow

here is the thumb straight out the mould with the index finger all pained

and there you go ready to goar away lol

as an add on to this i have also made severed toes and now ears

colouring the best a cheapest way i have found is to use a liquid foundation and food colouring to add the reds an blues you find in human skin colour works good...

bellow are the pics of the new items...

hope you all like and look forward to your comments

thanks

 

[Knighttoknight]

These things look so cool and realistic!! Was it pricey for all your materials you used for this?

 

[postmanpat]

Wow!! Incredibly realistic.

 

[whitehammer]

Very nice! wonder if a snapped chicken bone in the middle would work?

 

[epochcraig]

hi all thank you for the kind words ......Knighttoknight- no to pricey the skin safe silicone is £19.00 for 500 grams and have loads left to do other copies, the gelatine is £15.00 per 500 grams it comes in 9 cubes and depending on size of fingers you will probably use between a half to a full cube .... per finger.....and to colour the fingers etc i mixed in a bit of liquid skin foundation and the blood is food colour so even cheaper lol.....

whitehammer- yeah thats a good idea i will try that with the chicken bone see how it comes out should look good thanks all for the replys

 

[TigerStoneFX]

Someone's been watching Stuart Bray's videos

Looks great dude!

 

[epochcraig]

hi TheKingaSwing lol yeah spot on couldnt resist trying it ....thank you very much yeah came out good which is always good cheers

 

[lokidwargod]

How would you keep them from melting again in a hot environment?

 

[epochcraig]

hi there lokidwargod we i found that they are actually quite robust and can take a bit of heat, when they use gelatine for face prosthetics they are in hot environments all day and can cope with it, if you apply them correctly and back the appliance with latex, plus with items like this they arnt in direct heat all the time the only heat is room temperature and from when being handled which isnt enough heat to cause it an issue, ive had one in my pocket all day and was fine.

thanks

 

[Serling1979]

'Are you implying that you've been carrying that around in your shorts all day?'
Great work. You should post a video tutorial.

 

[epochcraig]

'Are you implying that you've been carrying that around in your shorts all day?'
Great work. You should post a video tutorial.

haha yeah something like that i call it getting to know my material lol ....yeah i will do one and post it up thanks for the post much appreciated

 

[klmyhre]

Looks really good. I made myself a Walking Dead necklace out of gelatine awhile back but I sold it at a convention. I really should make another one. Your paint job and color look very realistic!

 

[smellyscot]

I love them! Great work, might give it a go myself now!

 

[TVB1138]

I was wondering if the molds could be used for making eatable items, you know for "finger foods"?

 

[AdamNightmare]

"I can get you a toe by 3 o'clock this afternoon... with nail polish."

 

[sgtfury4017]

Gelatine is great to work with. Great job!