Thread: Fingernails of Death

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I have done a lot of searching and I can't even find a picture to post as an example so I fear they probably don't exist but I figured if they do - someone here would know ~ I loved the fake nails they used in the recent Anthony Hopkins movie The Rite. It is the scene when a hand holds out a braclet to the main character in the morgue. They look like the fingernails of a long dead person or a demon...cracked, decayed almost like really old wood. Any ideas? I can't even find something similar and am hoping someone else at least knows what I am talking about! Crossing my fingers and thanks in advance!

The Dogman is outside taking some pictures of a few old nails we made for a zombie walk. She'll post them here for you.

They're easy to make yourself, pretty cheap, too!

Basically, just rough up some fake nails and paint them.
I've been doing these for years. (Kinda have to, they get lost and broken fairly easy!)

If you want to make nails like that, you can buy cheap fake nails, file them and paint them.
Just trim the nails to the length you feel comfortable with, then use a file on them to make them ragged and do light washes of paint, I've used acrylic paint just fine. Layering multiple colors, greens, browns and yellows, works well for making it look less flat. The edge of a file works well or a dremel on it's lowest speed might work okay.

Here's a pic of some nails I made for a zombie costume. It's blurry because I used an Ipod to take the pic, not an actual camera.

Thank you both so much for the great advice and taking the time to take a picture and share your creativity with me! I love those nails and that is exactly what I was after!

I can't remember if I found the original post on here, but I did remember to bookmark the link. It may be a little more involved than using than using fake nails, but the result is disgusting...I mean amazing.

http://www.learnprostheticmakeup.com...heat_Sheet.pdf

Saffyre beat me to it...a little more involved than fake nails, but the look is truly awesome!