Thread: Realistic Plastic Limbs?

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Hey all, I bought some severed hands and feet from dollar tree about a month ago and am just now wanting to make them more realistic. I did some searches on here and google but didnt see any straight information, so with the minutes counting down I turn to yall!

What can I do to these to liven them up?

get gray paint and mix it in with a little water and brush over it. It will make it look dirtier. then get fake blood and squirt it all over. Thats what i would do

Originally Posted by XtremeAaron

Hey all, I bought some severed hands and feet from dollar tree about a month ago and am just now wanting to make them more realistic. I did some searches on here and google but didnt see any straight information, so with the minutes counting down I turn to yall!

What can I do to these to liven them up?

I will try this and post my results!

Awesome! thanks for using my idea

If those are molded from real people parts, it would help to see the detail of the folds and wrinkles and make them more real. Right now the plastic is all cast in a single color.

I would suggest painting everything fleshy a few shades darker (acrylic paint), then going back and dry brushing the lighter flesh shade. If you want to go a step further, dry brush a flesh shade even lighter at the "highest" points — knuckles, ankles, etc.