That's neat. Love the effect. There's no end to what magical latex can do in the hands of talent! Nice job!

That looks totally gross and disgusting! Its perfect! I think it would look wonderful on a cheek or a neck with a rat attached. Really nice job!

Oh that is so disgusting - I LOVE IT!

That looks really neat. I may have to try this.

thanks for this! I wanted to create road rash for my costume this year and this will be PERFECT!!!

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Ok, I've never been good at makeup at all! All my make jobs year after year always look fake and bad the min I put it on.

I was anxious to try this as it looked way to easy and perfect for road rash that I wanted to do for my costume this year. I followed Cassie's instructions and i think it turned out amazing!! My wife is usually the one to do all the makeup and she was amazed that I did it so good!!!!

Here is the first picture after all the makeup was on.

I then added some stage blood to make it look like it was fresh, and here's what I think is the money shot.

Again, just wanted everyone to see how easy this is and how good it turns out!!!

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lhallowsHubby, that came out GREAT! I'm glad my little tutorial gave you confidence to give it a shot. It looks like you hit it spot on! It really is pretty easy, isn't it? And I'm sure you learned quickly that a little oatmeal goes a long way. It doesn't take many flakes to get a good 3D detail once combined with the paint.

If you want an even fresher look to the bloody parts, you could dab some Vaseline on it for a wet look.

I love to see what people do themselves after seeing/reading my tutorials. It keeps me inspired to try and show new stuff. Thanks so much!

Share more if you have them!

I guess I should reiterate the importance of doing three things before doing this application...

1) Do a small test of the liquid latex on the inside of your arm to test for allergy. Latex is a common allergy and you want to be sure you're not allergic before slathering it on yourself.

2) Shave the area that is to be latexed. Latex will stick to even the thinnest/finest peach fuzz hair and is a royal pain (literally) to get out.

3) Wash and then wipe the area with alcohol before applying the latex. Doing this will help the latex to adhere better and last longer.

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Yummy!! Wife can't figure out why I buy something I hate to eat...lol

Thanks for sharing.

Dennis

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Hmm..wonder if you could do it on say aluminum foil and when done, peel it off to use again and again? I tried some latex on waxed paper and it stuck pretty good..I guess you could grease up the foil and it wouldnt stick? That would be cool on Halloween but I know I'm so busy on that day getting ready, I don't think I would have time to do it then.

hmmm...I haven't tried it on foil so I don't know. And I would avoid using any grease as I would think that that would prevent spirit gum from working well when trying to use the appliance. But don't quote me on that. I really don't know for sure.

I did once see a vid where a woman would lay liquid latex on air dried clay and when peeling it off, when it got hard to remove, she'd dunk the clay in water (the water would soften the clay) and the dried latex pulled off better.

But if you do something like this, you have to build up the appliance with several, several, several layers of liquid latex. If you don't, the resulting appliance will be thin and stretch and curl up as you try to pull it off the clay.

She also did the final latex coat by mixing the liquid latex with a base color of latex paint that you want the final piece to be. Please note that when you mix your color with the latex, it will appear much lighter in color while wet than when dried (assuming that you use clear latex) because liquid latex is white while wet but clear when dry. The latex will dry the color of the paint that you added to it.

She didn't mention this but from my own experience I'd suggest dusting the top of your final coat of latex with powder when it dries and before you attempt to remove it from the clay model to prevent the latex from sticking to itself. Also dust the underside of it once removed and for storage.

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