Recipe Making Fake Blood
The first color is when blood touches oxygen which is the color you see when you cut yourself.
Recipe making fake blood. You can get this color with only 1 2 drops of blue food coloring. Heat 1 cup 236 59 ml of water over medium heat in a small pot then add 1 tablespoon 14 79 ml of flour teaspoon 1 23 ml of sugar free black cherry jello and 1 packet of black cherry kool aid. Jerry gergely the director of tom savini s special make up effects program in pennsylvania posted a tutorial that cuts out the toxic elements from the previous diy fake blood recipe. Some fake blood connoisseurs recommend a cup of coffee instead of the fruit punch.
If you have more blood than flesh you will end up with prop blood that has a marbled pink hue to it and freezes mid flow. How to make fake blood. One of the interesting facts on the tutorial is that much of the blood was cut out from films during the 1930 because of self censorship coming from the big hollywood studios a k a the hays code. Make twice as much fake flesh as gross blood.
His fake blood ingredients are simply clear karo corn syrup as your base and then red yellow and green liquid food coloring which are mixed in until you get the color you re looking for. I ve made it every year since. This fake blood recipe is fully edible. Stir until they are.
To make fake blood without corn syrup first add 2 cups 240 g of powdered sugar and 1 cup 240 ml of water to a large bowl. Jello and kool aid powder combined with flour and water also make a great realistic blood. Combine jello kool aid and flour. Combine all of the ingredients in the blender and mix for 10 seconds.
Remember it s all about the experimentation. Real blood varies from bright red when oxygenated arterial blood to deep dark red when deoxygenated venous blood and it can be either thick or thin so to achieve the best special effect you re better off making a batch of diy fake blood yourself to get the look and texture you re going for. This corn syrup based fake blood recipe is edible making it useful for wannabe vampires on halloween. To make fake blood combine 1 cup 240 ml of corn syrup 2 tablespoons 30 ml of chocolate syrup and 8 drops of red food coloring in a bowl.
You may need to reduce or eliminate the amount of chocolate syrup and powdered cocoa used in the recipe if you add coffee. There are no specific measurements to this recipe so all measurements are loose guidelines. Since brands of fruit punch vary in color you ll need to use your vast experience in making fake blood to tweak the recipe to get the perfect batch. Store bought fake blood isn t too expensive but the consistency and color are always the same.
This tutorial from filmmaker iq shows how to make fake blood and how fake blood was used throughout the cinematic timeline. I have been using these recipes for years. To make this gore just whip up a batch of our gross blood recipe and make a hunk of fake flesh. Please support this channel and buy some ultra cool fox fx lab merch.
Stir until the powdered sugar is fully dissolved then add 2 tablespoons 30 ml of red food coloring and 1 tablespoon. Drop bits of fake flesh in the blood. Just a few ways to make movie quality fake blood.