Best way to make fake blood?

[AlanMorrison]

Hey everybody.

Making a short film which involves someone who is covered in dried blood, wondering what the best and most believable way of doing this is.

Thanks in advance fellas

[GageFX]

Google. Recipes all over. Mostly depends on the use. (Flow, consistency, color, drying color, etc.)

Simple recipe:

Corn Syrup
Water
Red food color
liquid soap
milk
Cocoa powder
tiny bit - not even a drop - of blue food color.

Experiment.

Let a margarine tub of it sit for a few weeks for a much thicker, goopier, and easier to place mixture.

-GageFX

[SBT7000]

I've tested blood recipes spefically for how they look when dried and found the basic cocoa powder recipe works best. I dont remember the exact ratios, but warm the water, add cocoa powder and corn syrup so they dissolve easier, then color. Cornstarch can thicken, and like mentioned, let it sit in the fridge for like 12 hours. Then it thickens nicely. the chocolate dries kinda brown, like real blood.

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[Cool Lights]

Try gelatin with some red food color, a bit of cocoa powder, and a bit of yellow food color (you might also add a bit of blue too but just mix until you have a suitable color in any case). Gelatin works great for the dried scab effect so you will want a darker mix than for flowing blood. You can also use gelatin for a burn scar effect on the skin somewhere. The nice thing about gelatin for those kinds of uses is that it is translucent in nature and as long as you put it on thinly it will tend to take on the skin color of the person so not necessary to put any other makeup covering on it most of the time unless you want other effects.

[AlanMorrison]

Thats great, thanks for the replies. The hamster one worked especially well, thanks for that dude.

[maverickstunts]

I use karo syrup (light) a bit of water to thin, red and green food coloring. However, that being said, my dog likes to drink it so don't leave it lying around.

[They Live]

The recipe I used on a short, worked great. Apparently washed out of clothes too, don't know how, but, that's what my actor said who loaned a shirt we figured would get trashed.

Karo Syrup
a little water
Red Food Coloring
a lil' green food coloring
black cherry Kool aid powder
chocolate syrup.

Don't have the exact amounts, but just mess with that stuff and you should be able to get something good. And it smells like cherry chocolate. Don't know how well it'd work as dried blood though.

[GageFX]

Apparently washed out of clothes too, don't know how

Dont know what made your's washable. The dish soap is what will mak it clean up well. Dont overdo it as it will cause the blood to foam if you use too much soap. It also wont work well as edible blood.

-GageFX

[MikeQuill]

In Bruce Campbell's autobiography "If Chins Could Kill," he includes the recipe they used for blood for the Evil Dead Trilogy:

Clear Karo Syrup
non dairy creamer (aka powdered cream for coffee)
red food coloring
drop of blue food coloring

I've been using this recipe and it looks great on actors. It has a great sheen to it that doesn't fade on clothing after it dries. It tastes pretty good too, but its messy as hell and will stain.

Honestly, I think this is the recipe to go with. Unless you think you can do blood better than Evil Dead!

Mike

[sbaileymediaman]

I'm working on a psychological thriller at the moment and I needed some good blood recipies. The below address has many blood recipies (also many filmmaking tips in the other sections)

http://www.exposure.co.uk/eejit/blood/blood.html

Hope it helps!