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howdy.
so i've got a shoot in 3 days involving a cadaver with a bursting stomach blowing guts and stomach contents in the air, and more specifically on an actor.
the body will be out of frame so no need to show the body exploding, just need to get the gut mix in the air, and on the actor.
i've got a small compressor that can get to 100psi which i'm assuming will be the basis of this rig but i need a trigger and something to hold the guts.
also a large gut filled balloon might work...don't know.
as ive only got 3 days, and hafta build the morgue on top of that, i don't have a lot of time to experiment.
has anyone done this before or anything similar.
by the ways, it's a comedy so it doesn't necessarily need to be realistic and i've got no vfx skills so do it in post is outta the question.
thanks
-k-
 
tried that and it works great for a directed small amount of guts.
however i need a large amount of liquid flying outward in a non directional way.
 
got the morgue covered, just need flying guts.
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you can make a fried pan version of guacamole gun.
take a pan, glue on it a kind of cover made of soft plastic, in a way it is incurved into the pan.
pour the material in the pan over the incurved plastic cover.
inflate the pan. the cover will inflate just the right way to project everything in every direction. you do not need a lot of pressure.
you can also bolt or rivet the cover on the pan and use silicon to make it air tight, so the cover will not pop out under pressure.
a cheap aluminium pan cost $10.
if you can not use compressed air, a small firecracker should be ok too. Pyrotechnical stuff is dangerous
 
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so i had acoupla hours to work on this today and i tried to find a flexible enough lid for the frying pan idea, which i will try when i have more time, but had no luck.
decided to go back to the guac gun and do some experimenting.
cut the barrel down to 8 inches and put a cut down 3 liter bottle as a hopper.
took a few tests to get the right amount of fluids and solids but it works pretty good.
not exactly directional but not spraying every where.
should probably work as a debris cannon as well.
i'll post the results in a coupla days.
thanks all for the ideas
-k-
 
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