Practicing Cuts/Rope Burns

Before I worked on any model I wanted to make sure my technique looked decent so I tried it on myself to test out my exact plan. Not only that I tested it on myself to see if there was anyway it was going to cause any discomfort to the model.

EQUIPMENT:

Liquid latex
Single ply tissue
Supra Colour
Wound Filler
Fake Blood

QUENTIN'S CUTS:

Quentin's cuts are spaced out long cuts made by metal spikes that are attached to a metal circle that is gradually tighten, so not only will his neck be covered in cuts it was also have some abrasion and bruising.

1. Applied a thin layer of liquid latex.
2. Put a single ply of ripped tissue.
3. Applied liquid latex over the top.
4. Repeat steps 1,2,3 until its the height that I want it.
5. Pick at tissue with a pin.
6. Using a pair of nail scissors cut the latex and tissue to create your gash.
7. The colour the wound the way I would like it, add wound filler and blood,

Ignoring the outside of the cut where the latex had started to lift (I applied too much of it to a service area the the outside corners started to lift) I had stitched the cut up using thread. I really like tis technique but there are 2 issues. The area I will be doing this on the model: I will be doing these cuts on the neck, this might be really uncomfortable and time consuming for the model not only that it would be very awkward to try and get a decent angle on the needle. The second thing is I constantly kept pricking myself with the needle and being so close to such a sensitive area may not be the best idea. Its a shame really because it looks really effective.


CLAUDIA'S ROPE BURN

Claudia has rope burn on her neck and both her wrists from being hung and left for dead. I tried 2 different designs of rope burn to see which one looked more effective.

The first one is a single rope burn, it looks as though only 1 rope has been tied around her wrist. I do really like this one and I think it is more suitable if being hung, the only issue is, is that it is too thin to be a burn used from hanging, the rope would simply snap under the weight if it was that depth.

1. Apply liquid latex to the skin.
2. Using long thin bits of tissues apply on latext.
3. DON'T repeat as we want don't want the abrasion to be that deep.
4. Colour, apply wound filler and blood.


The next one seems as though the rope has been wrapped around the hands a multiple of times, this could work quite well as Claudia died from lack of substance from just hanging there not from being hanged in itself. Both burns would work for this idea however this burn wouldn't work if Claudia had died from being hanged as it just wouldn't have been realistic.

1. Apply Liquid Latex to skin.
2. Using a single ply thick, long bit of tissue, apply to latex.
3. Apply another layer of latex, again ONLY apply 1 layer of tissue.
4. Using a pin and scissors again, create cuts and marks on different areas and different lengths.
5. Colour, wound fill and blood.