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Arts & CraftsHow to Do Special Effects Makeup

How to Make a Fake Special FX Bullet Hole from Dental Floss

Transcript

Now that we’ve created a zombie, I’m going to teach you how to kill a zombie. I have a little bit of dental floss that I’ve wrapped into a small circle. I’m going to take some liquid latex, dab it on the forehead where I want the bullet wound to be. Then I’m going to stick my dental floss right on that latex, then cover it in latex.

If you want to make bullet wounds not for killing zombies, but to look like you’ve been shot in the head, you can create these on a palette or on a piece of Saran wrap. You just put the little section of dental floss on the palette, cover it in latex and peel it up slowly. You need about four or five layers of latex, you peel it up slowly and powder the back of it, then apply it with latex.

The key to making it look realist is making it thicker in the center and then feathering the edges out, so that when you put it on your skin it kind of melts into your skin. Since he’s a zombie and he has a lot of texture, we’re not worrying about feathering out the edges here. Let me get that all covered and I’m going to do one extra layer, just to make sure it sticks. When that is dry we’re going to add some color and some blood.


Lessons in this Guide

How to Add Color to Special FX Zombie Makeup

How to Do the Eyes for Special FX Zombie Makeup

How to Add Color to a Special FX Fake Bullet Hole

How to Make a Fake Special FX Bullet Hole from Dental Floss

How to Do Special FX Makeup with Ciara Rose Griffin

How to Add Wounds to Special FX Zombie Makeup

How to Do the Base for Zombie Special FX Makeup

How to Do the Teeth for Zombie Special FX Makeup

How to Make Scars for Joker Special FX Makeup

How to Do the Mouth for Joker Special FX Makeup

How to Do the White Base for Joker Special FX Makeup

How to Add Blood to a Special FX Zipper Face

How to Do a Special FX Zipper Face Using Spirit Gum

Tools You Need to Make a Fake Neck Wound

How to Do a Fake Neck Wound with Silicone Compound

How to Add Blood to a Fake Neck Wound

How to Blend a Fake Neck Wound into Skin

How to Blend Color for a Special FX Zipper Face

How to Blend a Special FX Makeup Zipper Face into Skin

How to Add Color to a Special FX Zipper Face

How to Add Color to a Fake Neck Wound

How to Twist & Pin Hair for a Wig

How to Do Cheeks & Stitched Lips for Day of the Dead Makeup

How to Do a Day of the Dead Makeup Base

How to Color a Fake Black Eye with Makeup

How to Use a Wig Cap & Wig

Tools You Need to Make a Fake Black Eye

How to Add Embellishments to Day of the Dead Makeup

How to Hollow Out Features for Day of the Dead Makeup

How to Fill In & Set a Fake Tattoo

How to Make a Bleeding Fake Cut

How to Cover a Tattoo Using Foundation

How to Make a Fake Cut Look Real

How to Shade a Fake Tattoo

Tools & Preparation Needed to Make a Fake Cut

How to Layer Concealer to Cover a Tattoo

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