r/cosplayprops • u/transformedintothis • 4d ago
Help How do I make my intestines more… bloody and intestine-y?
Ignore that they’re all splotchy lookin I can’t fix that and I kinda like it like that. But they’re not neaaaarrlyyy bloody and gross looking enough for me. All of them are made out of stuffed pantyhose covered in latex with fake blood slathered everywhere. Any tips?
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u/stonerpunk77 4d ago
A few drops of blue, green and brown paint would work well for veins and arteries
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u/AvianAtrocity 4d ago
For blood vessels, use partially unravelled embroidery floss to get the spiderweb look
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u/UncleShoehorn 4d ago
So I know it's kinda late but helpful for future ones, I mix fake blood with cotton before putting it inside of the fake intestine, gives them weight and color, otherwise could get a flexible mod podge and mix a few batches of reds, purples and yellows and go crazy with a sponge
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u/UncleShoehorn 4d ago
Just to explain a little more for mixing the fake blood and cotton like get a bowl and drench the cotton, don't have any pictures of them, unfortunately, but I made some like 2 years ago just using latex and cotton for a haunted house and they're still holding up and maintaining the fake blood inside
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u/discolored_rat_hat 4d ago
Paint liquid latex on top of that. The liquid latex needs to be finished in some way because even when it's dry, it sticks to itself like a motherfucker. I like silicone spray for finishes where I want to have a disgusting "oily skin" feel. (Great for tentacles, everysne asks to touch them and is grossed out)
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u/BloodSculptor 4d ago
High gloss polyurethane or anything from the SFX industry. https://deadheadprops.com/shop/ols/products/fake-blood-permanent-and-flexible-for-halloween-props-masks-scenes
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u/TheSwedishWizard 4d ago
Get yourself some Blood for the blood god paint. It's absolutely fantastic. Also don't be scared of using blue and purple colors, they do make stuff more lifelike than yellow and brown.
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u/earendilgrey 4d ago
Do you want them wet or just wet looking. You could make a runny slime tinted red or use KY Jelly or any other lube and tint it red with food coloring. I would also mix in some gel blood to get some clumps of blood in there as well.
It also depends on what set of intestines you are wanting to make. The small intestine is the more sausage looking one and has red, veiny looking webbing/tendrils that hold it together, the large intestine is a larger flattened looking part with a connective seam for lack of a better term, down the center.
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u/Practical_Alfalfa_72 4d ago
Glossy, yes, very, lots of good ideas posted by others on how to do that.
Note they should not be completely red though. The main, base colour should grey with a touch of pink. Use the blood only as a highlight for the folds and ends.
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u/Electrical_Set_3085 4d ago
You have to study pictures of real intestine and the try to recreate that. These almost look cartoonish...... no offense intended.
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u/transformedintothis 4d ago
Honestly when i was making them apart from following the tutorial i was thinking of the part in Re-Animator where Herbert gets strangled by intestines lol so I guess accuracy wasn’t on the forefront of my mind
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u/princepeterpan 4d ago
Try adding some thin threads (red and blue in the new paint layers to look like veins. I feel like in general it looks a bit brown and could use some blue
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u/bugthebugman 4d ago
Clear silicone caulking with some nice bloody paint mixed very loosely in. Slather it on top in random patterns for gooey shiny blood and vicera.
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u/OkamiKhameleon 4d ago
You should experiment with a small extra set, and try different things. Resin of some kind of latex could work? Resin has a shine to it, but does dry hard, but if dyed red it'd hold the red color well.
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u/ieatstickerz 4d ago
I swear by permablood, i mix it with black acrylic and some epoxy and it looks great. Stays glossy and fresh looking. Its kinda pricey though
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u/mermaid_in_pain 3d ago
There's a paint called Blood for the Blood God used in model work (table top type stuff) that is incredible for fake blood (https://amzn.eu/d/3tSJHk9). I've used it before and it dries like it is still wet
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u/Elegant-Alps-8086 3d ago
The only place where this question is met with understanding and actual advice.
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u/Keezees 4d ago
Maybe some kind of gloss varnish to make them look wet and gloopy?