Is there anyway I could use house-hold products to make authentic looking blood stains on a sheet of paper? Any suggestions would be wonderful.
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The problem is getting the aging effect right. Fresh blood is bright red but turns dark muddy brown as it dries. So do you want old dried blood stains or fresh wet ones?
What do you have planned?
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Well, your local Asian market may sell pig’s blood in the freezer section. That’s remarkably similar to human blood and will make stains that could accurately be described as “authentic looking blood stains”.
On the other hand, if you want the fresh, wet look and don’t want the stench, good fake blood can be made by mixing red food coloring into corn syrup. You can make it darker by adding in a little blue and green if you want that “been sitting around awhile but not yet dried” look.
Why not simply prick your finger?
Ha, have been away, I was going for the dried blood, aged somewhat look, handing in an English paper, and the teacher likes outlandish, so yeah, gonna splatter it with blood…I’ve tried food coloring mixtures, proves to be extremely meticulous, got it right, one slip, totally off completely, there must be an easy way to do this, anything you guys could concoct would be excellent.
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That lets the corn syrup w/ food coloring out. I doubt your prof would be amused if the whole pile of turned-in papers were stuck together. I’d say buy a tube of artist’s acrylic paint in the red-brown shade you want. Then thin with water to blood consistency. Make enough to practice on blank sheets (dipping a toothbrush and running your thumb across it makes a nice tuberculosis sneeze-type splatter). The acrylic will dry in a matter of hours, faster with a hair-dryer.
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There is an easier method. Buy a small bottle of Betadine. It’s a medical use/ surgical scrub. It’s dark red and especially when dry or semi-dry, appears remarkably like dried blood.
Wonderful suggestions, I think I’m gonna go the Betadine route, since for some odd reason we have bottles of it, thanks again.