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• Modelling Wax
• Fake Blood- Kensington Gore is preferable, don't use the stuff you can buy in a joke shop. It's awful.
• Barrier Cream
• Spatula
• Baby Buds
• Liquid Latex
• Brushes
• Wound filler (optional) I actually prefer using this because I feel as though it adds a nice texture to this inside of a cut. It looks good on camera too.
• Pus (optional)
• Isopropyl Alcohol
• Hair dryer
• Supracolour palette
• Foundation and concealer palettes
• Hair pin
• Stipple Sponge
• Moisturiser 

Methods:

1. Take a piece of wax in the size you desire to make your wound and warm it up using your fingers. This makes the product more pliable and it becomes easier to manipulate.
2.  Apply it to the area you intend on making a wound. Be mindful of how the injury was caused. It needs to look realistic. It might not be a 'clean cut' but more jagged depending on how your model go it. Make sure that the area you are applying it to is clean and dry. Wax won't stick to the skin is there is any greasy residue remaining on the skin. My preferred method of making cuts is to roll out a sausage like shape and then cut into to make a deeper cut.
3.  Using the spatula to smooth out any hard edges that remain, we are aiming for a seamless application. If there is too much product on the skin, simply remove using the spatula.
4.  If you're struggling to blend out the edges, use a tiny bit of moisturiser. This will help with the overall blending process.
5.  When you're happy with how the wound looks, apply a very thin layer of liquid latex over the top of it, making sure to bring it down to the edges. This is a way of sealing your wound and makes it easier to colour because the colour will 'stick' to your latex
6. Dry with a hairdryer on a cool setting. Using heat will cause the wax to melt and we don't want that.
7. Colouring time. I love this part. You can use a stippling sponge to apply colour. It's all about layering your colours on. Just like a painting, it's easy to add but difficult to take away. Gently build up the colour to take away the colour of the wax. You can apply this using a stippling sponge and you can blend it out using a baby bud or your fingers. SPFX is fairly hands on so it's not uncommon to use your fingers. It makes the colouring look more natural.
8. Begin to colour inside the would. I like to mix a little bit of black supracolour with the darker red from the same palette and apply this into the corners of the cut and sometimes the middle dependant on how deep the cut is.
9. Fill in the remaining space with a mix of reds from the Supracolour palette.
10. I like to take some wound filler and apply this into the wound as well. I think this adds depth and texture to the injury. I have found that I actually prefer using Kryolan's Flesh Scratch. I like the texture of this more than the jelly-like Wound Filler.
11.  Mixing colour from the Supra Palette with Isopropyl alcohol, ideally a bright red. Stipple this around the wound. It makes the skin look inflamed. Do not apply this near the eyes.
12.  Optional: Apply some pus into the wound to make it look effective.

Method  Two:

1. This is a very simple method to create something quick and effective that looks good on camera
2. Using a fine hair pin dipped in blood, in a light motion drag it across the skin.
3. You can go back and add colour with a brush to the areas that the blood may have run out on.
4. Taking a stipple sponge that has been dipped in blood, drag across the knuckles. This looks good for a character who may have been in a fight. Again, another very quick and yet still effective method of doing cuts and grazes that isn't time consuming