Victorian Makeup Technical File: Creating Burns with different materials

When creating burns, you need to be aware of the types of burns there are, and which one is the most suitable for your needs. the types of Burns are:

Superficial burns- These normally only effect the surface of the skin, the top layers look red, and sensitive, and after a few days will peel off. Sunburn is one type of superficial burn. It also will not leave any scarring.
Partial Thickness- This causes deeper damage, the skin blisters, and bleeds. There is lots of redness and swelling, the deeper tissue however is unharmed and can heal without scarring if the area is small.
Full thickness- This damages the deeper layers of the skin, The skin will either appear white or waxy, or completely charred black. There will be little to no pain as the nerves have been destroyed.
Electrical burns- This causes damage only on the inside, however redness will appear on the point of contact with the skin.

First clean the area of the skin that you want to use, so that it is fresh and ready for you to use.
Then heat up the gelatine with water (either in the microwave of by using hot water).
Wait a few minutes for it to cool down slightly, the consistency should be runny but still fairly thick.
Then apply the Gelatine onto the skin where you want the burn to be and keep working the gelatine until it has created the blisterig that you want.
Leave the Gelatine to dry thoroughly.
Apply Red Kryolan Supracolor first around the Gelatine area then onto the gelatine burn, don't worry about covering the whole of the gelatine surface though.
Then add hint of purple and darker tones to the wound,on the areas you haven't covered, this gives the illusion of depth.
Next apply black Supracolor to the wound, to create the illusion of charred black skin.
Using a baby bud/ needle, rub, and pick at the gelatine to give the wound the appearance of blistering.
Apply blood and pus products to the wound to finish it off.

Begin by starting off with a clean area of the skin.
using a Spatula, apply a layer of the Latex onto the skin.
Wait for the Latex to dry before applying the second and third Layers.
Next, you want to give the Latex wound some texture, depth, and authenticity, to do this you need to add some colour.
Use the Kryolan supracolours (reds, purples, etc.) onto the latex and around the skin to blend the latex onto the area
To give the Wound a bit more of a realistic quality, you can push ad mould the latex, to give the wound a blistered look.
use a pin to lift up the latex, and to create pockets you can apply the blood/ pus to, to make it appear like the wound is oozing.
Apply the Blood and Pus for the final touches.

Make sure that you have patch tested all of the products on the model beforehand.
Make sure that you are observant to any contra- indications
When using tools such as a needle, be very careful when working close to the skin.
Make sure that the Gelatine is not too hot when applying to the skin.

Victorian Makeup Technical File