blood

Why do you need it?

...Have you considered ACTUAL blood? You know...just wondering. I mean...you''re talking about GALLONS of this stuff, so...

Just kidding...seriously.

I don''t know how to help ya, unless you got enough cash to buy assloads of those fake blood packets from magic shops or elsewhere. Have fun with it.

P.S.: The offer for the real blood still stands, if you just, you know, have some lying around.

"TV IS bad Meatwad...but we f***in need it"

Alfred Hitchcock used chocolate syrup in his b&w films. I don''t know how easily it will wash out, but it is relativly cheap.

Water + red food coloring + something to thicken it.

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Fact 1: real blood stains well
Fact 2: for suggesting that, you are sickish


Chocolate syrup sounds like soemthing what would both stain well as well as taste to good to not lick it. I didn''t know Hitchcock used such a mixture, though so it''s a nice bit of trivia.

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"Finishing in second place, simply means you are the first loser." - PouyaCat

Back to Hitchcock, they tried red, but they switched to chocolate because red does not look like blood in black and white. You can find articles on the Intraweb about it and I''m sure someone who knows about color theory can explain why red!=blood in b&w.

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Original post by CodeMunkie
Back to Hitchcock, they tried red, but they switched to chocolate because red does not look like blood in black and white. You can find articles on the Intraweb about it and I''m sure someone who knows about color theory can explain why red!=blood in b&w.

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It''s not hard to figure out if you know how color->b&w conversion is done. I''m one preson who knows how it''s done so it''s actually not that surprising.

@cows: I should think some food-oriented pigment would be the safest, but probably also costs quite a bit. I wonder if some organic compound would do the trick...

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"Finishing in second place, simply means you are the first loser." - PouyaCat

You made me cry. Sickish is in the eye of the beholder you know.

"TV IS bad Meatwad...but we f***in need it"

When I was little I wanted to do FX for horror movies, so of course I''d buy HorrorFX magazine.
Here''s one of the blood recipes from the mag. It''s from the dude who did the blood for Taxi Driver, Exorcist, Deer Hunter, and others.
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The basic version:

1 gallon distilled water
3 3/4 t. D&C Red #33
3 t. FD&C Yellow #5
8 t. Methocel J-75 MS (Dow Chemical 800-258-CHEM)
2 - 3 t. 27% ammonia (Get it from a druggist or hairdresser supply)
When mixing, use 2 t of ammonia, if the blood is not thick enough add 1 more.
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Thinner for pumping:
1 gallon water
2 3/4 t. Red
2 t. Yellow
5 t. J-MS (I don''t even know what the hell this is?)
2 t. Ammonia
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There is all kinds of other tips and stuff, but I''m too lazy to type it all up.
If you really want, I''ll just scan the whole article and send it to you.

**Well shit, I just read your post over and didn''t see the B&W part the first time. Oh well**



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Water, corn starch (just a tad) and red (dark red) food coloring.

[edited by - aftermath on March 2, 2004 8:02:04 PM]

Bruce Campbell talks about it in "If Chins Could Kill". They spent mucho time looking for realistic cheap blood substitute for the Evil Dead / Army of Darkness movies. Sorry I don''t recall the formula off hand...[8^)

lonesock

Piranha are people too.

I remember the main ingredient in the Evil Dead blood was karo syrup, but from the way Bruce was talking about it, it kind of fails requirement #2.

I think I''ll be visiting the grocery store (pun intended) some time soon . I''ll try to try out most of the stuff you guys suggested, although I''m pretty sure the cheapest solution will win.

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"Finishing in second place, simply means you are the first loser." - PouyaCat