Gelatine pre made moulds

Today we used gelatine moulds to create different wounds on the skin. Sue pre made the moulds using gelatine. To do this she used a mould from Charles fox and sprayed it with petrolese (release spray) so that the gelatine didn’t stick to the plastic mould. To store them she put them in a container with talc powder so that the moulds didn’t melt or stick together.

Moulds are really good for continuity as you will always create the exact same piece to apply to the skin, the only part you have to get right is exactly where you place it on the skin.

To stick the moulds to the skin we used a different type of glue called pros-aide, this glue can be used to stick anything on the skin and can also be used in sensitive areas. Pros-aide is a contact glue meaning that in order to stick something n the skin you have to apply the glue to the (in this case) prosthetic and also the area in which you are applying it. The glue then bonds together when it comes in contact with each other.

    1. Apply pros-aide to the skin and the prosthetic. Wait for the glue to go clear on both the skin and the prosthetic. It may seem like the glue has totally dried by the time it goes clear but as soon as the glue comes in contact which each other it will stick.

2.    Make sure the press down really hard on the prosthetic and smooth over the skin so that the gelatine mould lays flat on the skin and looks like it’s part of their skin.

3.     To get rid of hard edges and smooth them out you can use witch hazel and a cotton bud and smooth it over to create clean edges. This is the part that takes the longest and you need to be very thorough with as it you don’t get rid of the edges and take the time to make it smooth and clean, the prosthetic piece will look fake and not realistic.

4.    After the prosthetic is applied to the skin use powder to make the piece look skin like and take away any shine. You can then apply colour depending on what kind of effect you want on the wound. I used a mixture of supra colours, fake blood and wound filler.

Products used:

-Gelatine mould

- Pros-aide glue

- witch hazel

- supra colours

- blood

- wound filler

- illamasqua powder

- pro-clean to remove excess glue

- isoprophyl alcohol

Self reflection:

I really enjoyed this lesson and I think it went really well. I much prefer using pre made prosthetic pieces rather than moulding them myself on the skin, it is a lot quicker and much better for continuity. I did find trying to blend away hard edges harder than I thought it would be as I didn’t want to break the mould too much and ruin all the edges. I also had an issue with leaving extra glue on the skin meaning that when I applied the supra colours it clung to the areas with the glue on and made the colour a lot more pigmented. This is something that I need to make sure doesn’t happen when doing it again.