blood making
Blood Making
There are many kinds of cheap inexpensive blood that we can make or buy. We must keep in mind colour, viscosity and edibility.
- Ketchup Blood - Consists of ketchup, red food colouring, water and corn syrup. Edible and maintains a decent amount of viscosity, but brighter than normal blood. Could use in order to simulate active bleeding or coughing up blood due to a wound.
- Peppermint Blood - Consists of red and green food colouring, corn starch, corn syrup, water and (optionally, for taste) peppermint extract. Not very bright but edible and watery in viscosity. Can be used to cough up blood, but not very realistically without using a lot of it.
- Washing Up Blood - Consists of washing up liquid, red food dye, corn syrup and milk. Easy to make a lot of and very similar to blood in consistency and colour, but the inedibility and appearance when it dries means using it requires speed and mixing with water ruins the effect. Good for throwing at walls and on peoples clothes.
- Cocoa Blood - Consists of cocoa powder, red food dye, corn syrup and warm water. Edible and good viscosity for dripping out of people's mouths, but getting the colour right involves a lot of work with ingredients. Besides the prior mentioned use, its ability to be different shades of red makes it good for splatter patterns.
- Gravy Blood - Consists of gravy granules, red food colouring and hot water. Edible and good viscosity & colour on clothes, but little else going for it. On skin the viscosity is too watery and the colour too light. Could be used for cheap alternatives to anything else, but better used for clothes staining.
- Realistic Blood - Consists of cocoa powder, red, green and yellow food colouring, corn syrup, corn starch and warm water. The best across all categories - good colour, good viscosity and edible. Splatter patterns also look great with it. Generally the one to use if given the chance.
- Peanut Butter Blood - Consists of peanut butter (smooth or chunky can be used for liquid or coagulated blood respectively), corn syrup and red food colouring. The chunky variant works especially well with zombie makeup but if the colouring isn't mixed correctly then the peanuts will be obvious. Smooth worked similarly but not viable for large-scale environments. Can be used on the skin or clothing for long-time "dead" effect.
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