It's Just a Scratch!

Hey Guys, I was very excited this week when my Mouldlife sculpt gel arrived in the mail along with PPI's skin illustrator FX palette! So as you can imagine I had to create a look straight away, and since this was my first time using the sculpt gel I opted for just creating some large 'scratch' marks on the forearm rather than doing anything overly extravagant. Just be warned I did tell my sister that putting it on her forearm wouldn't be fun to remove as when you remove the sculpt gel from a place that has a lot of hair it tends to pull at, although I'll show you how to over come this. Again this look would be brilliant for Halloween as the sculpt is a 2 part (the 3rd part acts as a deadener) silicon mixture that cures dry and flexible, meaning unlike wax it wont be squashed easily or wear off easily.
But anyway here's the look, I hope you enjoy! 

The Finished Look! 

(p.s Sorry about the Pj's it was quite late :P)


What You'll Need:

Mould Sculpt Gel in Flesh

Mouldlife Sculpt Gel in Flesh

Mixing Palette, Metal and
Plastic Spatula

Isopropyl Alcohol (99.9%)

PPI - Skin Illustrator
 FX Palette

Isopropyl Alcohol(99.9%)

PPI - Skin Illustrator
 FX Palette

Bloodymarvellous Thick and Light blood

Various Sponges

Bloodymarvellous Wound filler
 gel in Scratch

Step One:

Pour some of the 99.9% alcohol into a cup/beaker you dont care about and then use a thin brush  (sorry I forgot to take a picutre of these, but they're ones that have been used in previous looks), and dip it into the alcohol so you're able to activate the aged blood colour from the skin illustrator palette. Make sure the brush is well coated in alcohol so the colour applied is quite transparent, if the colour is too opaque you can apply more alcohol to it to wash it out. 

Then take equal amounts of part A, B and C of the sculpt gel mixtures using a spatula or tongue decompressors if you have them. MAKE SURE you do not use the same end of the spatula or tongue decompressor to take each part of the mixtures out as, when part A and B are mixed together they cure and set, meaning if any of part A gets into B or B into A that silicon part will be ruined. Part C acts as a deadener and gives you more working time with the silicon and helps to increase the flexibility of the silicon once it has cured. Place each part out separetly on a metal palette (I used about 1gram of each part, and then applied more later to get my desired effect), then using whatever end of the spatula mix them together quickly.

Step Two:

Once the silicon parts have all been mixed apply directly to the skin over where you laid the marks earlier. Make sure to smooth out the edges to get a clean blend into the skin. You can also use a sponge as it starts to cure to help bring texture and reduce the shine of the silicon.

In this picture I added another 2 grams of each part A, B and C totaling 6 grams of the silicon mixture to help build up the edges of the silicon. Then carefully use the edge of your spatula to create the large scratches in the silicon pushing the excess silicon up towards the edges to help create more depth. Now allow the silicon to fully cure. You can speed up this process by using a hairdryer. The silicon will be cured once it is no longer tacky and has set in place.

Step Three:

Using the same cup/beaker as you used earlier to put the 99.9% alcohol in, refill this and use a thick wash of the aged blood in the Skin Illustrator FX palette to start filling in the inside of the wounds, allow each layer to dry before adding more colour to build intensity. Then using blood tone lightly wash this all over the scratches and around it blending it out with more alcohol and a sponge. Build the intensity where needed, such as the inside and perimeters of the scratch, by layering up the colour and using less alcohol. You can use a variety of different shaped brushes and sponges to create your desired effect.

Step Four:

Then take a metal spatula and use it to scrape out some of the would filler gel in scratch and apply to the inside of the scratches. (This stuff is extremely thick and I ended up having to use my fingers to get it to separate, but it creates a lovely effect when applied to the inside of the wound as it doesn't move.)

Just the wound gel added

Next take the thick blood from bloodymarvellous and apply this to the inside of the wound covering any areas where the wounder filler didn't go. Then taking the light blood apply this inside and around the scratches heavily and then use a tissue and dab the blood so only a little remains, this helps to create a splattered and messy effect.

After applying the light blood 

Step Five:

First use a pad soaked in the 99.9% alcohol and wipe this over the skin to remove the Skin Illustrator colours and blood. Then like I mentioned in the introduction since this was applied to a hairy part of the forearm it was a lot harder to get off than if it had been on smooth skin with little hair, as the silicon clings to the hair. So to remove this in the most comfortable way, using a make up glue remover such as PPI's Super Solv would be great, but unfortunately mine hadn't arrived in the mail yet so I used the 99.9% alcohol. To use this soak a cotton wool bud in the alcohol and start to carefully flick up the edges of the silicon by circling the cotton wool bud. Keep doing this and using new cotton wool buds soaked in alcohol until the whole appliance is removed, being very careful not to pull out any hairs or to pull too harshly on the silicon as it will hurt yourself or your model. Once the silicon appliance has been removed go over the area again with a pad soaked in the alcohol to remove any excess silicon or colour/blood and then wash your arm and apply moisturizer to it.

Thank you for reading this blog post guys, I hope you enjoyed it and I hope you have fun recreating the look.

Becky ox.