Fun with Latex, Oatmeal and paint

[Cassie7]

Fun With Latex, Paint and Oatmeal

I just wanted to mess around with doing some FX last night and here is what I ended up with.

I laid down a coat of liquid latex on my arm and let it dry to a tacky consistency.



Then I dropped some oatmeal on it for texture and carefully tamped it down. I let that dry. Then I did another coat of liquid latex over that.


Once dried, I played with paint.

I started with black to make seams/outlines and a little green and yellow here and there to make it look infected. But it was the black paint mixed with bright red that really made it look GROSS (the money shot).

I had a lot of fun with it and I can only say that the pics don't show how really cool this quick effect looks, especially from different angles and lightings.

This was fun to play with and test out!

[Vlad]

WOW, that's fantastic Cassie!

[Vlad]

Um, er, on thinking on this, did you use some kinda release agent first, lol ?

[BadTable Manor]

This is the second fantastic idea I've seen this week involving oatmeal. The other idea was DavetheDead's cauldron thread.

Great job Cassie, your arm looks horrible, er, in a good way.

[Revenant]

Gross, painful-looking, and lowers your cholesterol! Wilford Brimley himself would be proud to sport that effect.

[PrettyGhoul]

Cassie that looks amazing! What kind of paint?

[Sickie Ickie]

terrific job! Crushed cornflakes also work well, and you can also use chopped or ground up latex solids. Stay away from rice krispies. don't ask me how I know! heh

[Cassie7]

Thanks every body! That was fun to play with.

I used Mehron Latex Liquid so shaving the area was the only prep needed. It peeled right off painlessly and in one piece. I could probably reuse this as an applique in the future.

I used water based airbrush paints and applied with a paintbrush.

With a little more practice, our graveyard zombies are all going to look great this year!

[ScareShack]

cassie....that turned out pretty gross looking...nice job

[Cassie7]

Originally Posted by BadTable Manor

This is the second fantastic idea I've seen this week involving oatmeal. The other idea was DavetheDead's cauldron thread.

He is right, when oatmeal dries it takes a blowtorch to remove it ROFL! I loved his cauldron job. That was fantastic.

Originally Posted by Revenant

Gross, painful-looking, and lowers your cholesterol! Wilford Brimley himself would be proud to sport that effect.

I cracked up at your reply! Thanks for the belly-laugh

Originally Posted by Sickie Ickie

terrific job! Crushed cornflakes also work well, and you can also use chopped or ground up latex solids. Stay away from rice krispies. don't ask me how I know! heh

Sickie, I've read about cornflakes too but I thought oatmeal would work better because it's softer, more pliable whereas cornflakes are stiff and hard. I would imagine that cornflakes would get itchy on the skin with movement.

I'm almost afraid to ask about rice krispies...did you use them whole or crumble them? I would think they would make great looking maggots. Or perhaps even long grain rice for maggots?

And on a last note, I want a pat on the back for figuring out how to use multiquote!