The use of props and prosthetics

I have been looking at the use of props and prosthetics throughout my horror research and I decided to take some photographs in which I created some "fake blood" using a mixture of ink colours. I used a red ink in which i mixed black ink into the red to create a dark colouring of blood.

I poured this "blood-like" mixture across a friends hand to see if I could create an unpleasant, scary look to it. I then took the photographs against a dark background to add to the dark tone of the photograph.

I purchased some liquid latex and gel blood to see if I could create a gash wound in the style of which  I wanted to for my characters who have been attacked by the killer who runs throughout my trailer. 

I did a tester of how a wound would look because I haven't really tried using an form of prosthetics before apart from for Halloween costumes. I tried it out on the back of my own hand because I tend to be allergic to some forms of make-up when I've never used them before. I used Smiffys' FX make-up for the liquid latex and for the gel blood. I used my bare-minerals concealer to cover up the white excess latex, and some black face paint to darken the inner part of the wound. 

result: 

I was quite pleased with how the make-up came out, but I think it still looks quite messy and not as blended into the skin as I had hoped, but I plan to test out furthermore make-up before starting the filming fully. 

problems: 

I found that when removing liquid latex, it ripped a lot of hair from my skin and gave me a not great reaction to my skin. I think when trying on others, I will put a base down of vaseline first, so the skin and hairs are protected. I think for others, I will have to find a concealer in which matches their skin tone, and I think I would like to use a bruise palette to allow a better affect to the wound.