This session begins with a discussion on the topic of burns. Sunburn is a type of burn and this video will show you how to apply realistic sunburn using grease paints in shades of reds and corals, mixing with 99% alcohol.

This video also demonstrates moulding blisters with gel effects, so that you ready for the next step of creating a third degree burn.

SPFX kit: latex, flesh effects and scar gels, assorted Ben Nye crème wheels and alcohol palettes. SPFX brushes, cotton tips, tissues and various consumables.

This video demonstrates creating third degree burns on the forearm. The trainer begins a conversation regarding gelatine and discusses working with a variety of different SPFX products to produce realistic injuries.

We also use Ben Nye crème wheels or alcohol activated palettes (if available) to colour your burn in shades of maroons, corals, reds and browns.

These realistic burns are created by layering gel effects products and latex to create texture on top of your model’s skin. The burn is completed with wax edges, painting and adding black coloured tissue to give the effect of charcoaled skin.  

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This session opens with a discussion relating to the topic of 3D sculpting with Ben Nye nose and scar wax. The lesson focusses on a small laceration that is moulded onto the hand and sculpted into shape with a variety of easy to find tools including toothpicks and a spatula.

SPFX kit including wax, latex, spirit gum, crème wheels, alcohol and consumables.

This session focusses on scarring. Scars will either end up being raised or depressed, depending on how the injury occurred and how it heals. Scars will initially be deep purple and lessen in colour over time until they are whitish in appearance.

This video opens with a demonstration of depressed scar created with rigid collodian. It is followed by a demonstration of a keloid scar sculpted with nose and scar wax and applied to the elbow.
This session continues with a cut created out of nose and scar wax, sealed with plastic sealer and coloured with Ben Nye cremes that have been diluted with alcohol. To finish this cut off, stiches and blood effects are applied to the hand.  

This session concludes with an introduction to grazing.

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This session focusses on the creation of a character using Ben Nye nose and scar wax to build realistic injuries. When working with nose and scar wax it’s important to remember the following; work with your wax while it is soft and keep baby wipes and alcohol close at hand.

Before beginning to create any SPFX character, you must ask yourself: how, where, when and why did the injuries occur? The effects created in this video include a bullet hole and several other cuts and wounds. A wound is an injury in which the skin or other external surface is torn, pierced, cut or otherwise broken.

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In this second video from session 103, the SPFX character is completed by colouring the wax wounds with Ben Nye creams that have been diluted with 99% alcohol. A black eye is added, along with a bloody nose created by using both thick and runny bloods.

Bloods are one of the most important components of a SPFX makeup kit. SPFX makeup artists carry a variety of bloods in their kits, including runny bloods, mouth-safe bloods, opaque bloods ad translucent bloods (and so much more).  

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