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Corn Syrup Blood This
is the recipe that pretty much everyone uses, and there's a lot
of variations so feel free to experiment.
16 oz. White
corn syrup (Karo syrup - this is a US product, but adding golden
syrup does the job just as well, alternatively just mix sugar and
water and reduce on the stove until it becomes syrupy)
1 oz. red food coloring
1 oz. washing detergent
1 oz. water
Add a drop of blue food colouring to create a more realistic colour.
Remove the washing up liquid if you want to make edible blood. Adding
condensed milk makes it less transparent and more like real blood.
The blood is
extremely sticky and can stain skin and clothes so makes sure its
washed off quickly. Use a stain remover on clothes.
Cardiff Red
Because of the
food colouring used in a lot of blood recipies they tend to stain
easily and can sometime look more purple than red. Here's a more
natural alternative that's closer to a Spaghetti Western style arterial
red. It also washes out of clothes easily and can be eaten reasonably
safely (although why you'd want to eat it is beyond me).
Take a teaspoon
or two of Arrowroot (a white powder used in baking that you can
easily find in health food shops) and add to water heated on the
stove. Stir continuously until the mixture becomes gloopy. Add a
small amount of red children's non-toxic powder paint and stir in.
The mixture should now be bright red. Add a tiny amount of brown
powder paint or coffee concentrate (make this by adding a small
amount of water to coffee granules) to darken the blood as required.
Store in a bottle or jam jar and thin by adding water to make the
blood the required consistency as and when you need it. For bullet
hits you need to thin the blood quite a bit to allow it to spray
out.
Lo-Cost Blood
Add a few drops
of red food colouring to the cheapest washing up liquid you can
find. Add a drop of blue colouring or some coffee concentrate to
create a more realistic colour. Produces a runny blood that has
a slight tendency to foam. Great for those bucket of blood effects
on the cheap. Washes off reasonably well but tastes foul if you
accidently get it in your mouth.
MB2 Blood
Flour Base
1/2 to 2 level
teaspoons of plain flour per cup (250ml). Mix flour into water completely
(no lumps) before heating. Bring to boil then simmer for 1/2 hour.
Stir frequently.
Cool before
adding food color. Stir in any surface scum. Makes a good base for
stage blood. Slightly slimy. Fairly low surface tension. Soaks and
spreads well.
One cup batch
of MB2:
1 oz (29ml)
Red food coloring (Durkee (R) brand or equivalent)
1/8 teaspoon (.6ml) Green food coloring (Durkee (R) brand or equivalent)
Add flour base described above to a total of one cup (250ml).
There is no sugar and very little food in the MB2 formula so it's
probably less attractive to insects. Shelf life is fairly short
(days) at room temp. Does not go rank but ferments a bit and looses
viscosity.
This formula
will temporarily stain skin. Seems to wash out of cotton cloths
OK.
Cherry Red
Mix 1 cup water
and 1 tablespoon flour. Bring to a boil and let boil for 3 min.
Then let simmer on low for 15 min. Remove from heat and let stand
around 5 min then mix in one 0.13 oz. package of black cherry (powder)
kool aid mix. You will see the results right away. When I priced
one packet of kool aid to the food coloring it was about a quarter
of the price.
It is a little
thick but a good color. Another cool part is if you do get some
in your mouth or have to drink it as for a vampire movie, it tastes
pretty good to.
Black and
White blood
Alfred Hitchcock
famously used Bosco chocolate syrup in Psycho. Any opaque chocolate
syrup will do. Tastes great as well!
Jelly Blood
Microwave 3-4
bottles of glycerin then add one cube of strawberry jelly and mix
until dissolved. Then add small amount of gelatine (1/5 of a packet)
and then add red food colouring to desired effect. Keep stirring
until mixed well. It is sligtly runny but great for that reservoir
dogs look in back seat of the car. All ingredients are easily found
in supermarkets
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