Guts

[gordo]

Well, i figure since most horror fans are zombie fans, i will share a cheap and easy way to make good floppy intestines. Marcus Koch and Tim Ritter have both helped me make these so....

all you need is knee highs, red spray paint, and cotton balls. Stuff the knee highs w/ cotton balls, tie the knee highs together so you get few feet worth and spray red. Add blood and you are ready to go. Or do that and cover in a thin coat of latex(Marcus . They will last longer as long as they are completly covered in latex, but too much latex will stiffen them up.
I chunk up the cotton in some places to make the intestines a little mishapen. Instead of tying the knee highs together so they look like sausage, use making tape. Just spray the tape red.

[Doombringer64]

Hey great, but would some simple food coloring stain them red, and also I figured they be covered in blood.

Also if all else failed you can go to the butcher and get some pig intestines.

[gordo]

Hey man,

Yeah. That would stain them red, but just depends on what you like. I spray paint, but whatever.
I have never used real pig intestines, but I love good gut munching and seeing them ripped out. But from what I hear, pig intestines after a while STINK. I was just reading an article about the movie SAMHAIN, in which Adrien Morot used real pig intestines to stuff Jenna Jameson,s fake body. But because of all the flood lights, it started getting hot, which made the intestines stink so bad people had to leave because they were getting sick.

[sightsunseen]

Dipping the nylons, while stuffed, into dipping latex then powdering them down before painting really works well too.

It just adds that gross fleshy look and feel to it.

Dipping latex is actually a lifesaver for most physically undefined objects used for gore, it'll always add a nice skin to the object that can be jellied, wetted, or painted once the latex dries and is powdered at least once.

Good times, good times.

[Airk]

I like that idea. I will have to use it on my new movie

[oddtopsy]

dipping latex is exatly the same thing as brush on rubber latex.. tho dipping it will create far to thick of a rubber layer and will not allow the guts to become floppy.. they'll be too rigid to look right.. it's best if you brush it on very thinly

my 2 cents

[sightsunseen]

Good point...
but the latex won't be too thick if
you've watered it down a little,
about 3-5 drops per ounce AND
have the nylon stuffed with something
other than socks, as they will attempt to
absorb the latex in it's liquid state.

I can't believe I overlooked that last part.

You can cover the socks with a plastic shopping
bag fairly easily before stuffing so more latex
will drip off...also have a brush or spatula handy
in case to much forms in any one location, you
can help the extra off of the article.