The production of Macbeth that I'm in was using a cheap magicians thumb as a prop and, never being one to leave well enough alone, I decided to bring it home and have a go at making it look less pink and more grim.
I'm pretty happy with the results and think I got a fair representation of pallid, rotting but recently severed flesh. I filled the hollow cavity with resin and there's blood drying in the small lip and along the edges. I used a nice dark colour on the blood since it would be well congealed and oxidized by this point.
I get to unveil it in a couple of hours for our next dress rehearsal and I'm looking forward to the reaction.
8 comments:
I'm not sure what worries me more, that you'd think to do this, or that you know what pallid, rotting but recently severed flesh looks like...
Google image search is a wonderful, and horrible, tool for finding source photos. I have quite a collection for things like rust and oxidized metals... but this was a first.
man I was worried you had hurt yourself modeling!
Thankfully not today :)
Dude, that's cool...and gross!
Thanks! It has been fun seeing it on stage every time too.
"Is this a dagger I see before me..."
I love Shakespeare, Mistah Jay. What part do you play?
I'm playing Macduff :)
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