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Credit for the awesome fake glove idea goes to the guy who posted the Severed Hand Costume a year ago, not sure who, I saw the repost from a few days ago. His costume was a guy holding his own severed hand, and the top comment was “You were born with two right arms!!!” People were discussing how to solve that when I thought of this costume idea. You’re not holding your own hand, but a zombie hand. It just seemed like too cool of a project not to build, so I went ahead and tackled it right away.

Here is a little written guide on how you can tackle this yourself at home. Let me know if you have any questions.

Here’s what you will need-

•1 Black/red spandex glove

•~1 Pint Liquid mask latex

•2” thick styrofoam sheet, you only need about 4”x14”, plus a knife/rasp for carving.

•Acrylic paint- Black, Red, Brown, Green, yellow, fleshtone

•tin foil

•vinyl gloves

•rice/beans/airsoft BBs to fill glove for painting.

•sand for texture

•tissues

•Spray paint- black, brown

•gloves for fake hand

•jacket

First, take the long spandex glove and cut a 2”x1” hole in the wrist just below the palm that your real hand slips into. If you mess up, just turn the other glove inside out and use that one. Then carve the zombie forearm out of foam, keeping it really skinny and emphasizing the muscle shape. Then it goes into the back of the spandex glove up to where it touches your real wrist, with pins stuck into the foam to keep it in place and shape the fabric. Wrinkles are good here, you want a loose skin/vein look. Fill a vinyl glove with some rice/beans/air soft bbs and stuff that into the hand part of the glove temporarily while you paint it. Then use a liberal amount of liquid latex to paint it. Make sure you wear paint clothes or an apron when working with Latex. It’s messy stuff and will ruin your clothes/carpet. Put some tin foil down on your counter, and while painting the arm itself, mix latex into some tissues laid flat on the foil for skin muscle/skin texture pieces to add after they dried. You can mix normal acrylic/tempra paint into liquid latex to make different colors. Keep in mind it usually dries a lot darker than when it is wet, so don’t make the colors too dark. Start by painting the arm entirely black, then layer on red, green, and rotten flesh colored latex. Rub up and layer the tissue and latex pieces between colors to add texture to each layer. Sprinkle some sand on the wet latex to give it a really gnarly gross texture. Then carve a foam radius and ulna bone and stick them on the back with toothpicks and coat them with white glue to strengthen them/glue them to the arm. Layer more red latex on top to make them look like they go up into the arm. Then glue a dangly bit of latex as a snapped tendon. For detailing, flick some dark red acrylic paint on with an old toothbrush for some blood splatter in logical spots like the severed part of the arm and palm. Use a glossy latex-based spray for the exposed flesh parts to break up the flat texture latex usually has. You could also buy a bottle of GO2 brand glue and paint that on, it dries clear, glossy, and flexible in 20 mins. Optionally, cut a template for the tire tread mark and tape it around the zombie wrist in a logical spot, and just mist some black primer on top of that. Finally, mist some brown/black spray paint on to make it look dirty/burnt. Go light on it at first, you can always add more, it’s harder to subtract. Once everything is dry, untie/unclamp the vinyl glove filled with rice/beans/bbs and let those drain out through the hole in the wrist. This makes the glove shrink and wrinkle and also makes the vinyl glove easy to peel out of there.

Also optional, but you can add a $7 gold wrist watch from Walmart that you can grime/bloody up with latex (which should clean off fairly easily as long as it doesn’t soak in) Have that resting further down the zombie forearm.

Then the fake hand/glove around the wrist is just stuffed with some tin foil that you shape like the bone structure of your hand. Tin foil is good because you can bend and shape it. Then you shape the tin foil in the back of the hand so that it blends into your wrist. You can use two Velcro cable ties to keep it on your wrist, and put a safety pin through the Velcro, glove, and tin foil to keep them all together. Or you could just use a shoelace and tie it on. Make sure you put your jacket on BEFORE you put the zombie arm glove on. Then throw together a gross walking dead/ apocalypse look at a thrift store, add some cheap air soft guns and your melee weapon of choice, and you are done!

Here is a few pictures to give you a better look-

Painting the Zombie arm

zombie arm glove and tin foil hand

If you liked the video, I’d appreciate a x-post or share anywhere else folks might dig it! YouTube page I’d love to get it on the screens of anyone who might want to try it out in time for Halloween!

If you like this project and want to check out more of my work and tutorials like this, check out my YouTube page Here!

Why not both earrings? That would knock out another day. Just don't do them in a row. Otherwise, I dig the first pair. Neat.

How about a gift certificate for a massage? or at a nice clothing shop so she can pick out something for herself?

A new vacuum? I know I would be delighted by one!

How about a lovely new set of mustaches?

ph test strips could be fun. Right?

Perhaps a cookbook from America's Test Kitchen?

A nice umbrella?

this Is what you would use, its awesome. If you can get your hands on some, apply it liberaly to the prosthetic, face, neck and under your baldcap hairline(skin). Wait until is dries completely clear and is tacky to the touch and apply your prosthetic. This stuff should keep your prosthetic on all night.

For removal, get some bond off and a bunch of qtips. Go slow and gently and your face will thank you later.

PS> Apply a light coating of Vasaline to your eyebrows to save your eyebrows

Happy birthday!!!

"Happiness can be found even in the darkest of times, when one only remembers to turn on the light." - Albus Dumbledore

This is the only HP related item I have on my wishlist at the moment.

I also have this JK Rowling book (written under a pseudonym!) on my list.

Thanks for the contest... Imperio!

Try liquid latex? For large effects or attaching bald caps etc

Kangaroos Professional Grade Liquid Latex Makeup, 16 Oz Pint https://www.amazon.com/dp/B011X3C8CK/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_OFM9Ab1V9ZARF

Or use spirit gum for smaller things that you need to REALLY stay on longer haha. You will need spirit gum remover as well (a separate product) to take it off safely.

Mehron Spirit Gum & Remover Combo https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0040ZEHPK/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_VHM9Ab2HDKE3Y

There are a couple more options but these 2 products are very versatile and can probably accomplish your goals

I've made this before, really easy: http://www.instructables.com/id/No-Cook-Edible-Fake-Blood-for-mouth-wounds%2C-etc./

And totally safe to be in your mouth.

Edit: here is a premade solution in convenient capsules: https://www.amazon.com/Fun-World-Liquid-Blood-Capsules/dp/B00I5RIONK

Awesome thanks!

I also picked up some stage blood for the vial

http://www.amazon.com/Ben-Nye-Stage-Blood-Theatrical/dp/B00FU25DA0/

Its cheaper than calligraphy ink and is more viscous :D

She tells me she found it on Amazon.

It looks like it may have been this one:

Slytherin House Scarf
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0006GZ32I/ref=cm_sw_r_awd_JRE9ub03V3WBR

So, uh... I just so happen to know that you can buy capsules of liquid blood. You just pop them in your mouth, bite down, and... blood. Mixes with your saliva to produce a whole lot more than you'd expect. Used them for a Halloween costume one year.

Use this knowledge as you wish. 😉

Here's what I'm going with. You might be able to save a few bucks if you get something besides these specific items but I have a Prime account so I went for these as they're eligible for Prime shipping.

jacket: https://www.amazon.com/H2H-Active-Jacket-Training-Designed/dp/B01HMAS368?crid=2633KOLMM2X6&keywords=black%2Btrack%2Bjacket%2Bmen&qid=1537190803&sprefix=black%2Btrack%2Bjac%2Caps%2C167&sr=8-9&ref=sr_1_9&th=1&psc=1

beard: https://www.amazon.com/Forum-Novelties-Costume-Brown-Standard/dp/B00IVUM946?keywords=brown+beard&qid=1537190930&refinements=p_85%3A2470955011&rnid=2470954011&rps=1&sr=8-23&ref=sr_1_23

chain: https://www.amazon.com/Forum-Novelties-60393-Disco-Medallion/dp/B000VYGUKO?keywords=fake+gold+chain&qid=1537190963&s=Toys+%26+Games&sr=1-7&ref=sr_1_7

My genetics have the chest hair covered.

They are like this: https://www.amazon.com/Tamiya-Weathering-Master-titan-Set/dp/B0042VKAQW/ref=mp_s_a_1_3?keywords=tamiya+pastel&qid=1562107181&s=gateway&sr=8-3

Amazon has all the answers.

here you go!

aviator

mustache

How about this??

https://www.amazon.com/Maven-Cant-Believe-Blood-Fake/dp/B011POTE10

Sara Glove Emergency Clear Rain Ponchos - Lightweight & Disposable Case of 200… https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00ZLXCVJO/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_WzFvCb6G3P72N

This? maybe?

Oh really?

https://www.amazon.com/Fake-Mustaches-Costume-Moustaches-Illusions/dp/B00H59TKKK/

Good luck!

Need to put a handlebar mustache on its face.

https://www.amazon.com/Forum-Novelties-Costume-Handlebar-Moustache/dp/B000HKXL54/ref=sr_1_2?s=toys-and-games&ie=UTF8&qid=1492203597&sr=1-2&keywords=handlebar+mustache

https://www.amazon.com/Mr-Moustachios-Manliest-Mustaches-Assortment/dp/B00F8FEI7S/ref=sr_1_1?s=toys-and-games&ie=UTF8&qid=1492203597&sr=1-1&keywords=handlebar+mustache

Just go back to the counter a couple times and tell them you didn't get your sauce. It's a little bit of extra work, but one should never have too little sauce

Dang, I thought these were working https://www.amazon.com/Mr-Moustachios-Manliest-Mustaches-Assortment/dp/B00F8FEI7S/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1487265780&sr=8-5&keywords=fake+mustache

https://www.amazon.com/Pint-Blood-Standard-16-Fl/dp/B009DKJPKY/ref=sr_1_3?keywords=fake+blood&qid=1555878489&s=gateway&sr=8-3

If they don't give me more than one code I'm gonna get these :D

THE STEED

THE 'STACHES

THE K-CO$T

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This should come with the shirt

Obviously, this.

There's actually stuff that you can buy at most halloween shops that is designed specifically for this purpose. If you can't find it locally, you can find it at online such as here, here, and here.

I would NOT use anything like a Sharpie to do this. You want to be able to take it off at the end of the night.

I want to try my hand at weathering/detailing soon, and have two questions. What kind of paint do you use for dry brushing? The few tutorials on it I've read all go over how to dry brush, but don't specify what kind of paint to use. And what kind of detailing would you use the Tamiya Weathering Master F for? Would that be more for making gunpla look new and unused rather than beaten up and weathered?