body parts & other FX

Hi everyone, i´m a new guy on this forum.
I think it´s good, i´m not the best on spelling, so if it´ll be anoing, i´m sorry dudes!!! My question is, do you have any good (and cheap) tips on how to do realistic body parts, armatures. I often come up with an idea on different FX, but this one i can´t. Or I have one small idea, but it´s not so good. Then i wunder how to do a "cut wound" if I cut someone with a knife in the arm and where the knife touched the skin it´s coming out blood. How could I do that? Squibs... does anyone know how to do cheap, but also very good squibs? Ok folks, thats all for now. Hope someone has some answers to me, or some tips.

//Palleman

[nightbreed]

one classic knife cut effect would be to take your knife and grind away the edge so it isnt sharp. make a small blood pump with a tube that extends alone one side of the blade, the pump is on the handle. so the actor draws the dull knife across the skin of another actor and squeezes the pump, the blood out the tube on the back of the blade leaving a trail of blood, making it look like a cut.

i would suggest using this with wide shots because of the fact that it isnt a very detailed effect. id use this effect for a wide or mid shot and using either a prosthetic or a cut created with nose and scar wax for your closeup.

just some thoughts i hope they make sense.

[Ritualistic]

cool effect..

Well, it all depends on the situation. If you see the cut being made in the scene then I can't help you but if you don't see it till afterwords then I can help.

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