Ice Cube Blood Bags

xander3000 · Post by **xander3000** » Sat Apr 02, 2005 7:15 pm

OK, this might need some explaining. If you shop in asda, (or possibly wal-mart but i havnt bin in one of them for 2 yrs) u will find that they sell 'Ice Cube bags' where u pour water into a big bag, which has little bag compartemnt things and then u freeze em. Well i was thinking, would it b possible to fill these bags full of fake blood nd heat sea each packet, then placing it in an unexploded party popper, then pull the string and explode it as a homemade squib/bloodpacket?

NPMAX · Post by **NPMAX** » Sat Apr 02, 2005 7:20 pm

A popper probably wouldn't have enough power to eject the blood packet or pop it. Now if the packet leaked it could ruin the powder as well.

reflexive_cinematics · Sat Apr 02, 2005 7:32 pm

Probably the cheapest way to make a 'squib' would be using compressed air and a tube full of blood.

You can try it with those small cans of air and see if that works, otherwise the next step would be to use one of those garden sprayers that you have to pump up. Then you would have a larger resivoir to 'blast/blow' out the blood.

Then the best way would be to use a small compressor ( electrical ) and then you will really have enough force to make some good blood sprays. But the garden sprayer should suffice.

xander3000 · Post by **xander3000** » Sat Apr 02, 2005 8:03 pm

kool thanks, only problem is we wanted lyk a machine gun spray across the chest close up, do you have any ways (cheap) to do this?

Almondo99 · Post by **Almondo99** » Sat Apr 02, 2005 8:28 pm

Hmmm....
Maybe a lot of weed sprayers? They're only like 6-8 dollars. Or you could pre-score the holes, put some fake blood in a water bottle or something like that, and squeeze across the row of scored holes.

xander3000 · Post by **xander3000** » Sat Apr 02, 2005 8:31 pm

yeah, that wud be pretty cool, i'll try it with jus one, cos i cant seem to find any in the uk, so ill havta dig it out the garage

Almondo99 · Post by **Almondo99** » Sat Apr 02, 2005 8:33 pm

Make sure to put something in the holes on either side of the tube for the weed sprayer, so it sprays out, not pour out.

xander3000 · Post by **xander3000** » Sat Apr 02, 2005 8:37 pm

is blutac best? or cud i just use bits of sponge?

Almondo99 · Post by **Almondo99** » Sat Apr 02, 2005 8:40 pm

Bluetac, Tacky will hold the best. Sponge, paper towel will work, and when bloody, may look like chunks of flesh if they come out.

BrownCowStudios · Post by **BrownCowStudios** » Sat Apr 02, 2005 9:35 pm

Almondo99 wrote:They're only like 6-8 dollars.

Really? I paid $20 for mine.

xander3000 · Post by **xander3000** » Sat Apr 02, 2005 9:56 pm

i think i cud get some for 99p from the 99pence store (which is so kool) so whenn im next out and about i'll check it out

Almondo99 · Post by **Almondo99** » Sat Apr 02, 2005 10:46 pm

That's cheap!
Maybe get a couple to put in each of the holes.

xander3000 · Post by **xander3000** » Sat Apr 02, 2005 11:05 pm

Im going to use as many as possible without being too obvious, as long as i can get my hands on them

Almondo99 · Post by **Almondo99** » Sat Apr 02, 2005 11:32 pm

That'll turn out a lot better, rather than spray it across all the holes.

Grant · Post by **Grant** » Sun Apr 03, 2005 2:43 am

party poppers have little power to them

Catscratch44 · Post by **Catscratch44** » Sun Apr 03, 2005 4:10 am

Wut i do is fill jewlry bags with stage blood and pop them with an air soft gun easy and cheap

redkorn · Post by **redkorn** » Sun Apr 03, 2005 4:25 am

hey has anyone tried adding blood in digitaly?

OutcastJiob · Post by **OutcastJiob** » Sun Apr 03, 2005 6:22 am

I'm pretty sure Epsilon has.

Epsilon · Post by **Epsilon** » Sun Apr 03, 2005 8:38 am

http://matt.echowave.net/flashes.mov

xander3000 · Post by **xander3000** » Sun Apr 03, 2005 10:30 am

Wow that looks really good, how did u make it?

DaveP · Post by **DaveP** » Fri Apr 08, 2005 9:56 pm

I get a water balloon and fill it with fake blood (medium consistency) using a syringe. Then I tape it to myself, and using the electric detonator thing pop it. also cut X in clothes. It didnt even show up much when I filmed it. Lost the movie though :/

Radiate · Post by **Radiate** » Sat Apr 09, 2005 1:30 am

At just about any good hardware store they sell little attachments that you can put on the end of an air compressor(they're made to spray different sorts of paints and varnishes on the wood.) Anyway, fill it with fake blood, hide the tube down their shirt or something, and then have the person at the air compressor blast out air. It looks very real! And you can hook up to six on to one hose(they're anywhere from $6-$20.)

xander3000 · Post by **xander3000** » Sat Apr 09, 2005 12:06 pm

kool thanx for all ur help, i still cant find anywhere to buy squibs in the UK , and i dont understand the detonator thingies, so ill probably jus stick with the weed sprayer methosd, thanx

Radiate · Post by **Radiate** » Sun Apr 10, 2005 2:49 am

Well then run the weed sprayer across the person's chest and cut a bunch of holes in the side of the tube. When the blood comes it will come out one by one.(The 1st one is the one closest to the tank.)

xander-prd · Post by **xander-prd** » Sun Apr 10, 2005 6:13 pm

wooo i jus got some sprayers for 99p each =) i myt sell them on ebay if theyre goin for $20 in the US. . . .

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