Comments on: How to make entrails http://www.maryrobinettekowal.com/journal/how-to-make-entrails/ The daily journal of a puppeteer and SF author. Fri, 03 Feb 2012 22:34:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Simon http://www.maryrobinettekowal.com/journal/how-to-make-entrails/comment-page-1/#comment-40081 Simon Wed, 08 Jul 2009 15:16:53 +0000 http://www.maryrobinettekowal.com/?p=5022#comment-40081 Thanks Mary for the great tut. Finally in an only slightly modified fashion: <a href="http://condomunity.com/entertainment/cinemaready-entrails/" rel="nofollow">Your great condom tut</a>. Thanks Mary for the great tut. Finally in an only slightly modified fashion: Your great condom tut.

]]> By: Mary Robinette Kowal http://www.maryrobinettekowal.com/journal/how-to-make-entrails/comment-page-1/#comment-38455 Mary Robinette Kowal Wed, 13 May 2009 03:38:56 +0000 http://www.maryrobinettekowal.com/?p=5022#comment-38455 Ooo! Thanks for the tip. Ooo! Thanks for the tip.

]]> By: Elissa M http://www.maryrobinettekowal.com/journal/how-to-make-entrails/comment-page-1/#comment-38454 Elissa M Wed, 13 May 2009 03:35:35 +0000 http://www.maryrobinettekowal.com/?p=5022#comment-38454 Try a feed store that sells veterinary products for the KY. It's usually much cheaper than the human marketed product and comes in larger tubes. Try a feed store that sells veterinary products for the KY. It’s usually much cheaper than the human marketed product and comes in larger tubes.

]]> By: Mary Robinette Kowal http://www.maryrobinettekowal.com/journal/how-to-make-entrails/comment-page-1/#comment-38426 Mary Robinette Kowal Mon, 11 May 2009 15:41:15 +0000 http://www.maryrobinettekowal.com/?p=5022#comment-38426 My pleasure! I hope it helps. My pleasure! I hope it helps.

]]> By: Mary Robinette Kowal http://www.maryrobinettekowal.com/journal/how-to-make-entrails/comment-page-1/#comment-38425 Mary Robinette Kowal Mon, 11 May 2009 15:40:33 +0000 http://www.maryrobinettekowal.com/?p=5022#comment-38425 There's a consistency of the filled condoms that I haven't seen anywhere else. They stretch and bulge and are generally icky. I might try the caulk idea, but I suspect it's not that much cheaper. Plus the dry time on that amount of silicone would have to be intense. There’s a consistency of the filled condoms that I haven’t seen anywhere else. They stretch and bulge and are generally icky.

I might try the caulk idea, but I suspect it’s not that much cheaper. Plus the dry time on that amount of silicone would have to be intense.

]]> By: Mary Robinette Kowal http://www.maryrobinettekowal.com/journal/how-to-make-entrails/comment-page-1/#comment-38424 Mary Robinette Kowal Mon, 11 May 2009 15:38:43 +0000 http://www.maryrobinettekowal.com/?p=5022#comment-38424 That's an excellent intestine technique. These needed to splat and the cotton batting ones tend to be light. Which is part of what makes them great for Little Shop, because it's easier for the puppeteer to handle. That’s an excellent intestine technique. These needed to splat and the cotton batting ones tend to be light. Which is part of what makes them great for Little Shop, because it’s easier for the puppeteer to handle.

]]> By: Mary Robinette Kowal http://www.maryrobinettekowal.com/journal/how-to-make-entrails/comment-page-1/#comment-38423 Mary Robinette Kowal Mon, 11 May 2009 15:37:47 +0000 http://www.maryrobinettekowal.com/?p=5022#comment-38423 True. I do usually buy the off brand but shorthanded to KY for this. The important thing is that it's not petroleum based, which will cause the condoms to rupture. True. I do usually buy the off brand but shorthanded to KY for this. The important thing is that it’s not petroleum based, which will cause the condoms to rupture.

]]> By: Camolai http://www.maryrobinettekowal.com/journal/how-to-make-entrails/comment-page-1/#comment-38422 Camolai Mon, 11 May 2009 14:54:49 +0000 http://www.maryrobinettekowal.com/?p=5022#comment-38422 I am helping shoot a zombie movie and we are literally on our way to the store to buy bulk condoms and KY right now for a green screen shoot we're doing later today. Thanks for the great idea!! I am helping shoot a zombie movie and we are literally on our way to the store to buy bulk condoms and KY right now for a green screen shoot we’re doing later today. Thanks for the great idea!!

]]> By: Mike F http://www.maryrobinettekowal.com/journal/how-to-make-entrails/comment-page-1/#comment-38417 Mike F Mon, 11 May 2009 01:59:44 +0000 http://www.maryrobinettekowal.com/?p=5022#comment-38417 The picture with the multi-colored condoms looks a bit like some bizarro gummi candies. Something about the colors and the relative translucence just reminds me of the candies. I hope nobody is eating any of them now while reading this... Neat post though. It looks very good. And a little gross. Perfect. :) The picture with the multi-colored condoms looks a bit like some bizarro gummi candies. Something about the colors and the relative translucence just reminds me of the candies. I hope nobody is eating any of them now while reading this…

Neat post though. It looks very good. And a little gross. Perfect. :)

]]> By: Kelvin Kao http://www.maryrobinettekowal.com/journal/how-to-make-entrails/comment-page-1/#comment-38408 Kelvin Kao Sun, 10 May 2009 07:49:58 +0000 http://www.maryrobinettekowal.com/?p=5022#comment-38408 An observant cashier might look at the amount of KY Jelly versus the condoms you are buying, and suggest that they don't quite match up. An observant cashier might look at the amount of KY Jelly versus the condoms you are buying, and suggest that they don’t quite match up.

]]> By: Mathieu René http://www.maryrobinettekowal.com/journal/how-to-make-entrails/comment-page-1/#comment-38403 Mathieu René Fri, 08 May 2009 20:57:29 +0000 http://www.maryrobinettekowal.com/?p=5022#comment-38403 Thanks Mary. For the methyl cellulose, I know from experience that in a palstic container, it doesn't dry, and I once had a btach that lasted me 7 years without any mold or change in property, besides thickening (slight evaporation, the container was not perfectly air tight). I don,t know if it would react with latex though. How long does a prop like those entrails last? Months? Years? It is latex after all. How would you store them? Thanks Mary.

For the methyl cellulose, I know from experience that in a palstic container, it doesn’t dry, and I once had a btach that lasted me 7 years without any mold or change in property, besides thickening (slight evaporation, the container was not perfectly air tight). I don,t know if it would react with latex though.

How long does a prop like those entrails last? Months? Years?
It is latex after all.
How would you store them?

]]> By: Smidge204 http://www.maryrobinettekowal.com/journal/how-to-make-entrails/comment-page-1/#comment-38402 Smidge204 Fri, 08 May 2009 20:14:35 +0000 http://www.maryrobinettekowal.com/?p=5022#comment-38402 This seems to be a rather expensive method of doing it. I'd wonder if substituting the condoms for collagen sausage casing and the KY for silicone caulk (clear or white, which can still be dyed) would be a more cost effective alternative. Add dried chunks of black silicone caulk to the mix as a suspension for added texture perhaps? Plus, once the silicone dries (2-3 days to dry completely) the collagen sausage casing would not be needed at all, and you could peel it off in spots for added fleshy bits. It would be a lot tougher, too - you could whip it around, chew on it, etc without breaking. This seems to be a rather expensive method of doing it. I’d wonder if substituting the condoms for collagen sausage casing and the KY for silicone caulk (clear or white, which can still be dyed) would be a more cost effective alternative. Add dried chunks of black silicone caulk to the mix as a suspension for added texture perhaps?

Plus, once the silicone dries (2-3 days to dry completely) the collagen sausage casing would not be needed at all, and you could peel it off in spots for added fleshy bits. It would be a lot tougher, too – you could whip it around, chew on it, etc without breaking.

]]> By: Mark http://www.maryrobinettekowal.com/journal/how-to-make-entrails/comment-page-1/#comment-38401 Mark Fri, 08 May 2009 20:12:56 +0000 http://www.maryrobinettekowal.com/?p=5022#comment-38401 Yours turned out really well. I had to make intestines once for the Little Shop of Horrors plant feeding scene. I used panty hose, cotton batting, flex glue(Made by Rose Brand if you want to google it), and red paint. Just stuff the pantyhose, intentionally creating some un-even clumps here and there. Use some thread to create some narrower spots. Coat the entire thing in flex glue, seals the pores of the fabric and gives a nice texture. Flex glue looks and works like white elmer's glue except that once dry it is incredibly flexible. You can tint the glue with yellow or red paint. The hose are a great under coat color. Then accent with red paint for blood. Yours turned out really well. I had to make intestines once for the Little Shop of Horrors plant feeding scene. I used panty hose, cotton batting, flex glue(Made by Rose Brand if you want to google it), and red paint. Just stuff the pantyhose, intentionally creating some un-even clumps here and there. Use some thread to create some narrower spots. Coat the entire thing in flex glue, seals the pores of the fabric and gives a nice texture. Flex glue looks and works like white elmer’s glue except that once dry it is incredibly flexible. You can tint the glue with yellow or red paint. The hose are a great under coat color. Then accent with red paint for blood.

]]> By: Jeff P http://www.maryrobinettekowal.com/journal/how-to-make-entrails/comment-page-1/#comment-38400 Jeff P Fri, 08 May 2009 18:04:12 +0000 http://www.maryrobinettekowal.com/?p=5022#comment-38400 Most drugstores have their own, cheaper brands of lubricants similar to KY. I know this because---um...uh... Most drugstores have their own, cheaper brands of lubricants similar to KY. I know this because—um…uh…

]]> By: Jeff Soesbe (yeff) http://www.maryrobinettekowal.com/journal/how-to-make-entrails/comment-page-1/#comment-38398 Jeff Soesbe (yeff) Fri, 08 May 2009 17:37:31 +0000 http://www.maryrobinettekowal.com/?p=5022#comment-38398 I'm betting it would be "uncertain, yet rampant, curiosity as spurred on by a runaway imagination" Especially if the KY is being bought at the same time as the condoms and the Press and Seal. If the fake blood was acquired at the same corner grocery store as the above items, I bet you'd see a tinge of fearful revulsion as well. Great post! - yeff I’m betting it would be “uncertain, yet rampant, curiosity as spurred on by a runaway imagination”

Especially if the KY is being bought at the same time as the condoms and the Press and Seal.

If the fake blood was acquired at the same corner grocery store as the above items, I bet you’d see a tinge of fearful revulsion as well.

Great post!

- yeff

]]> By: Mary Robinette Kowal http://www.maryrobinettekowal.com/journal/how-to-make-entrails/comment-page-1/#comment-38396 Mary Robinette Kowal Fri, 08 May 2009 15:31:04 +0000 http://www.maryrobinettekowal.com/?p=5022#comment-38396 Hm... honestly I haven't tried it. My concern would be it drying or molding over time. As for stageblood, I like ReelBlood. Hm… honestly I haven’t tried it. My concern would be it drying or molding over time.

As for stageblood, I like ReelBlood.

]]> By: dlauthor http://www.maryrobinettekowal.com/journal/how-to-make-entrails/comment-page-1/#comment-38395 dlauthor Fri, 08 May 2009 15:29:53 +0000 http://www.maryrobinettekowal.com/?p=5022#comment-38395 Next time, please be sure to take a picture of the look on the store clerk's face when you buy your supplies. Next time, please be sure to take a picture of the look on the store clerk’s face when you buy your supplies.

]]> By: Mathieu René http://www.maryrobinettekowal.com/journal/how-to-make-entrails/comment-page-1/#comment-38394 Mathieu René Fri, 08 May 2009 15:27:54 +0000 http://www.maryrobinettekowal.com/?p=5022#comment-38394 Wowser! I think it looks great! A bit pricey for the KY, do you think it could be replaced with methyl cellulose and water? Do you have a specific brand of stage blood to recommend? THanks a lot for taking the time to share this! Wowser!

I think it looks great!
A bit pricey for the KY, do you think it could be replaced with methyl cellulose and water?

Do you have a specific brand of stage blood to recommend?

THanks a lot for taking the time to share this!

]]> By: Mary Robinette Kowal http://www.maryrobinettekowal.com/journal/how-to-make-entrails/comment-page-1/#comment-38393 Mary Robinette Kowal Fri, 08 May 2009 14:40:04 +0000 http://www.maryrobinettekowal.com/?p=5022#comment-38393 It really is the best use of that poem. I want to post it on my wall to remind me of the joys of my job. It really is the best use of that poem. I want to post it on my wall to remind me of the joys of my job.

]]> By: batwrangler http://www.maryrobinettekowal.com/journal/how-to-make-entrails/comment-page-1/#comment-38391 batwrangler Fri, 08 May 2009 14:06:17 +0000 http://www.maryrobinettekowal.com/?p=5022#comment-38391 MRK: you are The Best. :) Bear: that is brilliant (and possibly the best use of that WCW poem ever). MRK: you are The Best. :)

Bear: that is brilliant (and possibly the best use of that WCW poem ever).

]]> By: Mary Robinette Kowal http://www.maryrobinettekowal.com/journal/how-to-make-entrails/comment-page-1/#comment-38390 Mary Robinette Kowal Fri, 08 May 2009 14:03:37 +0000 http://www.maryrobinettekowal.com/?p=5022#comment-38390 You know, it happens so often, I don't even see that typo most of the time. You know, it happens so often, I don’t even see that typo most of the time.

]]> By: Mary Robinette Kowal http://www.maryrobinettekowal.com/journal/how-to-make-entrails/comment-page-1/#comment-38389 Mary Robinette Kowal Fri, 08 May 2009 14:02:49 +0000 http://www.maryrobinettekowal.com/?p=5022#comment-38389 Wrong? How can that be possible. I'd loooove to see the cake you make. Wrong? How can that be possible. I’d loooove to see the cake you make.

]]> By: ebear http://www.maryrobinettekowal.com/journal/how-to-make-entrails/comment-page-1/#comment-38388 ebear Fri, 08 May 2009 13:57:01 +0000 http://www.maryrobinettekowal.com/?p=5022#comment-38388 You know, that typo happens EVERY TIME. It's like "amnd" and "teh." You know, that typo happens EVERY TIME. It’s like “amnd” and “teh.”

]]> By: ebear http://www.maryrobinettekowal.com/journal/how-to-make-entrails/comment-page-1/#comment-38387 ebear Fri, 08 May 2009 13:55:12 +0000 http://www.maryrobinettekowal.com/?p=5022#comment-38387 Dear Roomie: This is just to say I have made up some entrials ^H^H^H^H^H^H entrails and hung them in the shower Please do not be startled. no petroleum products were harmed. I hope you were not planning on breakfast. Dear Roomie:

This is just to say

I have made up
some entrials ^H^H^H^H^H^H entrails
and hung them
in the shower

Please do
not be startled.
no petroleum
products were harmed.

I hope you
were not
planning on
breakfast.

]]> By: janetl http://www.maryrobinettekowal.com/journal/how-to-make-entrails/comment-page-1/#comment-38384 janetl Fri, 08 May 2009 06:47:56 +0000 http://www.maryrobinettekowal.com/?p=5022#comment-38384 Happened to read this, and then Cakewrecks. Has set the _wrong_ kind of creative juices going. Happened to read this, and then Cakewrecks. Has set the _wrong_ kind of creative juices going.

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