<p>Two simple solutions:</p>

<p>1.) Plastic bag of blood with a fine wire/string stuck to it.  Thread the wire through the wound hole in the shirt/leg/buttocks of the clothes, and yank.</p>

<p>2.) Lightly compressed air with a blood hose.  Indy Mogul's first Backyard FX episode has a great video on building this kind of rig: <a href="http://www.indymogul.com/backyardfx/episode/BFX_20070611" rel="nofollow">http://www.indymogul.com/backyardfx/episode/BFX_20070611</a></p>

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2011-07-06T16:05:15.240Z
2011-07-06T16:05:15.240Z
Clint Torres
<p>I was wondering if there was a simple way to make a squib to imitate gun wounds without having explosives in an actors shirt.</p>

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Simple Squib (gun wound)
johnny1bucket
# Simple Squib (gun wound)

(Asked by: username_0 on 2011-07-06)

I was wondering if there was a simple way to make a squib to imitate gun wounds without having explosives in an actors shirt.

**Tags:** special-effects


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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2011-07-06. Score: 5

Two simple solutions:

1.) Plastic bag of blood with a fine wire/string stuck to it. Thread the wire through the wound hole in the shirt/leg/buttocks of the clothes, and yank.

2.) Lightly compressed air with a blood hose. Indy Mogul's first Backyard FX episode has a great video on building this kind of rig: <http://www.indymogul.com/backyardfx/episode/BFX_20070611>


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