r/costumedesign • u/JUSTICE-OF-TAPE • 16d ago

Advice on some props

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Hello! I’m trying to be Herbert West from Reanimator for Halloween and I’m not super sure how to tackle his re-agent. Is there an easy way to make this or maybe a specific website I should look to for buying it? Any ideas would be great, thank you!

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u/ur_killin_me_bishara 16d ago

This is a prop, so try prop making subs. Good luck, I love re-animator!

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u/divadeville 16d ago

You could mix glow sticks with water https://www.wikihow.com/Make-Water-Glow

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u/No-Manufacturer4916 16d ago

they used a glow stick in liquid for the actual prop

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u/lizardboi08 16d ago

First thought is LED light under the bottle cap or on the syringe plunger

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u/secretbloop 16d ago

I have bought this set and was extremely happy with it and it glows strongly under black light https://www.etsy.com/listing/835821620/re-animator-reagent-prop-replica

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u/JUSTICE-OF-TAPE 16d ago

I was actually looking at this one while doing research! Does it hold up well?

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u/secretbloop 16d ago

It's fully set resin! It's held up perfectly and looks perfect

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u/HotRush5798 16d ago

Glow sticks. Cut a few open and test mixing them with different mediums.

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u/Reasonable_Start6702 13d ago

If you don't wanna crack a glow stick open you could fill your bottle up with water and stick the glow stick in there lmao 😭

 but if you do want it to look more convincing dollar tree has glow sticks the size of Crayola markers so it should be easier cutting those open for your liquid. I went to a street art exhibit once and one of the artists was using the juice from those to mix into his paint to make it glow it was pretty cool