I've long past given up on trying to make Chunky Stuff come out of the head hit squib, mostly because it's hard to load through a 3/8" OD tube.
These head squibs are a bit of a pain, so far. I get a fine mist or squirt out of them, not unlike what I get from the regular hit tubes, but last night at least it was spraying in the wrong direction! Argh!
The head load squib pouch packet thing is an interesting origami of a vinyl glove. I cut the tip off the thumb and zip-tie it to the load-and-pressure tube, and the blood sits in a triangle of glove that has been ducted taped to within an inch of its life.
The tube sticks up above the level of the blood, so it won't flow back out when put into place. There is a small spot in the bottom of the triangle at the tip where the glove is not duct taped. When pressurized, this window bursts and the blood comes out.
It's a very clever design, if only it would work right.
I'm going to try a different window and see if I can get more of a "blort" than a "mist". I'm hoping to get it perfect before I need to use it.
Oh, I may need to use it with powder this weekend, for an undead head hit! The powder version works great...
Last Thursday we (meaning Marty, the owner) had a person come out to give an estimate on a new roof (not bad, actually, and easily incorporated into the sales price of the house when we buy it this month).
She knocked on the door and, when Marla answered, she asked if everything was all right. It turns out that the blood splashed on the sidewalk (and bushes, and driveway; it looked like a massacre!) had here worried that someone had an accident here!
Marla assured her that the only accident was that I volunteered to do FX for a movie...
Last night I washed some of the blood away. Well, I made it wet; there are still red marks all over but they are lighter.
Oooh, I get more blood powder in the mail Friday, so I can experiment more with really sticky blood and scabs! I'm so excited!
And this coming weekend, we get to shoot people. A lot. Poof! Bang! Spew!