Cheap Fake Barbed Wire
If you’ve got a scene that requires realistic looking barbed wire your best bet is to head over to Home Depot and pick up a roll, it’s only $65 for 1300 feet! I mean, what’s the worst that can happen? Someone grabs it to see if it’s real and cuts their hand, or rips their clothing on it, or actually falls into it and slices themselves up real good leaving a bloody mess on your floor, and if any of that happens you know what that means… BEST HAUNT EVER!!!! It’s probably not worth the liability, though, so with that said, you may want to checkout the tutorial that msraynsford created on how to create Cheap Fake Barbed Wire
You’ll start by folding your length of string in half, tying one end of it down and twisting the string whichever direction you prefer. Once you’ve got it good and twisted you’ll dip it completely in your glue. You can mix your paint directly into the glue to ensure a nice even color. Let it dry making sure that it doesn’t touch itself or unwind during this time.
You’ll next need to add your barbs, which are nothing more than lengths of 10cm (3 inch) string dipped in the glue and then wrapped around the main string. Once you’ve got the barbs wrapped around the main string and they’ve dried completely, simply cut the barbs on an angle to give them a sharp pointed appearance.
Once your barbed wire is completely dried your wire is ready to hang. It looks realistic and won’t cut anybody (probably).
Items needed to complete this include:
- String (roughly 2.5 times more string than you want barbed wire)
- PVA glue (Elmer’s)
- Grey Paint