This would be a better piece if you have some experiece with putting such things on. First of all you have to keep in mind that this is meant for a very specific skin type. When I got it it was completely unusable because I am too tanned. I tried to fix it up with more blood and a little foundation, but it still looked too weird. The blood does look very real though, and I did use that to fashion my own wound, but if you don't have pale skin, the wound is going to look very very fake. However, for the right person it would probably be an awesome piece. The wound itself looked pretty cool without applying it.