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A quick video showing how easy it is to add a simulated bullet hit effect – a safe Air Squib. I rigged this on myself in only a few minutes.

Si en tus películas trabajas con efectos físicos, de maquillaje… o con escenarios de entrenamiento realistas, seguramente estarás familiarizado con la simulación de efectos de impacto de bala en actores, en paredes, o en el suelo.

A lightning-fast explainer video on what the safe Air Squib is all about.

No matter how exhausted you are, rigging the safe Air Squib is still so quick and so easy. Check out this quick video.

When rigging bullet hit effects, you are often left with tubings not completely empty of stage blood. This is a quick tip from one Air Squib user on how to clean the tubings on the inside, not using your lungs. Clever!

A vast majority of the Air Squib hits we rig are in the upper body or back. However, the Air Squib makes it easy to rig a hit in any part of the body with a garment on. This is an example of a hit in an ankle and is really easy to rig. And did we mention; no licenses?

My SFX colleague from Belarus – Dmitry Yasinsky splattered stage blood on the wall behind the actor using the Air Squib. Good work, Dmitry!

This is a typical example of how you quickly can create a bullet-hit effect using an Air Squib. This unit is primarily made to create blood hits in actors but also simulates ricochets in walls, ground, water and more.

I am just very happy that it’s so easy to find batteries for the Air Squib even on remote islands.

The safe Air Squib is created to simulate blood hits in actors, but can also be used to simulate other hits. We have used the kit to recreate hits in walls, water, ground and much more. Here is a quick tip on how to create a “dry” hit in a jacket. You can use it with pillow filling and many types of material, even down, but here is what I like best. Simple to make, and the particles separate well in the air – and do not get shot out as a “white, fluffy sausage”!

In this video, I use the “Big Shot”.