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Reply To: [unofficial weekender] red icky stuff

February 3, 2024 at 9:58 am #1861277

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Pledge: finish some Riders of Rohan and most importantly post them to a Project. I’m so lazy at taking WIP shots.

Blood for the Blood God:

My take is to paint blood only on cases where it fits and also then quite sparingly. It’s kind of a shock effect. I did blood splatters and bloody weapons to my Bestiarium Penitent Crusade stuff in this project https://www.beastsofwar.com/project/1806509/ Gore goes strongly with the theme of the miniatures, and in fact I chose the colour scheme so that the red stands out.

But I don’t have blood on my 40k Ork choppas or lighning claws while they obviously are extremely violent weapons. If I was doing World Eaters or Khorne Daemons, then it would go with theme. Star Wars: absolutely not. WW2? only if it is realistic, e.g. a medic tending to a wounded soldier. Napoleonics? Nah, prefer them clean and romanticised.

Then, thinking of this, you could go completely contrary with a shock factor. Do Burrows & Badgers in super gore, the animals bloody and feeding on each others flesh and see if Ben gives you a golden button ?