3 Colours Up Tips: Blood & Gore
September 13, 2011 by elromanozo
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Great tutorial and a very ‘beautiful’ zombie to boot. Nice and necrotic. Does the ink method also work on smooth surfaces like swords and armour?
Thank you !
Indeed, it does work on every surface, if well mixed.
Use paint instead of ink for dried blood, and add perhaps a little brown…
On surfaces, apply spatter, small dots and fine trails with caution, determining where the blood would naturally drip, flow, clog up and be smeared in a logical fashion…
There’s nothing worse than a great, well painted mini that’s completely ruined by unrealistic, unbelievable oodles of blood that’s not the right color, or that’s not the right texture, or that doesn’t flow where it should, or that simply shows brush strokes… Or just too much of it.
BoW Romain
Thanks for that elaborate answer Romain! I will surely give the washes a try.
I’m experimenting with gore at the moment – if I want blood splatters I’ll prep my ink and use an old, small drybrush – flick off the excess onto kitchen towel and then carefully run my finger across to ‘flick’ the paint in a certain direction. You can control it quite a bit and then use the spots as points to add streaks, if you were so inclined. Another method I like after the model is finished and varnished is to use Red Klear (I use Humbrol) applying it with an old brush or gently dabbing it on – it’s… Read more »