Fake Blood and Painting guides

[Ostler]

I just found a miniature for a sacrificial alter (including victim). I'm trying to figure out a way to add (temporary?) fake blood to it. Or at least blood stains. Any suggestions?

Also, I'm new to painting and trying to learn more. Any suggestions for online guides to painting techniques?


Thanks

Ostler

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[Usurper]

Encyclopedia Brown once taught me that blood dries brown. So if you want realism in your blood stains...er, I'd probably make them red anyway just so nobody asked me why their was feces on the altar.

There's an excellent series of articles teaching miniatures painting on wotc's website, www.wizards.com/dnd . You'll probably have to dig around or use the search feature.

 

[Esiminar]

If the alter has been in use for a long time very old blood stains turn black.

For the painting I suggest you expirement on a spare piece of watever material the alter is made of.

 

[kengar]

There's an excellent series of articles teaching miniatures painting on wotc's website, www.wizards.com/dnd . You'll probably have to dig around or use the search feature.

Use this link for the WOTC mini-painting article (Link is for part One. Article is in several parts).

 

[Dragongirl]

Well since it is a miniature, you could go for realism and drop a few layers of real blood on it . . .

 

[KnowTheToe]

Well since it is a miniature, you could go for realism and drop a few layers of real blood on it . . .

I don't know about minis, but I cut my finger a few years back carving a pumpkin, it was a doosie of a cut, and decorated my pumpkin with blood.

I had done a deamonish face using flame shapes and then painted it with my blood. It was wicked cool, although one of my friends younger brothers was not allowed to come over anymore. The sacrafices artists are required to make.

Disclaimer: I do not recommend anyone cut themselves to decorate minis or pumpkins.

 

[Sialia]

Elmer's glue and food dye.

Dries translucent, and can probably be peeled off or washed off when you're ready to remove it.

Just remember that a true blood red has some blue in it, and that food dye will stain porous surfaces.

 

[Gizzard]

Tamiya (?) makes a set of translucents which I think are intended for model cars (tail-lights etc). I have a yellow and a red.

In order to get a gloopy, drying blood sort of color I mix some of that thick, translucent red with a rust colored acrylic. I dont bother to mix all that well, so it ends up a bit streaky and perhaps lumpy. (This works well on GW Orky things like a Dreadnaught's circular-saw hand or someones chainsaw weapon.) Afterwards, I'll go back with a couple different colors from bright red to deep brown red and put a little bit of splatter around and in the original blood mix. Then perhaps once more with the pure translucent, depending on how glisten-y I want it to look.

I was pretty happy with my results so I didnt have to go to Plan B. Plan B is usually to go get some reference material; perhaps that horror special effects magazine might help (Phantasmagoria?). Coincidentally, there's a picture of Carrie covered in blood on the front of todays SF Chronicle Datebook section if you live in the Bay Area. If not, perhaps you own or can borrow some horror DVDs.

 

[benhamtroll]

Painting Guide

Another site that I just discovered that has some excellent tidbits of information is at:

http://www.wegotgame.net/jen/tips_index.html

This woman is amazing. She has lots of examples of her work, and I'm impressed.

 

[KnowTheToe]

Re: Painting Guide

Another site that I just discovered that has some excellent tidbits of information is at:

http://www.wegotgame.net/jen/tips_index.html

This woman is amazing. She has lots of examples of her work, and I'm impressed.

She teaches a handful of painting classes at www.beagamer.com. She just taught one on Oct. 19th and won't do another until next year. It is a long drive, to Chicago area for you, but there was a guy from one of the Carolina's that came. It was a good class.