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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Gizzard" data-source="post: 452481" data-attributes="member: 527">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.</blockquote>