I’m on a quest at the moment to paint realistic gore. I’m trying to learn the best way so I can apply it to my Black Legion when I finally start them. Read on to find out how I’m getting on.
Above are my Dark Eldar pain tokens. I use to paint these with a dark red, then dry brush with a light red, cover with black wash and then gloss varnish. Now you can see they look OK, but they’re not right. I think I can put my finger on it as well, it’s because they’re completely red where as blood is translucent, so you would see colours/shades underneath the blood.
You might have seen this Big Boss on the blog recently. I gave the blood another try after I discovered Third Eye Nuke uses Tamiya Clear Red (see first pic) I just mixed some Badab Black into the clear red and then dabbed it on with a paint brush. I got great results that I’m pretty chuffed with. Solmar then gave me some of the best advice I’ve been given in a longtime…
… Blow it! Solmar actually suggested load up the brush, hold it between your mouth and model and blow. You get instant realistic spatter! Check out these trolls who volunteered to be splattered with clear red. I really like the rock from the guy in the middle. Imagine the poor dwarf on the other end of that!
It’s no doubt that Tamiya Clear Red is an awesome paint for realistic gore. So I thought I’d create a base of hacked up body parts (maybe for Khárn to stand on). To paint this base I started by base coating it with Ungor Flesh. Then I covered it thickly with a mix of Clear Red and Badab Black. Once that was dry I just gave it a thick coat of Clear Red on it’s own.
I now feel confident to splatter my Black Legion with gore. Watch this space!
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hi there, this looks great can you please tell me what the ratio is for x-27 to nuln oil for this blood mix please? Also does it need to be watered down as well?
Thanks!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rx-FQlNvkDI
Just make up the ratios. The more nuln oil you add the darker it will look. Look at real examples on google and mix your paint to match those results.
Wow. Just…wow. I cannot thank you enough for this. I've been disappointed with the look of blood every time I've tried it. After reading this I went out and bought a bottle of Tamiya Clear Red and BAM. Perfect looking blood. I just used it on the lightning claws of my Chaos Chosen and could not be happier with the results. It got a "Dude! That is the coolest thing ever!" from my 9 year old son. Seals of approval don't get much better than that, sir.
I really like the look of the trolls here. What line of minis are they from?
They're conversions from the Battle for Skull Pass warhammer game. No longer available I'm afraid. You could check ebay though.
No thinners required. Just paint of blow it on . Only use badab black wash if you want darker dry crusty blood, for example the Warboss's shield. For fresh blood use clear red straight out of the pot.
Do you need thinner or some sort for tamiya paint to use as this tutorial? Or is it ok to just mix it with wash without thinning down?
Great results there, I'm going to have to try this.
As for the clear red, it's made to be painted on to clear plastic, like cockpit canopies for example to tint them. Can't compare it to ink, washes, or any other kind of paint really
It's not ink. It's not like an acrylic paint either. It's quite arrange and it smells.
Great tip guys thanks once again!
Just to be clear (no pun intended), the clear red is a type of ink? Or what?
I need to get some of that clear red. This looks awesome!
Similar to the blow method (lol – that doesn't sound right) you could also use an old tooth brush and dip it into the clear red and then run your finger over the bristles making the red flick towards the model. It makes a much finer spray pattern if you want something with more dispersion. Kind of like when they describe some one being turned in to a "red mist" in the fluff…
BDS, I bought a box of zombies, chopped them up and pushed them into milliwatt mounds. Bit expensive, but quite fun!
Great advice….but how did you make those pain markers? Is that a cast? You can you purchase it some where or home made?
Thanks much.
BDS
Working with Tamiya Clear Red and its noxious fumes, combined with blowing is great way to get a room full of blokes pretty trippy as my painting group found out lately
This is a great little trick indeed for more realistic blood effects. Though I also throw in a bit of purple ink to it at times to give it a bit of colored depth as sometimes black is too much.
Didn't know the blow technique ( that's what she said? ) but will to try it out on some models in the future..