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I would like to know how others feel about painting blood on their models. I know that there are several armies that don't really paint any blood, tau being the first name to pop up. As an ork player I imagine them getting really bloody and not really wanting to bother washing it off. But one thing I do is wait intill my models have proven itself in combat before blooding it. This means that all my new models, or modles that have yet to win a CC are clean. Does anyone else share this habit?

That's an interesting way to do your models. I actually really like that idea, maybe I'll try it.

As for me putting blood on models...well...I play Khorne...

I put blood on non-powered close-combat weapons, gauntlets and sometimes boots.

Unless you're really, really good, it will come off as incredibly tacky.

Agreed.

You cant just slap on some red. Never used much myself.

Yeah I got some Knorne Berzerkers and models of the like, until I actually find the best way to put blood on the model im not touching the stuff. But that is a cool way about the orks though is to add the blood after they lived through a CC.

I find that many people paint blood already, so I paint dirt.

But, once in a while, I'll paint a red sploch or something, on a model that does REALLY well.

I vote yes on blood on models. When appropriate to theme. See the model on the right.

Theme is very important to think about when applying blood, I've seen squads of zerkers on bases that were pools of blood w/ a rock sticking out. (To stand on.)

I've seen it done well (Though I don't do it much myself, other than 1 Fire Warrior whose arm doesn't quite fit...so I didn't glue it on, leaving it as battle damage) with Chaos Space Marines. This person used like a gravelly base painted white to signify skulls, then put a red wash over it. It did a great job of making the model look like it was walking over a pile of bloody skulls.

Yeah, use different shades of red with some varnish at the end...

I ALWAYS put blood on CC weps, its a solid tradition of mine (agreed it does sometimes look a bit tacky). The thing is with tau, their blood is blue so that is sometimes a problem....

Umm I don't really like blood on my Death Guard because I don't really imagine blood staying there, on the armor of PM's. It would, like, fade into the armor or something. I only like to paint blood on the weapons of important characters.

I imagine that most imperial forces and prideful xenos(Guard, space marines, eldar, tau) would be kept very clean, as they have pride in purging, but other races either revel in the blood (Kroot, Chaos,dark eldar) or just can't be botherd to clean up after(tyranids, Orks, necrons)

despoiler52 wrote:I imagine that most imperial forces and prideful xenos(Guard, space marines, eldar, tau) would be kept very clean, as they have pride in purging, but other races either revel in the blood (Kroot, Chaos,dark eldar) or just can't be botherd to clean up after(tyranids, Orks, necrons)

Lol my conscripts dont survive the CC and thus have no time to be dirty among the living

my wife has achieved some VERY cool blood spray by taking a paintbrush dipped in red and brushing her thumb across it to spray it in tiny flecks at the model. The result is a very nice looking "mist" of blood as if someone had been vaporized right next to you.

Dashofpepper wrote:my wife has achieved some VERY cool blood spray by taking a paintbrush dipped in red and brushing her thumb across it to spray it in tiny flecks at the model. The result is a very nice looking "mist" of blood as if someone had been vaporized right next to you.

That's how I apply blood to my 'zerks.

Blood should only be done if you are good at it. I spent time practising different effects on old models before I even thought about doing it on my main army. I add old dried blood onto rusty knives and swords. Not too overkill.

Going back about ten years, but I knew a guy who did all the blood on his bloodthirster with, well his own blood lol. Talk about dedication!

I feel with blood less is more. You can prevent the gaudy factor with that attitude.

Dashofpepper wrote:my wife has achieved some VERY cool blood spray by taking a paintbrush dipped in red and brushing her thumb across it to spray it in tiny flecks at the model. The result is a very nice looking "mist" of blood as if someone had been vaporized right next to you.

That seems to be the best way in general. One other thing I would point out is that blood turns a red/brown color when it gets dry, so anything that isn't fresh from the vein should have a little Devlan mud or the like washed over it or mixed in. That helps tone it down and get away from the super bright silly looking blood you often see.

Still, I feel the need to point out that it tends to look silly if you go overboard, so keep it to a minimum on most figures. A few flecks here and there on blades and armor go a long way, and if you keep the rank and file mostly blood free, that one really crazy IC stands out that much more.

Going back about ten years, but I knew a guy who did all the blood on his bloodthirster with, well his own blood lol. Talk about dedication!

I 'blessed' my main captain and chapter master's lightning claws with my own blood with a cut I had from modeling. It seems to have worked as they always seem to do well in CC.

Brother SRM wrote:Unless you're really, really good, it will come off as incredibly tacky.

True, but i have found that TCR (tamiya clear red) mixed with a smidge of brown ink is hard to get wrong

Um, now I get the feeling that there is an underground cult of warhammer players who Baptizing their models in human blood. Every once and a while (like when a warboss kills 3 squads of guard single handedly) I make him look like he walked through a car wash that used tomato juice, generaly just to taught that same enemy by saying "hey, you see that artirial spray, that's your sargent."

Its funny cause I immediately thought of the guy who painted his bezerkers with his own blood.. and how dakka gasped in disgust and slapped him silly.

But no I don't paint blood on my miniatures.

vodo40k wrote:

Going back about ten years, but I knew a guy who did all the blood on his bloodthirster with, well his own blood lol. Talk about dedication!

I 'blessed' my main captain and chapter master's lightning claws with my own blood with a cut I had from modeling. It seems to have worked as they always seem to do well in CC.

You are awful.

Well when I built 6 krootox I got blood on them dang excto knifes! They haunt me at night.....

Jon Touchdown wrote:

despoiler52 wrote:I imagine that most imperial forces and prideful xenos(Guard, space marines, eldar, tau) would be kept very clean, as they have pride in purging, but other races either revel in the blood (Kroot, Chaos,dark eldar) or just can't be botherd to clean up after(tyranids, Orks, necrons)

Lol my conscripts dont survive the CC and thus have no time to be dirty among the living

hahaha yep go the mighty gaurd and thier conscripts

Hawkins wrote:True, but i have found that TCR (tamiya clear red) mixed with a smidge of brown ink is hard to get wrong

Tamiya Clear Red FTW, Never used brown ink to mix though, I'll try it.

Dashofpepper wrote:my wife has achieved some VERY cool blood spray by taking a paintbrush dipped in red and brushing her thumb across it to spray it in tiny flecks at the model. The result is a very nice looking "mist" of blood as if someone had been vaporized right next to you.

That sounds awesome. I'll try that too.