Forum adverts like this one are shown to any user who is not logged in. Join us by filling out a tiny 3 field form and you will get your own, free, dakka user account which gives a good range of benefits to you: No adverts like this in the forums anymore. Times and dates in your local timezone. Full tracking of what you have read so you can skip to your first unread post, easily see what has changed since you last logged in, and easily see what is new at a glance. Email notifications for threads you want to watch closely. Being a part of the oldest wargaming community on the net. If you are already a member then feel free to login now.

Hey dakka dakka!
I have recently started my finecast Lictor and i wanted to add something very bloody and fleshy so I decided I would have him holding a space marine head with the spine still attached but covered in gore, a bit like what predator does if you have seen the movies (still alive even in the 41st mellenium). I have started by using a grey knights head (cause i didn't have any space marines) and i have added a thin bit of green stuff to make the base of the spine, i will sculpt that when it is dry but i wanted to make it look really bloody and gorey (if that is a word) but i have no idea what to do about it. Any ideas anyone? (a hot glue gun is sort of out of the question cause i am only 15...)

mix some red gore paint in with PVA and a little snow flock. it should give it a really gristly texture, like there is muscle and bone fragments hanging off the spine

^^ or fine sand

i've tried sand, unless you get it so fine it is powder, it just looks bad. although a mix of say 3 parts snow flock and 1 part sand added to the PVA and paint could help to form a nice varied consistency, like a proper mixture of bodily chunks.

also, try and sculpt some lungs and a heart hanging off the spine, with blood pooling on the floor and dripping from the spine

A quick-and-dirty spine is to use either the neck or tail from a plastic skeleton horse (look to the Tomb Kings stuff to get one of those).

As for the blood and gore, +1 to the red gore,pva glue and flock idea...

PVA glue is money for gore (as well as drool/saliva if you're doing tyranids).

Out of curiosity, what does being 15 have to do with hot glue guns?

I am 15, and have many many various tool. Including a pair of glue guns.

This is one of the best gore tutorials I've seen. The results are super gnarly. http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/324106.page

As a final step, you can always go over the "wet" parts with brush-on gloss varnish. It really makes stuff look nasty! Gets that visceral EEEWW reaction...

Thanks you all and my dad won't let me use a hot glue gun cause i am only 15 plus i don't have the cash for it (sorry should have been more specific)


Automatically Appended Next Post:

This is one of the best gore tutorials I've seen. The results are super gnarly. http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/324106.page

THAT IS NASTY! i have never seen a more realistic gore pile! that guys must have been hit by a melta and had it kept on him till he was a puddle, which he is!

Aldi, about £7, and pretty good.

Tamiya clear red gives a good blood look as its quite thick, i apply a coat of that, then for darker spots mix in some badab black wash with it and go over again... if you want a congealed(?) look, leave for a min, it goes tacky then stipple the bit you applied to make it look less fresh.... as for stringy blood bits, UHU glue (http://images.staples-eu.com/App_Themes/ck-CK_iVAT/images/product/uk_308551_1_xnl.jpg) mixed with Tamiya red does the job.

Some examples floating round my gallery of when I've used the above.

Hope that helps

T-M

clear silicone sealant from hardware shop like lowes in the USA or wickes/B&Q in the UK and some red oil paint mix well then spread, dangle onto your model... should look good plus sill be squishy even when dry.

I have done it! In the end i just dry brushed some really fleshy looking paint onto it and used the rice crispie gore on the base (it has become a sensation at my local games-workshop)

please can you post some pictures?

check out my gallery, i used the gore on the base of my hierodule. sorry for not responding for ages, i went off dakka for a while. i will put up pics of my lictor soon...

tamiya clear red mixed with PVA is perfect for gore... you can pull strings and make drops and splashes... drop of black to make it look even more realistic