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Demogerg wrote:
This is why all Warhammer players, when asked by members of the opposite sex what they do in their free time, should say "Im a painter." and not "I play a game called Warhammer..."

If by some miracle the Warhammer player does move closer to being in a relationship they would just need to justify their statement with "Yes, I paint the models, and there happens to be a game based around them, there is an interesting backstory with lots of history... etc."

sorry for the thread hijack.

This is known to work well.

Fifty wrote:
intense and slightly creepy.

I've been called both before.

Blood to make it Khornate = really sodding weird and freaky, and I don't want to play with you.

I'd like to add, the chaos knight I've been talking about is Undivided. He's silver and black, apart from his gruesome axe, and the arbitrary skulls (hurr).

I gotta admit, I find this idea a little unsettling. I'm all for realism but there are certain things which simply step across my comfort zone, and blood on a model simply to make a model look good is not something I'd want to deal with. I find paints work well enough and don't involve me bleeding in any way, shape or form.

Be advised: KHORNE DOESN'T ACTUALLY EXIST!

Oh sh*t really? You really should have told me that before I put those kids in the pit and... oh dear...

Come on, I'm a painter more than a gamer, but painting your army men in your blood is just weird. There's no legitimate reason for it, and i wager anyone who does it has never kissed a girl.

Had a serious GF for two years mate, was eventually dumped for not being Christian enough. (Might have been due to the BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD!!! outbursts but I digress.

I put blood on quite a few of my models, I still can't find my camera as it appears my sister has taken it for the week. (She is going to San Jose) Should get some pics after she gets back. I generally put blood on my models to represent blood splatters, I did paint my Khorne Beserkers with blood mixed into the Red Gore, about half and half, as a way to make it more Khorny. I seal all of my finished models with Matte Varnish anyways to makes them shiny, so I don't see the problem with it.

As for a more gross use of blood in art, in Macleans magazine I read of a lady who used her own menstrual blood as paint, which is on a much different level methinks.

And guys, be grateful its only blood. Imagine if he Played Slaanesh...

You know, thats not a half bad idea...





PS: Just kidding on that last one, and for reference the kids were kids as in Goat offspring.

And for even more reference I wasn't actually sacrificing them to Khorne, my hobby is butchery! (I love living in a rural area...)

With tzneech you could paint with fire !

And with Nurgle you could paint them in.... Pus? Anthrax? Bird Flu? The possibilities are endless!

For those opposed/disgusted by the idea: Get a hunting license, get a rifle/bow(and arrows) and hunt some deer.

Then, learn how to make jerky.

This way, you can still paint in blood, although not-human, but blood for the blood god nonetheless, AND you get some damn good tasting jerky!


Other than that, I think it's a pretty creative idea, within limit. Diabetic people have to prick their fingers/belly on a daily basis and I'm sure there's some blood drawn in that process. And as long as you don't cut your wrists or the bottom of your feet (or neck, while we're at it) then I'm ok with it. Just know where your main arteries/veins are and you'll be safe.

If you don't like it, then shut up and deal with it. People have reasons to express creative ideas, and one of which is blood in paintings. Now, are they cutting off their fingers and using the bone for something on a model? No. They're using something painters over YEARS have done. Granted, dousing a model is blood is insane, but a little drop here or there is simply an idea to personalize a model, more so than if you just painted it for hours.

Lorgar's_Blessed wrote:If you don't like it, then shut up and deal with it. People have reasons to express creative ideas, and one of which is blood in paintings. Now, are they cutting off their fingers and using the bone for something on a model? No. They're using something painters over YEARS have done. Granted, dousing a model is blood is insane, but a little drop here or there is simply an idea to personalize a model, more so than if you just painted it for hours.

Yeah, it's also a crazy idea. Most painters that do that have some sort of mental issues. If your time is worth so little that you need to have to use your own blood to personalize it, I have a lot of manual labour tasks I could have you do instead... just no blood because the cops might get concerned...

Most artists are a little insane, I blame the paint/marker fumes personally.

Lorgar's_Blessed wrote:If you don't like it, then shut up and deal with it. People have reasons to express creative ideas, and one of which is blood in paintings. Now, are they cutting off their fingers and using the bone for something on a model? No. They're using something painters over YEARS have done. Granted, dousing a model is blood is insane, but a little drop here or there is simply an idea to personalize a model, more so than if you just painted it for hours.

Why should we shut up? We are entitled to express our opinions as much as you are. I'm not here saying "No you mustn't do that!" am I? No, I'm just expressing my own view of why i disagree with it. So take your "Shut up and deal with it" elsewhere. The OP purposely posted this thread for us to discuss it didn't he, thats what we are doing.

I think it was the time I spray undercoated (using the old extra-fumey Boltgun Metal spray) 3500pts of CSM in a way that led me accidentally (I promise) inhale most of said fumes that did it to me. Never been the same. o_0

Anyway, yes it's a little unbalanced, but who's not a little unbalanced in one direction or another? Certainly no-one under 25.
Some people think minor self-inflicted injury for the sake of satisfying an artistic urge and a dark personality is a trivial matter. Some people think it's the most foul concept devised in the field. I'd say both people are a tad unbalanced, but towards opposite ends of the spectrum.

I go to an art school where most of the artists are either goths or emos. (and they give them all exacto knives....) Needless to say there has been some questionable incidents. (My favourite was the poetry written on the wall with a needle and little human tomato juice.)

Personally I don't see anything wrong with it, its why I do it. I think it makes the minis seem cooler than your run of the mill "I painted blood red all over my sergeants chainsword!" kind of deal. Cause I can reply, "Well my sergeant has blood splattered all over 'im!" and when they comment that it doesn't look bright enough for paint....

Most people classify me as a goth, (I don't like labels, especially not trendy ones. If anyone asks I'm either an artist or a metalhead, depending on the context) but I don't cut myself at all, apart from said knife-knuckle-knight incident and if I want to add something that's literally part of me to a specific artwork. (Ie; I do a portrait of a demoniac face, and add a dribble of real blood from the edge of its mouth/whatever)
I've done this a grand total of maybe five or six times in my life, and it's always artistically motivated (rather than motivated by manic depression or desire for attention).

It's not a big deal.

You get shots at the doctors, and a quick prick with a clean hobby blade doesn't hurt any more than the injection does. I've also disinfected and bandaged myself immediately after procuring enough blood, every time. It's all very surgical. Nor do I have any lasting scars from doing this. It's just a cat-scratch to obtain a drop or two for effect.

Diabetics have to do it to their finger EVERY DAY, and you wouldn't not play someone because they're a diabetic would you? What if someone had a freshly bandaged cut from the painting table and wanted a game? You could catch their diseases much more easily.

i've bled for my army......in that i sold plasma to get one of them.

isn't saliva enough of a personal touch, does it need to be blood, i mean, last i looked they had a lot of different shades of red one could buy

You Americans and your selling of the blood. I wish we could do that in Europe, but alas, we are expected to give it away for free :(

Being diabetic has nothing to do with it.
Pricking your finger to test for blood sugar levels to ensure that you don't slip into a coma is VERY different to purposely bleeding yourself so that you can paint minatures. And has nothing to do with the hobby.

I'm all for people expressing themselves and getting enjoyment from what you do. If bleeding and putting it over models to make them feel more personal is what makes you happy then go for it, and I hope the models look good when finished.
Just be prepared that most poeple(I assume) find it unhygenic and unsavoury. And in a lot of cases, may refuse to play you if you tell them.

Ktulhut wrote: What if someone had a freshly bandaged cut from the painting table and wanted a game? You could catch their diseases much more easily.

If the wound was still bleeding through the bandage then I'd agree, as everything you touch will be coated in that persons blood. If the wound was properly sealed then I wouldn't give a hoot.

Anadaroo wrote:With tzneech you could paint with fire !

The new paint spray + Liquid napalm = Teeznech (spelt wrong i know) undercoat of awsomeness

hellsguardian31 wrote: If the wound was properly sealed then I wouldn't give a hoot.

You mean like how the dired blood is properly sealed by varnish?



Okay, my final judgement on the topic: Intentionally injuring yourself for any reason is a bit off, but so is being a little b*tch about other peoples blood. Sometimes I think people have nothing better to worry about than microbes. OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE GERMAPHOBES. If you really want a knot in your panties, I suggest resarching the swine-flu crossover. You won't be worrying about dried blood on a mini when physical contact or close proximity to people could (potentially) kill you.

I've bled for my minis: in addition to selling plasma for $$ I've also hacked fingers open during the modelling process. But, as *artistric* as mixing my actual blood with paint sounds, that's a little intense. I'm remaining neutral on the subject.

I've bled for my minis: in addition to selling plasma for $$ I've also hacked fingers open during the modelling process. But, as *artistric* as mixing my actual blood with paint sounds, that's a little intense. I'm remaining neutral on the subject.

I wouldn't be worried about contracting a disease from the dead blood cells, myself. Not unless they were freshly painted.
But I think cutting yourself to paint your miniatures is pretty dumb.

I think this "personalization" thing is kind of stupid.

If blood is the best way to personalize your army you need to learn to paint or convert better.

I'm actually one of the better painters/modellers in my town. It's because I'm dedicated enough to my artwork to do crazy things every so often. 0.o

And yes, if I get a chance I will PPOR. The models in my Dakka gallery are all around a year old, so not as great as they could be.

Nurgle painters can paint using their own excrement.

Slaaneshi painters can use their own

Tzeetch players can use their own...children?

If thats what you want to call it.

I'm outright flabbergasted at the offense people take to this idea. It's just a little blood, what's the big deal? Any proper painter will seal their mini when it's completed (especially if they're using something that flakes as easy as blood!) And the chances of contracting something are probably only marginally higher than any other mini that's constantly handled by grubby, unwashed hands. Just sounds like we've got ourselves a heap of Hemophobes up on Dakka.

This conversation reminds me alot of the Remembrancer in Fulgrim that started using her own excrement, male ejacualte, and eventually blood (or to be more accurate, an entirely decomposed human body) as paint. Good stuff.

I don't think I'd ever do it personally (maybe for a blood stain on a hero model, or something), but to someone who's willing to go that little extra mile for their hobby then all power to them (provided the results are, you know, good. There's no excusing the stupidity of bleeding for bad results).

I did, however, 'bless' one of my model's with a drop of my blood once. Total accident, though. I was converting up a Brettonian Lord with the idea in my head that this guy was going to specifically be my Avatar on the field of war, and not some character in my army. I gouged myself something fierce with a hobby knife and a drop of blood landed on the inside of his horse's body. I was about to wipe it up when the idea hit me that if I left it, I would have put my blood into the mini, giving him my life force. So I glued the horse together with a big glob of dried blood inside it. Just me being a dork, really.

To this date he has performed just like I imagine I would in the battlefield. Much waving of weapons and gnashing of teeth, to very little effect. Didn't think that one through.

If i have a knifeslip while making a model i dab a small bit on it out of habit/ritual. Never enough to texture it or ruin a paintjob and ive never intentionally cut myself.