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Hey,

I'm starting an Empire army with a certain theme. The theme is that they are going to look really beaten up, loads of bandages, rusty cannons, blood, dented steam tank etc.

But I'm a novis on sculpting and converting, does anyone know any good way of doing bandages, wounds and mud?
Sofar I'm going to try to use a rolling pin on some greenstuff to get it really thin then cut small strips to form the bandages. Paint them when and wash them with seraphim sepia..
Wounds/blood should be easy with a cutting knife and Blood For the Blood God paint.
I'm planing to use Ryza Rust and Thyphon Corrosion to make equipment/cannons rusty/dirty..
And base everyone with Stirland mud with the addition of some trample grassturfs.

Now, does anyone know a tutorial/tips for the "technique" required above?

Thin strips of paper and PVA may work well for bandages, they're less chubby than rolled out GS, and easier en masse.

If you do go the green stuff route for bandages, don't wrap lots of strips round, this will look like a leather belt wrapped around the model.

Instead apply a thin layer of green stuff to the area you want to be bandaged then gently carve in a few criss-crosses and lines to represent the wrapping of the bandage.

You probably could even freehand bandages on to some models now I think about it, but you won't have the effect of the wound pad so easily, which is something you could include if you sculpted.

you might want to do some dried blood as well, blood for the blood god is awesome, but is very very fresh (glossy). You could just use some redish brown coloured paint in a few areas to indicate older wounds. That sorta thing.

As for mud, look into weathering powders, and their techniques. They do awesome mud effects! secret weapon miniatures also has mini tutorials (and the weathering powders) about this sort of thing that could help get you started.

otherwise I'd just say start perusing youtube channels

Thanks for the reply's!

Hmm must check the difference between paper/PVA and green stuff. The greenstuff has to be really thin, and perhaps that not even possible. Gonna check out weathering products.. ty for the advice. Keep them comming!

I've used dental floss for bandages. (unscented! ) It's flat, thin, cheap, and just about the right scale. Wrap the limb, and use a dot of superglue to hold the end in place.