Discussion about the use of real blood in miniatures .

[bervt]

First of all the blood use here is mine , and it was first use for some analysis and was going to waste , the same thinks for the sheep blood ( stérile one for making blood agar ,microbiologie )
and no I'm not a vampire ^^

So the Question is : nothing is better that real blood for doing some blood effect on miniature . true or false ?
let see ...
Human blood

Some realy old sheep blood with already some gloss varnish (absolutely not good looking )

Here is some tests


First of all , the color is (for me, more try than the picture showing ) a realy hard thing to reproduce +1
without some médium or gloss-mat varnish it is fragile -1
-->gloss V : do not conserve the original color , but give the look of dry blood and do not look like glossy +1
-->mat : the color is the same of fresh blood +1 , not looking glossy must use gloss after -1
as we can see with the sheep blood , the consevation( with gloss ) is not good about 1 month (Tips :use some freezer if you are not using ) -1


Total = 0
conclusion :it is not bad and not good , we can use it as a alternative of other technique.
For realistic effect it is the best if we use it properly.
but for sure the one who say the blood is red use some red to reproduce are the bad guy , the real blood is not only some water + médium+ pigments

and go to this link if you want to see someone who use is blood to paint
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_Castiglia

Don't hesitate to comment.

 

[ten ball]

This is not for me at all, especially as Ive always got the brush in my mouth.
Tam clear red is one of the best for blood effects.

 

[ischa]

tamiya clear red. only way to go.

i tried using blood once when i cut myself by mistake. looked poor, is grose, and i felt i had to throw the model away. dont want others to come into contact with my blood, even if i have no diseases=P

it´s real cool to say you spilled sweat, blood and tears working on a mini tho

 

[bervt]

"it´s real cool to say you spilled sweat, blood and tears working on a mini tho:wink: "

yes ^^
but it will be more fun ( and fluff ) if you paint khorne this way

(Oh man not a bad idea , time to make a massacre )

 

[Electromancer]

person a: so what do you get up to?

person b: the usual you know and paint miniature figures quiet a bit

person a: oh right (not quite getting it)

person b: WITH MY OWN BLOOD (with Nicolas Cage face)

person a avoids person b forever

- this is how i imagine it going down hehe

seriously though to most people the real blood wouldn't look as good as blood on a mini compared to tamiya clear red which is a bit strange i guess but im thankful for it!

 

[Dragonsreach]

Blood eventually changes colour as it decays, something we minipainters work to avoid happening to our figures.

Spilt enough blood prepping, like most people, but to paint in blood.........bit too Dexter/CSI/Criminal Minds for me.

 

[RuneBrush]

The biggest thing to bear in mind is that when painting a miniature we need to over-emphasise everything, we push highlights beyond what they are in the real world and shadows darker. The reason for this is we're creating in essence an optical illusion of something in the real world, that will trick the eye into believing what they're looking at is a miniature version of something that (if it existed) could be found if they walked out the door*.

Blood effects are no different and using something that will change colour over time is (though hyper-realistic) probably not the best way to go. Tamiya Clear Red with a touch of brown in will give you a much more realistic blood effect than real blood.

 

[Wyrmypops]

P3 Brown ink provides a splendid ruddy tone for dried blood stylings. Used it a lot on some zombies, topped off with the tamiya red for the fresher gore.