Indefragable Posted January 2, 2020 Share Posted January 2, 2020 I’m getting around to using the GW Blood for the Blood God technical paint for that fun fresh-kill effect on models. The paint itself is actually quite nice to work with and goes on quite easy with no watering down, finesse or any other sort of tweaking necessary. However, I am struggling with getting the blood splatter effect caused by pulling stiff brush bristles back and then letting them go to creating a splatter effect. This is mainly since all of my brushes appear not to be stiff enough*:it just gets my thumb all red, looking like I dipped it in cherry pie without really flicking the paint. Is there a particular GW or other brand brush anyone would recommend? On a secondary *no jokes please Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/360925-brush-for-blood-splatter/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kolgrim DeathHowl Posted January 2, 2020 Share Posted January 2, 2020 I don't paint blood often but when I did I just used my Army Painter Hobby Drybrush worked decently just depended on how much I put on the brush. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/360925-brush-for-blood-splatter/#findComment-5454402 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arkhanist Posted January 2, 2020 Share Posted January 2, 2020 (edited) I've always found an old toothbrush works really well for doing the 'pull back and spray' splatter effects, and choosing how much of the brush you use can go from a light spray to full on zombie splatter. An alternative I've used for light splatter when I'm feeling lazy is to put the mini on newspaper, load up a cheap brush and do a sharp hard breath with pursed lips near the brush towards the mini. Sort of like a hobo airbrush using your lungs, but you definitely need the newspaper to protect against overspray! Edited January 2, 2020 by Arkhanist Indefragable, WarriorFish and battle captain corpus 3 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/360925-brush-for-blood-splatter/#findComment-5454416 Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarriorFish Posted January 2, 2020 Share Posted January 2, 2020 Old toothbrush works nicely for me too, paint brushes don't tend to have the amount or firmness in the bristles. You can add some manually to the level you want, then roughly "aim" with the brush and flick. With both you have quite a bit of control over how it looks, here's an example where I added quite a bit first and added some splatter to round it off: ranulf the revenant, battle captain corpus and Indefragable 3 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/360925-brush-for-blood-splatter/#findComment-5454452 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indefragable Posted January 2, 2020 Author Share Posted January 2, 2020 Hobo Airbrush = new band name. Thanks, fellas! Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/360925-brush-for-blood-splatter/#findComment-5454485 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fajita Fan Posted January 2, 2020 Share Posted January 2, 2020 (edited) Also try BA red and Flesh Tearers contrast paints, they're very wet and splatter really nicely. I like BFTBG but for fresh blood dripping down a blade, for example, BA red looks good. Real blood, btw, turns brown. I lanced my thumb cleaning mold lines years ago and put the blood on an Fantasy ogre's sword but it just turned brown like mud. Edited January 2, 2020 by Fajita Fan Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/360925-brush-for-blood-splatter/#findComment-5454640 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indefragable Posted January 2, 2020 Author Share Posted January 2, 2020 Also try BA red and Flesh Tearers contrast paints, they're very wet and splatter really nicely. I like BFTBG but for fresh blood dripping down a blade, for example, BA red looks good. Real blood, btw, turns brown. I lanced my thumb cleaning mold lines years ago and put the blood on an Fantasy ogre's sword but it just turned brown like mud. Ha! My Blood Angels definitely have a part of me in them, especially the first kits I used an Xacto knife to convert. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/360925-brush-for-blood-splatter/#findComment-5454668 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firedrake Cordova Posted January 2, 2020 Share Posted January 2, 2020 I haven't tried doing spattering with BFTBG, so please take the following with a grain of salt, but I'd have thought a synthetic brush would have been the kind of brush you're after (possibly a flat) - if you've got a local artist's shop, having a look at the budget ones they've got might be an idea. Looking at Vallejo's splash mud how-to's (bear with me), they strike the brush across a toothpick to generate the splatter, or spray over it with an airbrush (with just air), although the splash mud might be thinner than BFTBG. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/360925-brush-for-blood-splatter/#findComment-5454856 Share on other sites More sharing options...
battle captain corpus Posted January 2, 2020 Share Posted January 2, 2020 I’m getting around to using the GW Blood for the Blood God technical paint for that fun fresh-kill effect on models. The paint itself is actually quite nice to work with and goes on quite easy with no watering down, finesse or any other sort of tweaking necessary. However, I am struggling with getting the blood splatter effect caused by pulling stiff brush bristles back and then letting them go to creating a splatter effect. This is mainly since all of my brushes appear not to be stiff enough*:it just gets my thumb all red, looking like I dipped it in cherry pie without really flicking the paint. Is there a particular GW or other brand brush anyone would recommend? On a secondary *no jokes please Try a toothbrush. Really, it'll work! BCC Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/360925-brush-for-blood-splatter/#findComment-5454891 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fajita Fan Posted January 2, 2020 Share Posted January 2, 2020 I have a crappy nylon hair brush that I took a pair of scissors to the tip which creates a really uneven splatter but it doesn't look "wet" the way you might want. It's good for pushing on scratches but maybe not blood splatters. Scraping a toothbrush can get stuff all over the place, it takes some practice but I've seen people get it really natural looking (although they have this thing called "talent"). Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/360925-brush-for-blood-splatter/#findComment-5454910 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Son of Sacrifice Posted January 4, 2020 Share Posted January 4, 2020 I bought a pack of cheap toothbrushes, and chopped off different amounts of bristles on each one. With one row of bristles I can get quite accurate. WarriorFish and battle captain corpus 2 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/360925-brush-for-blood-splatter/#findComment-5455552 Share on other sites More sharing options...
dice4thedicegod Posted January 5, 2020 Share Posted January 5, 2020 I used an old toothbrush. Gets my thumb red, but works well. My first attempts: ranulf the revenant 1 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/360925-brush-for-blood-splatter/#findComment-5456393 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ranulf the revenant Posted January 6, 2020 Share Posted January 6, 2020 Off topic... But I love that Ogryn WarriorFish 1 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/360925-brush-for-blood-splatter/#findComment-5456768 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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