Splatter

[levied troop]

I was hoping Norman would have a few ideas on medical dribbles and oozes.

My only contribution is that Tamiya Clear Red looks good as fresh blood and that when someone loses bladder control the clothing goes a darker shade rather than acquires a yellowing colour.

Can’t wait to see your zombies.

[Jeremy]

Nothing like starting a brand new project 8 months before Ayton. And you’re Chief Terrain Director

[Count Belisarius]

I was hoping Norman would have a few ideas on medical dribbles and oozes.

My only contribution is that Tamiya Clear Red looks good as fresh blood and that when someone loses bladder control the clothing goes a darker shade rather than acquires a yellowing colour.

Can’t wait to see your zombies.

Good to see the wealth of personal experience contributing to the hobby here...

[Norman D. Landings]

Back in the day the chief exponent of splatter was Jon Blanche. He used to recommend epoxy glue, which could then be painted whatever colour you wanted. It’s bloody difficult to do well, though.

If you go with the GW or Army Painter ‘Gore’ products, you should be able to tint them - through brown or purple down to black - by adding a little wash or ink.

[Norman D. Landings]

Wait, personal experience? I can’t not bite on that. Post Mortem skin colour is crazy.
Cyanosis runs through blue-greys and purple-greys... jaundice goes from a sallow olive tint to a startlingly bright orangey-mustard... postural lividity will show as dusky red marks where the body was lying before reanimating, and goes purple (“livor mortis”) if they’ve been lying for a while... necrotic tissue is brown-toned black or purple-toned black, (and if there are any skin breaks in a necrotic area, the exuding ‘slough’ is cream-coloured) and when the blood vessels start to break down, it’s clearly visible under the skin as a pale-and-dark ‘marbling’.

[BaronVonWreckedoften]

And that brings us nicely to lunch, here at the LAW Oval......

[Buff Orpington]

Long, long ago in a far distant forum VB did some outstanding "moment of impact " wounds with blood flying everywhere. I think he used epoxy.

[Count Belisarius]

Wait, personal experience? I can’t not bite on that. Post Mortem skin colour is crazy.
Cyanosis runs through blue-greys and purple-greys... jaundice goes from a sallow olive tint to a startlingly bright orangey-mustard... postural lividity will show as dusky red marks where the body was lying before reanimating, and goes purple (“livor mortis”) if they’ve been lying for a while... necrotic tissue is brown-toned black or purple-toned black, (and if there are any skin breaks in a necrotic area, the exuding ‘slough’ is cream-coloured) and when the blood vessels start to break down, it’s clearly visible under the skin as a pale-and-dark ‘marbling’.

I was just implying that LT might wet himself but that info was very useful. Thanks...

[Norman D. Landings]

Dealing with the departed never bothered me in the slightest. Nice and peaceful.

It doesn’t happen in my current role. If it did, something would have gone horribly wrong.
There’d be containment measures and biohazard suits and I’d have to pretend I wasn’t loving it.

[BaronVonWreckedoften]

So not unlike the hoover incident then?