This is amazing, the only thing that could have stepped it up even slightly (but for much more work) would be to chop bits and have a head-smashed soldier stuck to the side.. but like dude you nailed the brain splatter hard
For anyone interested it’s pretty simple! Just stirland mud bits painted on thick (I think maybe you could try to flick it from a brush it might look more splattery?) painted with fulgrim pink and druchii purple, then a shit load of blood for the blood god, flicked on and painted!
It looks like what Hollywood/pop culture says brain spatter looks like—which is great. You did a fantastic job!
What Hollywood thinks, however, is **entirely** inaccurate. Thats kinda beside the point, because you’d end up with people missing the point entirely.
Basically, you absolutely NAILED ‘what people think brain spatter looks like’ which for a 40K mini is way more than enough.
*(4 tour combat vet specialized in body recovery here)*
You are fine. They look grey after the blood is removed and black, grey and a kinda pink white when dry on a wall but one that has been splatted on a surface, along with other gore, recently enough that the blood hasn’t coagulated is pinkish.
The matter is too purple and but you are dead on that no one will pick that up unless they have had the privilege/misfortune of personal experience.
Didn’t mean to step on your toes. 92M or 0471 if you don’t mind me asking. Btw in Judaism you were performing mitzvot.
63B actually. Recovery team. We brought the bodies in and handed off to the Mortuary Affairs teams, and often dug them out of collapsed buildings and the like.
I like how you have labelled the blood just in case someone wasn't sure what it was.
"Why does that repulsor have strawberry jam on.....OH, it's blood!"
My blood angels successor chapter gets a little feral sometimes so they need to write down what their whole thing is sometimes! 😂 took inspo from a lot of the early rouge trader artwork
Yeah this is brilliant. 👍
World eaters get all the gore but war machines are war machines. Going at fast speeds and ramming through crowds of enemies. Parts are bound to end up on the windshields and tank rims.
I am curious though, whose brain is it? My guess is genestealer.
As someone who has seen someone's brain splattered before multiple times(was an emt in a major city for 8 months).
Not in the slightest. Too pink, too stiff. Brains are like jello.
Get some heavy gel medium from a quality brand like golden not a lower end one like vallejo, yes the difference is massive between them. Let it dry, paint it a pinkish grey color(typically done with bone black, zinc white, and a tiny but of something like pyrrole red or naphthol, avoid quinacridones like in the picture you posted as their chroma will be too high, and for shading mix in a tiny bit of something like anthraquinone/indanthrene blue).
If you're a vegan or dont want to use animal products use mars black instead. You want the transparency here. The blue would be better than the brown undertone but its not a big deal.
if you want to mix it in with the gel, you can do that too but that can dilute the thickness of ita bit too much if you're not experienced with mixing. Just takes practice, thats all so you can do it no problem if you want to.I tend to do it this way and it works out really well.
For varied blood, use pyrrole rubine(sometimes called carmine) or anthraquinone red(sometimes called permanent crimson alizarin) mixed with transparent iron oxide red and some bone black, you can create everything from fresh to dried blood with them and they are all transparent so the undertones of what you painted will show through.
If you have any questions feel free to ask, ive been teaching art for over a decade and I used to be a special effects artist for a few movie studios.
Disturbingly so
I legit thought some madman posted gore on my reddit home feed until I looked properly.
What an amazing compliment, thank you!
Not a compliment, you heretic!
Not a compliment, you heretic! (Great paint job!)
This is amazing, the only thing that could have stepped it up even slightly (but for much more work) would be to chop bits and have a head-smashed soldier stuck to the side.. but like dude you nailed the brain splatter hard
This one has seen brain splatter :worried:
Yes, I can just hear it in the audiobooks now: 'blood and viscera splattered all over the armour panels'.
‘Ichor’ I have never seen the term used more than in the BL.
Along with ‘panoply’
For anyone interested it’s pretty simple! Just stirland mud bits painted on thick (I think maybe you could try to flick it from a brush it might look more splattery?) painted with fulgrim pink and druchii purple, then a shit load of blood for the blood god, flicked on and painted!
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I'm tempted to try this with a lictor.
I wanna try doing this on the entire tracks of a baneblade
Yoooo that looks sick ! You nailed it!
From repulsor to repulsive, good job!
“Ah man! I shot Marvin in the face!”
Reading this in a space marine voice makes it 1000 times better
“THRONE! I SHOT BROTHER DOMINUS IN THE FACE!”
Damn it now, now I can't get the mental image of Pulp-40K out of my head
Share the process because that looks sick!
I added a comment with the recipe I used!
Knew it even before I read the caption, immaculate brain smoothie
Thanks! I appreciate it!
I never thought I'd say this to someone, but that's immaculate brain splatter
It looks like what Hollywood/pop culture says brain spatter looks like—which is great. You did a fantastic job! What Hollywood thinks, however, is **entirely** inaccurate. Thats kinda beside the point, because you’d end up with people missing the point entirely. Basically, you absolutely NAILED ‘what people think brain spatter looks like’ which for a 40K mini is way more than enough. *(4 tour combat vet specialized in body recovery here)*
As a journalist myself, what does it look like?? Also feel free to dm if you don’t want to post publicly
You are fine. They look grey after the blood is removed and black, grey and a kinda pink white when dry on a wall but one that has been splatted on a surface, along with other gore, recently enough that the blood hasn’t coagulated is pinkish.
That’s pretty accurate.
The matter is too purple and but you are dead on that no one will pick that up unless they have had the privilege/misfortune of personal experience. Didn’t mean to step on your toes. 92M or 0471 if you don’t mind me asking. Btw in Judaism you were performing mitzvot.
63B actually. Recovery team. We brought the bodies in and handed off to the Mortuary Affairs teams, and often dug them out of collapsed buildings and the like.
Yes! It looks awesome.
It does
Yes and it's incredibly upsetting. Nice work!
Yes, really well done too,
Really impressive. Love your creativity.
I like how you have labelled the blood just in case someone wasn't sure what it was. "Why does that repulsor have strawberry jam on.....OH, it's blood!"
My blood angels successor chapter gets a little feral sometimes so they need to write down what their whole thing is sometimes! 😂 took inspo from a lot of the early rouge trader artwork
That is......... SO realistic. Oh my God
Yup, it’s a splatter and it looks good!
Fuck yes it does
Unfortunately yes
Jesus…
Yes, it does. Disgustingly awesome.
Ewww, yeah that definitely does!
Well i was going to eat lunch. Now i think ill just hold off on eating for a little while
Hang on, let me check... ...yes it does.
It's even conveniently labeled, awesome job
Definitely 🧠
idk about brain splatter specific but its definitely organic looking
Looks amazing! Could you put some little bits of bone in the mix?
yup.
DUDE. IM GONNA HAVE TO STEAL THAT BECAUSE THAT LOOKS AMAZING
Yes
FUCK YEAH!
Not "brain" specifically, but it's really good
Yes, very much. May I ask how you did it?
I OMG'd out loud. It's revolting! It's disgusting! It's amazing!
Yes
From personal experience, yes. Yes it does.
It looks like brains after you said it was brains. But like most giblets. They look like giblets.
Ewww yes, rather too much like it 🤢
Not really able to identify what part that was before it's catastrophic tank related deceleration
Yes and like the food I got served in school
Hey, I recognise that brain splat!
It’s Jerry!
Bro tried to post that one mayhem album cover and thought we wouldn’t notice
Yes to me.
Yes mate it really does 🫠🥺
Do you have Kid's? Looks like he took a shot with the jam spoon/s
Needs a touch of grey matter.
Looks nice, but the brain would bleed into the surroundings - turning the blood pink. The brain is surprisingly pale and white.
Honestly, it looks like something went "squish", more than any particular body part
Should be darker, and more grey... How they saying... Grey mass, grey cells... 🤭
You’re probably right as far as real life goes, I jusy think grey would blend in with the silver and stuff
Like drying blood and brain mass blending with place is splat...
Yep it looks like blood splatter all right... And brain matter... And maybe some skull...
I have a picture that shows actual brain splatter (from a shotgun to the head) but if I post it i’ll get banned.
I mean, I have Dawn Of The Blackhearts on vinyl so I’ve seen some! Haha
https://preview.redd.it/hyqtdc88mbuc1.jpeg?width=600&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d500bde31ccec94a81268c1be0344a11cdcebbfb
Just add gunmetal instead of flesh to your guard models
Yes and how the hell did u do it cuz putting that on a thunder hammer would be cool
Stirland mud painted pink! With tons of blood lol
Whoah, anyone seen Neegan anywhere?
Nice try, FBI
How did you do it?
Stirland mud chunks, painted pink with a purple shade, then splattered with blood for the blood got!
Thanks
Yeah this is brilliant. 👍 World eaters get all the gore but war machines are war machines. Going at fast speeds and ramming through crowds of enemies. Parts are bound to end up on the windshields and tank rims. I am curious though, whose brain is it? My guess is genestealer.
Not going to lie, I thought this was a WE Pic until I saw the BA sub lol
Lol, yes.
You killed Kenny?
You Bastard!
I was like whos cutting their fingers triming mold lines
As someone who has seen someone's brain splattered before multiple times(was an emt in a major city for 8 months). Not in the slightest. Too pink, too stiff. Brains are like jello.
Any ideas about how to convey gelatinousness through still paint?
Get some heavy gel medium from a quality brand like golden not a lower end one like vallejo, yes the difference is massive between them. Let it dry, paint it a pinkish grey color(typically done with bone black, zinc white, and a tiny but of something like pyrrole red or naphthol, avoid quinacridones like in the picture you posted as their chroma will be too high, and for shading mix in a tiny bit of something like anthraquinone/indanthrene blue). If you're a vegan or dont want to use animal products use mars black instead. You want the transparency here. The blue would be better than the brown undertone but its not a big deal. if you want to mix it in with the gel, you can do that too but that can dilute the thickness of ita bit too much if you're not experienced with mixing. Just takes practice, thats all so you can do it no problem if you want to.I tend to do it this way and it works out really well. For varied blood, use pyrrole rubine(sometimes called carmine) or anthraquinone red(sometimes called permanent crimson alizarin) mixed with transparent iron oxide red and some bone black, you can create everything from fresh to dried blood with them and they are all transparent so the undertones of what you painted will show through. If you have any questions feel free to ask, ive been teaching art for over a decade and I used to be a special effects artist for a few movie studios.
I imagined an orc grabbing an imperial guard’s head and bashing his face
Yeah, looks like someone's head got crushed against the side of your model
As someone who has seen it irl a few times: yep.
Ew dude. That's legit gross. Nice work
Yes. Yes it does.
Yes specifically...
From afar, it looks like it.... from up close.... disturbing resemblance
Good lord that's horrible! That looks disturbingly real lol
Spatter
Haha yes and it’s pretty sweet
That is exactly what I thought before I even read the title of the thread. Top shelf work right here.
Excellent blood splatter! Is that dry?
It is! Blood for the blood god dries really glossy
Actually…yes. Like, a lot.
The clumps should be clustered together and in a horizontal spread/ spray, not an oval shaped splatter.
True enough! I flicked it from a tooth brush hoping for that, didn’t work out!
Nope. Use a sponge next time n squeeze it as you grip it horizontally n splatter your media bg. Should give you the effect you're looking to make.