Working on a major custom coverall project. Not ready to detail it just yet but I want some help:
I’m trying to make dried blood stains ala Halloween Ends style. Does anyone have some advice on an effect? I’ve been searching all over to no avail.
If anyone can lend a hand lmk! (Also any advice for a mud effect would also be helpful but people seem to think his looks good so far!)
personally I’ve come up with my own blood mixture that I think is a good middle ground between dried and wet. I mix equal parts cheap fake blood, mod podge, and dark red paint. It’s my favorite thing to use any time I make something bloody. I personally used it on a set of H2’s I did.
That sounds killer, but I’m looking more for an Ends dried blood look than an H2!
i think that if you add some brown and maybe use less mod podge and more fake blood then it would make some killer, nasty, dried stuff.
I genuinely enjoy getting creative with painting and have a knack for making fake blood and stains. It’s one of my top skills in my artistic repertoire. There are so many techniques to explore, and one great tip is to mix in materials like clean sawdust or dry coffee grinds while you paint. This can really add a unique, dry, and crusty look, especially around wounds and cavities. Give it a try and see how it turns out for you.
For my HII inspired coveralls – This is them freshly done a while ago now. I used acrylic paints, black, brown red. It dried a bit orangey brown in the end, its a bit crusty, if you add a touch of olive oil, it stops it going too hard, worked on my soft weathering of my H78 coveralls. I might add a tiny bit of permablood around the inner part of the holes, well see. Looks gnarlywhen its dark. Hope this helps, it is very enjoyable experiementing.
Definitely cool! But I have to go for an old bloodstain look. Hopefully I can get it down decently, but some of this info does help!
Late to the party , but how is it coming along/ turn out?
Oil paints work the best on clothing material. They take a day to dry though , and dont get them on your good clothing they are permenant. Crimson and either burnt umber or raw umber mixed will give you that dried blood look. Raw umber is the dirtier, muddier colour fyi. Red oxide also a possible choice brown and red mixed together , havent tried it but look it up .
Adding a splash of green, blue, or both to red can be surprisingly fun. It not only makes the color more vibrant but also adds depth and realism through richer saturation and tone; producing super gross and scary results! 
What ended up happening was using some JDF Blood paint but mixing raw umber into it bit by bit with some water to get the aged dried blood look. Sometimes it would look too fresh or new or not what I wanted, but eventually I got it looking that it was dried for YEARS which was my goal
Cool dude! Sorry im so late but thx for sharing.
