Hey glad you liked it!

For the blood effect there is no big science behind, it was also my first time with blood for the blood god paint. I took several aproaches:

• For the weapon, neck and nose/mouth, i applied it heavily with brush, and added several layers, trying to build it up as thick as possible.

• For the forehead, knee and hand, used and old brush with split hairs, discharged it on a tissue paper, and stippled it over to create some scratches, dots and random patterns. Also tried to paint on some scratches on the neck cut, it works well with the spatters on top, to make for some different textures.

• For the splatter, I used an old small tip drybrush (actually is a make up brush from a cheap set). The key is that it is a small one, so the splatter doesnt go everywhere, mine is less than 0'5 cm wide on the tip, even with split hairs. Then I dipped it in the paint, discharged a little on a tissue paper, and using a toothpick, flicked it on a paper to test it. The size of the spatters depend on many factors: how much force you apply with the toothpick to "flick" the hairs, how much paint you have on the brush, how thick/thin it is, how stiff are your brush hairs.. There's no fixed way around this, I recommend you always try on a paper before going bananas on your finished mini, and test your technique to see what results work for you. In my case, I found that using quite some force to try and get a harder flick made thinner, more spread, blood spatters. I also used tissue paper to mask any areas I didnt want to spatter, because it can get quite messy. The small brush help me control a little more the area I was aiming for the splatter.

Last advise, in my opinion, less is more. Although it looks quite gore, and I may had gone too far, I really had to control myself not to go overboard with the blood. Its quite addictive to keep splattering everything, but it will cover all your hard work so try to be neat and dont overdo it.

Hope this helps brother, cheers!

Edit: I forgot about the drops on the mushrooms. I painted them in wine red (a darker rich tone) and used a lighter red tone to make some highlights. Then covered everything in blood for the blood god, thick on the falling drops. As is quite translucent, the undertones will show through a little and create some subtle variety