Repainted Bioshock Bunny Splicer Mask

So like a year ago I got a hold of the NECA Bunny Splicer mask that came with a toy figure and decided that it just wasn't up to snuff. Here's the original mask appearance.

I removed the strap from the back for wearing it and epoxied on some loops to use for hanging on the wall. Primered it up and then gave it the best sanding I could to get a nice smooth surface. I gold leafed the details and then started throwing some washes on it to dirty it up and give it some character. Finally I hit it with a nice clear coat and then slapped some blood on it. I'm not sure I'm completely happy with the blood, and I can take it off and do it again as it's on top of the last clearcoat.

Thoughts? Any suggestions on how to get a good blood splatter effect?

Kerr Avon said:

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Thoughts? Any suggestions on how to get a good blood splatter effect?

Large brush, plastic covered room, place the mask in the angle you want the splatter to go, then stand back about a meter from the object, dip the brush in the "blood" paint and start flicking the brush back and forth, like throwing a baseball. Once the splatter looks good to you you can go in and add layers of washes to the effect with different colors to bring out depth and coagulation of the blood with thinned blacks and browns.

Test on something else first to fine tune the application and effect.

That looks great! I love the blood, cool stuff like this kinda makes me wish rapture was real.. But not too much.

Thanks for the tips! I figured something like that might be the way to go. I just don't have enough of that red clear Tamiya paint to do that at the moment. I'll just have to get more to get enough of a splatter effect I guess.

Depends on what kind of blood effect you want to achieve. The Tamiya clear is actually not that convincing as blood, as it lacks depth and definition. Do you want freshly spattered blood and coagulated/dried up blood. Requires different approaches.

Clear red should never be used alone, but could be used as an effect on top of other paints to give the appearance of newly sprayed blood. Use sparingly.

For dried up blood you'd want to add a texture and thickness to it, unevenness and my suggestion would be to do the spatter, then throw resin dust on it and blow off the excess (resin saved from filed down pieces), then paint with red, a tinge of black and a reddish light brown on top, making sure to attempt a cracked/caked effect, then giving it a wash with heavily thinned down darker brown (this coat has to be really thinned).

If you want dried blood use Soy Sauce with a couple drops of red food coloring.

Found that idea on a Cthulhu site a few years ago and have used it on a few paper props to good effect.