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Right.

 

Next time someone gets a nosebleed, grab a bottle and collect the blood. No more dishing out money to J Herbin.

Tes rires retroussés comme à son bord la rose,


Effacent mon dépit de ta métamorphose;


Tu t'éveilles, alors le rêve est oublié.



-Jean Cocteau, from Plaint-Chant, 1923

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On a previous thread, someone mentioned a BBC 4 tv programme called "The Century That Wrote Itself".

I watched the episodes back to back on the BBC i-Player and in one of them, the presenter pricks his finger and then proceeds to use a Ye Olde Worlde pen to write in his blood.

Ugh, it was the type of thing Vincent Price would do in a Dr Phibes film.

Long reign the House of Belmont.

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On a related note I recently spilled a drop of Diamine Eclipse on my unpainted thumbnail and the result was an extremely realistic faux-bruise. It filled the entire nail perfectly and even shaded around the cuticle. It looked like a hit my thumb with a hammer.

 

This should serve us well if we ever need to use our inks for prosthetic make-up.

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Professionally I can tell you that the colour of blood can have the whole spectrum of reddish colours depending on the health of the victim, the oxygenation , the pH, ... .

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Ah, yes ! Fresh blood is surprisingly bright red. Dulls quickly, though.

Helpful Heloise says that ink charts at the Goulet website are an option.

Auf freiem Grund mit freiem Volke stehn.
Zum Augenblicke dürft ich sagen:
Verweile doch, du bist so schön !

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