I think there’s hardly any kit that is made of casualty or dead soldiers. How do you use your existing kit to create one?
Find a suitable figure from your set to be your casualty. You will have to convert the figure to the pose you want (lying on back, lying on stomach, lying on side, slumped against something, etc.). It helps if you work from a photograph or other reference. Trial and error until the figure begins to take on the shape you want.
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An indirect question on this. I realize blood isn’t fire engine red.
In a diorama, say 1/48, 1/35 ish or even 1/8 how do you represent blood. Fire engine red or the dark ruby-purple brownish color of real coagulated/dried/drying blood?
If you use the real color it may not come across as blood, looking more like a dark smudge, oil, dirt stain, etc.
If however you go with unrealistic reddish color blood any observer is immediately gonna know what it represents. It puts me in mind of how stage actors use exaggerated gestures because a normal gesture looks half hearted or isn’t noticeable from where the viewers are watching.
For blood, try tamiya clear red. For scale effect, maybe add a drop of clear blue to darken it a tad.
There are many sets that depict dead or wounded soldiers. Most are resin sets though. Take a look on ebay for 1/35 dead, wounded, or casualty and you will see a bunch from different countries and different wars. Usually converting a standing figure will not work because the clothes do not lay right when it is made to lay down.
For blood, I prefer the dark red-brown color and sparingly. Unlike Hollywood would have you believe, not all wound gush blood.