blood-painted

The tiger growled, the claws raked back and forth across the wooden, blood-painted flesh, and the redcoat cried aloud.

Sharpe's Tiger Cornwell, Bernard 1997

There were dancers from the city, two jugglers and a man who charmed snakes, but, best of all, the Tippoo's wooden tiger organ had been fetched from the Inner Palace and the soldiers laughed as the life-size model tiger raked its claws across the redcoat's blood-painted face.

Sharpe's Tiger Cornwell, Bernard 1997

He had let his beard grow, so that the worst of the damage to his neck and chin was covered, but even still his face looked fearsome, like Marcia’s blood-painted doll.

Dark Moon of Avalon Anna Elliott 2010

Isolde looked from the blood-painted little figure to Marcia’s sullen face and angry eyes.

Dark Moon of Avalon Anna Elliott 2010

He had let his beard grow, so that the worst of the damage to his neck and chin was covered, but even still his face looked fearsome, like Marcia’s blood-painted doll.

Dark Moon of Avalon Anna Elliott 2010

He had let his beard grow, so that the worst of the damage to his neck and chin was covered, but even still his face looked fearsome, like Marcia’s blood-painted doll.

Dark Moon of Avalon Anna Elliott 2010

Isolde looked from the blood-painted little figure to Marcia’s sullen face and angry eyes.

Dark Moon of Avalon Anna Elliott 2010

Isolde looked from the blood-painted little figure to Marcia’s sullen face and angry eyes.

Dark Moon of Avalon Anna Elliott 2010

All this "— Lasko gestured with his outstretched arm at the blood-painted world —" happened around midnight, or close to. "

the dirty duck Grimes, Martha 1984

All this "— Lasko gestured with his outstretched arm at the blood-painted world —" happened around midnight, or close to. "

The Dirty Duck Grimes, Martha 1984