fixes oddities

code/game/atoms.dm

@@ -414,10 +414,8 @@
 		blood_splatter_icon = icon(initial(icon), initial(icon_state), , 1)		//we only want to apply blood-splatters to the initial icon_state for each object
 		blood_splatter_icon.Blend("#fff", ICON_ADD) 			//fills the icon_state with white (except where it's transparent)
 		blood_splatter_icon.Blend(icon('icons/effects/blood.dmi', "itemblood"), ICON_MULTIPLY) //adds blood and the remaining white areas become transparant
-
-	blood_overlay = image(blood_splatter_icon)
-	blood_overlay.color = blood_DNA_to_color()
-	add_overlay(blood_overlay)
+		blood_splatter_icon.Blend(blood_DNA_to_color(), ICON_MULTIPLY)
+		add_overlay(blood_splatter_icon)
 
 /obj/item/clothing/gloves/add_blood_DNA(list/blood_dna, list/datum/disease/diseases)
 	. = ..()

code/game/objects/items.dm

@@ -111,10 +111,6 @@ GLOBAL_VAR_INIT(rpg_loot_items, FALSE)
 	var/list/grind_results //A reagent list containing the reagents this item produces when ground up in a grinder - this can be an empty list to allow for reagent transferring only
 	var/list/juice_results //A reagent list containing blah blah... but when JUICED in a grinder!
 
-	//Blood overlay things
-	var/blood_color
-	var/image/blood_overlay //this saves our blood splatter overlay, which will be processed not to go over the edges of the sprite
-
 /obj/item/Initialize()
 
 	materials =	typelist("materials", materials)
@@ -545,7 +541,6 @@ GLOBAL_VAR_INIT(rpg_loot_items, FALSE)
 	if(.)
 		if(blood_splatter_icon)
 			cut_overlay(blood_splatter_icon)
-			cut_overlay(blood_overlay)
 
 /obj/item/clothing/gloves/clean_blood()
 	. = ..()