Drow skin tutorial , anyone know of one ?
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Chrispy
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Mrika had a good drowish skin tone here:
It\'s a little pale, but women are usually lighter skinned than men. She admits she added purple to it, so what I would do is use Either (Vallejo) Chocolate or Black brown and mix in a bit of Violet and from there add either white or a grey for the highlights.
Alternativley, you could try the Anime Drow approach. Pirotess from Record of teh Lodoss war was refered to as a \"Dark Elf\", but she\'s the Drowiest Drow that ever Drowed:
I\'d used Chocolate brown and Irqui sand for this. Again, she\'s a little lighter because she\'s female.
Hope this helps!
It\'s a little pale, but women are usually lighter skinned than men. She admits she added purple to it, so what I would do is use Either (Vallejo) Chocolate or Black brown and mix in a bit of Violet and from there add either white or a grey for the highlights.
Alternativley, you could try the Anime Drow approach. Pirotess from Record of teh Lodoss war was refered to as a \"Dark Elf\", but she\'s the Drowiest Drow that ever Drowed:
I\'d used Chocolate brown and Irqui sand for this. Again, she\'s a little lighter because she\'s female.
Hope this helps!
Chrispy
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Okay, I found some more Anime Drow Examples:
Male Dark Elf
This one is just a darker mix of teh other colors above.
Pirotess (big pic)
This one is more reddish, so I would use Mahogany brown for a base and some other browns for shadows and too make it a little more natural.
The problem with Drows, in my opinion, is that you naturally associate a dark skintone with African Americans and dark skin on elves looks like a Caucasian person wearing makeup...Much like Salamanders in 40k..
Male Dark Elf
This one is just a darker mix of teh other colors above.
Pirotess (big pic)
This one is more reddish, so I would use Mahogany brown for a base and some other browns for shadows and too make it a little more natural.
The problem with Drows, in my opinion, is that you naturally associate a dark skintone with African Americans and dark skin on elves looks like a Caucasian person wearing makeup...Much like Salamanders in 40k..
Oxygenthief
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Those are intersting Drow, to say the least, nice sun tanned look. Back when the Drow first came out...(lalalala this will show how old I really am ROFL).. They were described as Albinos in the Original D&D book. The concept for drow/dark elves was that they lived underground unlike their bretheren who enjoy the sun and like all things exposed to the lack of sun they became very pale almost a white color. so if you wanted to try that approach you could also go with a nice Grey or Grey blue and work towards the light or the white in this case. I would even mix in a little brown for earthyness. You could even try making the eyes pinkish red like an albino rabbit or very pale blue. That\'s my 2 cents anyway.
Chrispy
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Originally posted by Caelithar
Cheers , aye the first looks a little pale , but cannot see any in your second post . a red cross and not authorized to see the Pirotess ? Still I am taking notes of the colours you mentioned so far , thanks
Hmm, nor problem here.. must be problems with UK/US servers.. I could save the pics elsewhere..
SaxonAngel
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another Drow...
Base coat is GW Scorched Brown (or Vallejo Game C Charred Brown. This is highlighted up with GW Dwarf Flesh mixed in with the scorched brown.. The final highlight is Dwarf Flesh with a touch of pale flesh.
I\'m not a big fan of the blue-black drow skin. They do bleed red after all.
Just my two cents Canadian...
Good Luck
-Angela
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Base coat is GW Scorched Brown (or Vallejo Game C Charred Brown. This is highlighted up with GW Dwarf Flesh mixed in with the scorched brown.. The final highlight is Dwarf Flesh with a touch of pale flesh.
I\'m not a big fan of the blue-black drow skin. They do bleed red after all.
Just my two cents Canadian...
Good Luck
-Angela
:innocent:
darthfoley
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Originally posted by Chrispy
Originally posted by Caelithar
Cheers , aye the first looks a little pale , but cannot see any in your second post . a red cross and not authorized to see the Pirotess ? Still I am taking notes of the colours you mentioned so far , thanks
Hmm, nor problem here.. must be problems with UK/US servers.. I could save the pics elsewhere..
I\'m US and I can\'t see the Pirotess pic either.darthfoley
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Odd...I have most of the old D&D books (played for 18 years) and the Giants/Drow/Demonweb series of modules and everything I have describes them as having jet-black skin. When were they considered albino in D&D?
Thanks for the pics and paints folks . I think the Drow first went underground 25 millenia ago after the first civil war . Any Albino\'s that were born were given up as prize sacrifices when they reached a certain age .Personally I have only ever known them to be jet black/obsidian skinned , which could be difficult to paint , any highlighting may make them look latex covered. Phwoar now there\'s an idea
. I think the Drow first went underground 25 millenia ago after the first civil war . Any Albino\'s that were born were given up as prize sacrifices when they reached a certain age .Personally I have only ever known them to be jet black/obsidian skinned , which could be difficult to paint , any highlighting may make them look latex covered. Phwoar now there\'s an idea 
Oxygenthief
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Ouchy! Hey don\'t everybody jump on the band wagon to slam me all at once... LOLOL =b . It was just a \"bad\" thought/idea. By the pics everyone is posting with the exception of the all black version. I can see they that in reality they migrated to much sunnier and warmer climates a long time ago and I just didn\'t know it, after all who wants to live in dark places LOL... All I see are nicely painted suntanned/Dark skinned people in the pics. One of them even reminds me of Storm from the X-men. This is all fantasy and you should have it any way you want it.
P.S. I went and looked again they are described 2 different ways in various books/modules as all black (most popular) or in the ones I like as all white. These were all found in outside sources other than the monster manual ( I know you\'ll go look now) ROFL, It doesn\'t give an exact description either way, but then even as a player since the original Blue book with a box came out I should have had a looked before I spoke. Where\'s that fiend folio when I need it? I bet they were in there.... smile!
P.S. I went and looked again they are described 2 different ways in various books/modules as all black (most popular) or in the ones I like as all white. These were all found in outside sources other than the monster manual ( I know you\'ll go look now) ROFL, It doesn\'t give an exact description either way, but then even as a player since the original Blue book with a box came out I should have had a looked before I spoke.
Where\'s that fiend folio when I need it? I bet they were in there.... smile!
SaxonAngel
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Nice Glyn
I love that fig.
Here is another thing to consider. What makes these two very different styles work?
Glyn\'s Drow has the cool blue black skin. But she is dressed in \"warm\" colors and surrounded by warm tones. The blue black skin stands out very nicely and the overall effect gives depth.
My Drow is clad in cool cold colours and the base is very cold feeling as well. Her skin is done in warm red browns. This (like Glyn\'s) gives the figure depth.
The contrast between the unusual flesh color (whatever you may pick) and the clothing will help bring out the details on your model.
A bit of inarticulate color-theory to consider. Maybe someone more eloquent can make it clearer.
:innocent:
I love that fig.
Here is another thing to consider. What makes these two very different styles work?
Glyn\'s Drow has the cool blue black skin. But she is dressed in \"warm\" colors and surrounded by warm tones. The blue black skin stands out very nicely and the overall effect gives depth.
My Drow is clad in cool cold colours and the base is very cold feeling as well. Her skin is done in warm red browns. This (like Glyn\'s) gives the figure depth.
The contrast between the unusual flesh color (whatever you may pick) and the clothing will help bring out the details on your model.
A bit of inarticulate color-theory to consider. Maybe someone more eloquent can make it clearer.
:innocent:
