i just on painting my first human flesh skintone(thrud the barbarian)(loads o skin)..i`m using gw colours at present but seem a little to orange.so......i`m going to buy some model colour and wondered what`s a good selection for your average skintone, any help would be greatly recived. cheerz n beerz. ???
help with flesh please.
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Fizl
Secret Crocodile
Start by using tan flesh (not tan the brown colour like I did), and add the teeniest tiniest bit of a dark green to it, then lighten up as needed. The tan is more pinky than the bronze flesh. use elf flesh or something really pale to lighten up with. Thats how I did the colours for my harem girl. If you want him ruddier than her, sart a little darker and don\'t go up to pure elf flesh
Hope that helps
Shaz
Hope that helps
Shaz
TAB Studio
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Vallejo possible cures
Model color 955 Flat Flesh
815 Basic Skintone
860 Medium Flesh
Game Color 3 Pale Flesh
Magic wash helps alot
Here are answers as well
Model color 955 Flat Flesh
815 Basic Skintone
860 Medium Flesh
Game Color 3 Pale Flesh
Magic wash helps alot
Here are answers as well
tidoco2222
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I always struggle with human flesh but I too use mainly GW colours.
This is my usual way of going about it,
Base coat Dwarf flesh over black ( you need several layers of this to get a good coverage ),
Then mix in some Vermin Brown into the Dwarf flesh and dilute right down and wash over.
Then start highlighting with at first Dwar Flesh+Vermin Brown up to pure Dwarf Flesh and then start mixing in Elf Flesh to the Dwarf Flesh for the highlights. I did this on my Thrudd and got a pleasing result though with hindsight I should have gone a couple of stages further with the highlights.
This is my usual way of going about it,
Base coat Dwarf flesh over black ( you need several layers of this to get a good coverage ),
Then mix in some Vermin Brown into the Dwarf flesh and dilute right down and wash over.
Then start highlighting with at first Dwar Flesh+Vermin Brown up to pure Dwarf Flesh and then start mixing in Elf Flesh to the Dwarf Flesh for the highlights. I did this on my Thrudd and got a pleasing result though with hindsight I should have gone a couple of stages further with the highlights.
B
Broke n English
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I\'m still experimenting with my skintones 
Long journey it is too! lol I\'ve found a great base is (all GW colours) Vermin brown over whatever undercoat if you use one! Then bronzed flesh or elf flesh into the VB makes it less orangey,the bronzed flesh is a nasty tone by itself isn\'t it? Then white to even it out and after that I add whatever colouring needed for the tone I\'m after,a touch of red for a more pinky colour,more flesh and white for standard flesh or more browns for a tanned look! For African tones I use Mostly scorched brown mixed with black as no other GW brown is even close,a little bleached bone for highlights or even just bestial brown as adding white to scorched brown tends to make it a bit chalky,good luck with it man!
Long journey it is too! lol I\'ve found a great base is (all GW colours) Vermin brown over whatever undercoat if you use one! Then bronzed flesh or elf flesh into the VB makes it less orangey,the bronzed flesh is a nasty tone by itself isn\'t it? Then white to even it out and after that I add whatever colouring needed for the tone I\'m after,a touch of red for a more pinky colour,more flesh and white for standard flesh or more browns for a tanned look! For African tones I use Mostly scorched brown mixed with black as no other GW brown is even close,a little bleached bone for highlights or even just bestial brown as adding white to scorched brown tends to make it a bit chalky,good luck with it man! I\'ve sort of started doing something new with skin tones, which is more in line with the theory that to really get great depth and realism to your colors, you need to include hints of lots of different colors to sort of \"build\" up your final result.
Keeping that in mind, I usually start with elf flesh, and then start to build my colors with VERY very thin paint to barely tint the mini. to build up red I use dark flesh (which I always use, it\'s my favorite color!), usually use shadow grey to get a hint of blue, I\'ve used a couple different colors to get hints of green, but don\'t use green that much. But you can really build up any tint and experiment what fits the mini.
But it\'s a slow process at times but since you\'re changing the look so slightly layer, you get good control over the final result. There are usually many steps of re-highlighting with the elf flesh in there as well.
Keep an eye out, in the next few days I\'ll have a new mini up using the reds and blues, I think it turned out pretty well.
Eric
Keeping that in mind, I usually start with elf flesh, and then start to build my colors with VERY very thin paint to barely tint the mini. to build up red I use dark flesh (which I always use, it\'s my favorite color!), usually use shadow grey to get a hint of blue, I\'ve used a couple different colors to get hints of green, but don\'t use green that much. But you can really build up any tint and experiment what fits the mini.
But it\'s a slow process at times but since you\'re changing the look so slightly layer, you get good control over the final result. There are usually many steps of re-highlighting with the elf flesh in there as well.
Keep an eye out, in the next few days I\'ll have a new mini up using the reds and blues, I think it turned out pretty well.
Eric
Chrispy
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WorkingStiff
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, usually use shadow grey to get a hint of blue, I\'ve used a couple different colors to get hints of green, but don\'t use green that much. But you can really build up any tint and experiment what fits the mini.
Hmmmm, That\'s new to me--But i\'m still learning. So a tiny bit of green and/or blue can add quality to the face? Would you mind expounding more on how adding blue/green to the face tone is effective?
Hmmmm, That\'s new to me--But i\'m still learning. So a tiny bit of green and/or blue can add quality to the face? Would you mind expounding more on how adding blue/green to the face tone is effective?
War Griffon
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I\'m still using up my GW paints before I start on the VJ\'s but normally I start with a base coat 50/50 dark flesh/dwarf flesh then each time I add a bit more dwarf flesh until I get the whole colour I then carry on by adding elf flesh to the dwarf flesh and for a final highlight I use branzed flesh.
Not sure if the braonze flesh is still available or not as mine is in the old round style flip lid type
This method seems to work for me but it is slow but I am pleased with teh finish I get and also the depth in the shadow areas etc
Not sure if the braonze flesh is still available or not as mine is in the old round style flip lid type
This method seems to work for me but it is slow but I am pleased with teh finish I get and also the depth in the shadow areas etc
The cyborg warrior was the mini I mentioned earlier in this thread
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the skin here was that reciepe I mentioned earlier, I started with Elf flesh, and with dark flesh I first built up some of the shadows (and a reddish tint), then using shadow grey I darkened the shadows and added that blue tint to the skin. Then going back and smoothing out the elf flesh and finally some VERY thin highlights with white to get a little extra depth.
-Eric
Here
the skin here was that reciepe I mentioned earlier, I started with Elf flesh, and with dark flesh I first built up some of the shadows (and a reddish tint), then using shadow grey I darkened the shadows and added that blue tint to the skin. Then going back and smoothing out the elf flesh and finally some VERY thin highlights with white to get a little extra depth.
-Eric
