Japanese skin tones versus \"flesh\" tones - repair?????

matty1001

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Originally posted by DaN
Having just clicked and looked...

I\'d say... Hmmm...

\"133 Ink wash - Flesh\" ? lol

Don\'t know for certain, as iv never bought any, but that one would be my guess.
 

Einion

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Originally posted by PegaZus
Anyway, for your study, here\'s a photo of my hand and my son\'s. Since he\'s half Japanese, you should be able to use it to get a good idea of the differences. And yes, there\'s a yellow tint to it.
Thanks for posting the pic, great to have a direct comparison.

Sorry to be a colour pedant (like why should today be any different? :D) but I think it\'s important for us to realise that oriental skintones aren\'t yellowish - they\'re yellower, but that\'s not quite the same thing - thinking \'yellow\', even if just subconsciously, is what so often gets us in trouble mixing this kind of colour, making it so common for people to overshoot the mark.

So anyway, here are a couple of pics to illustrate what I\'m talking about. The first one shows the colour at each indicated point and in larger samples like this it\'s easier to see we\'re not actually looking at yellows.

Oriental_Occidental_Hue_Comparison1.jpg


This pic shows the basic hue for each of these colour samples, so it\'s plain what we\'re truly looking at:

Oriental_Occidental_Hue_Comparison2.jpg


Deceptive, isn\'t it?

Einion
 

usurpator

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fantastic!
Many thanks, this is very useful!
Can you advise what colours you\'d use? (gw line or other)

many thanks
 

Einion

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Originally posted by usurpator
Can you advise what colours you\'d use? (gw line or other)
Me? Not really, since I mix all my colours from scratch. But the principle is simple: you\'re just aiming for a hue of scarlet/red-orange, just a fraction duller than you\'d go for when painting us whities.

Einion
 

DaN

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Maybe simply not highlighting all the way up to Elf flesh might work...
Although that might merely make the figures look tanned...
 

usurpator

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REPORT!

Ok, here is my report! I hope I won\'t say anything stupid (I\'ve only been painting very seriously for a few months)
The coat d\'arms flesh wash is totally different from GW\'s.
The colour: I\'d say you can approximate it with snakebite and a touch of vermin.
It\'s very fluid (water like), I added my mixture of distilled water/flow aid/retarder up to a volume of 10:1 and I did not see any particles!
Using on the faces of dwarves that I had already painted with
the traditional dwarf flesh, elf flesh etc, it looks great (10:1 solution) in that it\'s reducing the pinky-baby look of the GW paints.
I tried it on a blondish beard and it added a touch of light brown that did not clash at all.
A great wash, it can have man y uses, I\'m going to buy several pots of it!
Now your comments - DaN and co!
:drunk::beer:
 
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