Thanks, glad you guys found it helpful.
Well, since you can never have too many projects at the same time, I started painting a 70mm Celt from Art Girona. I'm doing this piece for a friend, so I didn't want to wait too long to start (or hopefully finish) the piece. There aren't any deadlines for my personal projects, so I can put those on hold for a bit without causing any problems. This kit is a cool sculpt of a barbarian holding a severed head. The casting leaves a bit to be desired, some pitting that needed to be fixed. I've had similar complaints about the casts on other Art Girona kits I've bought, so I'm not sure I'll buy from them again. But, as I said, it's a cool sculpt so I'll deal.
I wanted to switch up my usual skin mix on this guy to find something hopefully more fitting. Instead of Rosy Shadow for the base, I used a 50/50 mix of Rosy Shadow and Bronzed Shadow. For the shadows, I used 60/40 Chestnut Brown and Basic Dirt along with ~10% of the base color. Some Walnut Brown was added for the deepest shadows. Highlights were a 50/50 mix of Fair Skin and Bronzed Highlight, then some Pure White for the final shine. Using just the Bronzed Skin colors is a bit too extreme for my tastes, but tempering them with the Rosy and Fair Skin colors produced a result I'm happy with. I'll definitely keep it in mind for future projects. So far I've only done shading and highlighting on the face...
For a comparison between my new skin mix and my old one, here are two faces in roughly the same scale. The new face still needs glazes and some further tweaks but, given the subject, I like how the new colors look.
