Some time ago I painted some wood elfs and it seems that flesh collour are hard too cover on black.
At some faces the skin is pretty dark.
I paint the skin first tanned flesh and after that Dwarf flesh. both paint are thinned with water.
Highlights elf flesh?
Here some pictures:
http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v219/ ... rfront.jpg some faces are bit black
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v219/ ... grback.jpg <<no skin here (just for fun)
http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v219/ ... herskl.jpg
Can some one help me?
How too paint skin?
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Re: How too paint skin?
I use Vomit Brown, Dwarf flesh, Elven skin. over a black undercoat.
After that I use some really watered down chestnut ink in the recesses.
With some layering techniche and the use of midtones (1:1 mix) you can achieve good results really fast and easily.
I also only use vallejo paints as they have a more pigment and are easier to dissolve an mix. They are also cheaper bring more paint and last a lot longer.
After that I use some really watered down chestnut ink in the recesses.
With some layering techniche and the use of midtones (1:1 mix) you can achieve good results really fast and easily.
I also only use vallejo paints as they have a more pigment and are easier to dissolve an mix. They are also cheaper bring more paint and last a lot longer.
Re: How too paint skin?
Hi !
Nice Work there !
I basecoat white, not black, so I don't have this problem, but here are my suggestions :
- do more than 2 layers
- don't thin the first layer with water or use water very sparingly
- add white to your first layer of flesh to lighten it up
- highlight the faces with another lighter shade
- mix your own flesh color (3 parts of white, ocker, red and 1 part of brown and blue, give or take a little, if I remember correctly)
After all, it's basically try what works best for you.
Do some test on a few minis and you will quickly find "your" way of doing this.
Nice Work there !
I basecoat white, not black, so I don't have this problem, but here are my suggestions :
- do more than 2 layers
- don't thin the first layer with water or use water very sparingly
- add white to your first layer of flesh to lighten it up
- highlight the faces with another lighter shade
- mix your own flesh color (3 parts of white, ocker, red and 1 part of brown and blue, give or take a little, if I remember correctly)
After all, it's basically try what works best for you.
Do some test on a few minis and you will quickly find "your" way of doing this.
Re: How too paint skin?
Thanks for the reply's.
There is always 1000 and more ways too paint elven skin.
Maybee I gona paint some faces too see the difference.
Kinda testing on faces.
There is always 1000 and more ways too paint elven skin.
Maybee I gona paint some faces too see the difference.
Kinda testing on faces.
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Re: How too paint skin?
Hi!
I use the Foundation paint of Tallarn Flesh to annihilate the black undercoat, but keeps the paint a little thinned with water (otherwise, the foundation paint will smudge important details).
On this, for typical pale elves, I wash with Flesh Wash + Purple Ink + Loads of Water (to fade the shiny glossy effect of inking).
My typical colors to highlight a face from that base is: Dwarven Flesh mixed with Codex Grey (2:1 ratio). I also like to highlight with Bleached Bone before using Skull White. This makes the skin look quite "natural" and not pinkish.
Dwarven Flesh is used for lips and together with some sparkly color (say green) for eyeshadow for the ladies.
I finally glaze the skin here and there with an extremely thin mix of Dwarven Flesh and Blood Red to accent cheeks, lips, noses (if you like them a little cold-looking).
Nice theme on your Riders. I like them!
-Zardan
I use the Foundation paint of Tallarn Flesh to annihilate the black undercoat, but keeps the paint a little thinned with water (otherwise, the foundation paint will smudge important details).
On this, for typical pale elves, I wash with Flesh Wash + Purple Ink + Loads of Water (to fade the shiny glossy effect of inking).
My typical colors to highlight a face from that base is: Dwarven Flesh mixed with Codex Grey (2:1 ratio). I also like to highlight with Bleached Bone before using Skull White. This makes the skin look quite "natural" and not pinkish.
Dwarven Flesh is used for lips and together with some sparkly color (say green) for eyeshadow for the ladies.
I finally glaze the skin here and there with an extremely thin mix of Dwarven Flesh and Blood Red to accent cheeks, lips, noses (if you like them a little cold-looking).
Nice theme on your Riders. I like them!
-Zardan