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Painting Faces The Easy Way- Let washes do all the work for you!!





This is a trick I stumbled upon while painting my entry for the Pimp my Sorcerer Competition. The nifty thing about this tutorial is that it covers all skin tones; simply the more you use your wash the darker the skin becomes.
If you want a more Nordic or Asian skin tone try replacing the Vallejo Earth with a different colour.

Materials used

PAINTS
-Vallejo Game Colour Earth (which is exactly like GW Graveyard Earth), GW Chaos Black, GW Devlan Mud and Vallejo Matte Varnish.


PAINTBRUSHES
-I used these ones. You don't need them super fine but what ever works best for you.


WATER
- On top of your regular painting water I used some water with a tiny little bit of liquid soap added to it. You will see why later.


PAINTING PALLETE
-I forgot to picture mine but this is the one I used.




Method

BEFORE YOU GO ON TO YOUR NEXT STEP MAKE SURE THE PAINT FROM THE PREVIOUS STEP HAS DRIED

STEP 1

-Pick the head you will be painting (right now I'm regretting picking such a DERPY scout head). Remove mould lines and prime black.



STEP 2

-Paint the skin with Vallejo Earth, remember multiple thin coats are better than one really thick coat. Make sure that you have even coverage.



STEP 3

-Create a 1:1 Vallejo Earth and Chaos black mix. Water it down with your soapy water until it is around the same consistency as milk. You have now created your own shading wash. Wash this into the crevices and furrows of the face.



STEP 4 & 5

(I only have one picture for both steps as I forgot to take a picture at the end of step 4.)
- Step 4: Wash the face with Devlan mud.
- Step 5: Highlight all of the raised areas with Vallejo Earth. You could stop here if you want a light skin tone.



STEP 6

-The more you wash the darker it gets.

1st Wash


2nd Wash. I decided to stop here as this was the skin tone I wanted. You could keep applying washes for a darker skin tone.


STEP 7

- Add the details.




Step 8

-With all the washes you have applied the face will be very shiny, apply some Matte Varnish. The Matte Varnish hasn't dried yet in the pic so it looks more shiny than it did in the last step, once it has dried it will be a lot less shiny.

hey that looks really cool