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I was wondering whether anyone could provide me any kind of tutorial on the matter. What I am looking for is a step-by-step guide on how to paint e.g. a black wolf or fantasy monster.

Photos of examples would greatly help.

Thanks a lot in advance.

For African skintones - basecoat of 50/50 GW Scorched Brown/Bestial Brown. For shade tones, wash over with thinned GW Midnight Blue (1 part paint to 3-5 parts water). Pick out highlights with GW Snakebite Leather.

The indigo blue actually makes a more effective shade colour for browns - there isn't enough contrast between dark and medium browns, and black just makes the mini look murky.

For dark skin, use a base coat of a burnt umber colour, wash with black paint (not ink), then pull out the highlights with burnt umber. You can further highlight with a mix of burnt umber and a dark flesh tone. That's a good starting point; for anything lighter, just add more highlights in lighter flesh/brown mixes.

For my guys

http://www.flickr.com/photos/26990385@N06/sets/72157611748453491/

I used a scorched brown base for some and terracotta for others as bases. (OOP from GW but still available from Vallejo Game Colour) and I used the brown GW washes.

I recall there was an article put up on the Perry Miniatures site recently about painting black flesh.

Thank you all. I am more interested in painting black beast flesh (e.g. a panther or a black wolf). Any tips for that too?