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I was recently painting my Imperial guardsmen when I realized that they were all the same light skin tone. I decided I wanted to mix things up and tried painting a model with darker skin (a darker brown color) and the results were not what I wanted. So I was wondering if anyone could help me out? Thanks
"That for all the Emperor's love of his space marines, his ultimate creation - he was in fact nearly killed by one of them, only to be saved by a mere mortal with a 5+ save and a flashlight."
Reaper master series has a set of skin tones you can use, along with a
corresponding highlight and shadow.
They have Golden, Olive, Dark, Tanned, Fair, and probably more.
I typically pre-highlight the skin by hitting my black primed model with white
highlights. Then I take the color of choice and apply it to the model.
Automatically Appended Next Post: Here's an example of the Dark Skin with washes and highlights (I think, can't remember
what stage this was).
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dark flesh, ogryn flesh wash 50/50 dark flesh bestial brown highlight...i got a half-finished model that looks like that the next time i get access to me dad's camera i'll upload a few pix!
I just use bestial brown with a brown wash for Afro-caribian skin & bronzed flesh with a sepia wash for Far East skin.
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Sweet! Thanks everyone for your help. I would have answered sooner but I totally spaced on this one
"That for all the Emperor's love of his space marines, his ultimate creation - he was in fact nearly killed by one of them, only to be saved by a mere mortal with a 5+ save and a flashlight."
"That for all the Emperor's love of his space marines, his ultimate creation - he was in fact nearly killed by one of them, only to be saved by a mere mortal with a 5+ save and a flashlight." 
