[[HD VIDEO]] How to paint Space Marine Faces and Stubble by LBursley

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**LBursley**

Here's the better video tutorial on faces after a year of practicing with a camera in front of my face

**Chibi Bodge-Battle**

My dear old thing!
most goodly and timely! Thanks

right off to bookmark and watch more stuff

**Winter**

I like the stubble painting, much simpler then other things I have read and gets good results too.

Will definitely be trying it.

**kravus master of Horus**

Great tutorial really helpful!

**DarkAngelsRK**

Thanks for this! I basecoat the skin with Graveyard Earth and then apply the Dwarf Flesh. I highlight with Bleached Bone. I'm a bit short on paints, so do you think this works well enough? I have all the paints here except for Elf Flesh and Liche Purple.

**Inanimate**

I would have never thought of using Liche Purple for shading, but it looks great.

**Chibi Bodge-Battle**

Think it addds a blueish tinge when overpainted that gives the stubbly appearance
nice idea

**DarkAngelsRK**

Les? Please answer my Q?

**LunaHound**

Does the flow aid help with it coating smoothly?
because i know my dwarf flesh doesnt cover ANYTHING like yours -_-

**Twalks**

Watching lbursely's vids made me switch over to using flow aid and I have to say its pretty awesome.. Gonna have to try putting some stubble on my scouts now :S

**LBursley**

DarkAngelsRK wrote:Les? Please answer my Q?

Mix regal blue 1:1 with dwarf flesh in place of the purple. You will like the results

LunaHound wrote:Does the flow aid help with it coating smoothly?
because i know my dwarf flesh doesnt cover ANYTHING like yours -_-

Aye. The water flow aid mix is all I use to dilute my paint and the amount of control gained from it vs tap water sold me on the stuff. I don't paint without it.

The flow aid breaks surface tension. And distilled water has no chemicals in it like tap water. Tap can cause "fish eyes" and disrupt the flow aid properties.

**DarkAngelsRK**

kk! Then should I mix the 1:1 RB-DF mix 1:2 with water?

**LBursley**

DarkAngelsRK wrote:kk! Then should I mix the 1:1 RB-DF mix 1:2 with water?

Yep!

When I paint I always dilute 1:1 paint/h2o-flow aid

For simple paint washes 1:2 paint/h2o-flow aid

**Sharpasaspoon**

"Flow aid"? he asks naively, never hear of it....[thinks] could this be where I'm going wrong? I was going to try 'Klear' floor polish (diluted) as I've hear that works.

Oh BTW, sorry, great job and thanks for the tip.

**Chibi Bodge-Battle**

Might be easier to find Windsor and Newton Flow Enhancer in the UK

**Sharpasaspoon**

Thank Chibi, google-ing now

**RogueMarket**

This video is priceless.

**Twisted_Thrasher**

Great tutorial, Now all my sergeants will be scruffy

**hershey555**

Cool face and no offence but crazy eyes are beter then no eyes

**LBursley**

hershey555 wrote:Cool face and no offence but crazy eyes are beter then no eyes

No offense but no eyes are better than crazy eyes. See what I did? All a matter of opinion

**DarkAngelsRK**

^Lol...... I agree with you 'bout the eyes, Les.

**Lord of Kaith**

Excellent tutorial! Simple and has fantastic end results!

FTR what type/brand of brush are you using? It certainly looks smaller than GW's Fine Detail, which is what I use, and I'm looking for smaller brushes.

**Fateweaver**

Just got your weathering pigments in the mail. Cannot wait to try them out.

Good speedy service too. Consider me a regular customer.

**Teek**

Another excellent video LB. Fantastic work, thanks for sharing!

**Volkan**

Thanks a lot for the Tutorial Les. It has really helped quite a bit. I consider myself a pretty mediocre painter but I am actually pretty happy with my efforts following this process.

I went with the blend of Regal blue and dwarf flesh and was really happy with the shade it created.

Thank you again.

Cheers,
~Volkan

**HamHamLunchbox**

ill try the stubble thing on my new space wolves.

Could look great,especially on the guy eith the crazy mohawk ^_^