Forum adverts like this one are shown to any user who is not logged in. Join us by filling out a tiny 3 field form and you will get your own, free, dakka user account which gives a good range of benefits to you: No adverts like this in the forums anymore. Times and dates in your local timezone. Full tracking of what you have read so you can skip to your first unread post, easily see what has changed since you last logged in, and easily see what is new at a glance. Email notifications for threads you want to watch closely. Being a part of the oldest wargaming community on the net. If you are already a member then feel free to login now.

Hi i was wondering if anyone had any tips on helping me make proper human skin colour. I do not know how to; i would appreciate if some one could help me as i am entering the young bloods at this years golden demon and i paint bretonnains as my fantasy race. so i would love some tips on how to make human flesh colour.

(if anyone would like to see which model i am painting p.m me please)

I use Reaper's Master Series Skin Tone Triads and love them. Very easy to use and produce wonderful results with several skin varieties like pale, rosy, golden, tanned, or ebony as well as some more exotic varieties.

ah is it possible to get them in England ?

There are some wonderful tutorials on CMON's website: http://www.coolminiornot.com/articles/1031-painting-skin

Aidanferg97 wrote:ah is it possible to get them in England ?

You'll have to ask Google... I'm on the wrong side of the pond and can't access Reaper's forum while at work. I did the search for you though:

http://www.google.com/search?client=gmail&rls=gm&q=reaper%20master%20series%2C%20UK&safe=active

ty, ill get back to you if i find out i can



Automatically Appended Next Post:
yes i can. thanks for that mate them seem easy to use aswell and cheap thanks again

No worries. They're the best I've found for skin tones and make layering very easy. Good luck!

Oh, and welcome to Dakka!

If you are going to use the GW line of paints, you're going to have to mix your paints a little. Tallarn flesh is a great foundation, but can't really be used on its own. if you're going to use elf flesh on top of tallarn flesh, you have to mix the elf flesh a little, otherwise you end up with a very unnatural skin tone. Elf flesh should be mixed with some white/ red and even tallarn flesh before use. Also, bleached bone (used as a highlight) should be mixed with a little elf flesh before use, otherwise you literally get a bleached face for a model.

i might try that as i have all them colours. i'll post a picture if it works out if you guys want

I create my flesh tone by doing a thin base of dwarf flesh, followed by a thin layer of dwef flesh mixed with white.
I get a blob of dwarf flesh and then keep mixing in white till it matches my own skin tone and then paint on a thin layer, sometimes 2. Then follow that up with a light wash of Gryphonne Sepia.

I've found the washes to leave skin tones looking dirty, which isn't necessarily a bad thing but isn't always the desired result. I do use watered-down Devlan Mud built up in layers as a stubble effect that turns our really nice, though.

I posted a tutorial on Dakka about painting Human Skin tones a few days ago:

http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/382165.page

Gavin Thorne wrote:I've found the washes to leave skin tones looking dirty, which isn't necessarily a bad thing but isn't always the desired result. I do use watered-down Devlan Mud built up in layers as a stubble effect that turns our really nice, though.

Ive found it only looks dirty if you use to much wash. If you thin it down and only paint it on lightly it should come out looking decent. I believe its one of the YMMV things depending on how you do it.

Alex that tutorial was great. Simple yet effective. Im'a give it a go with some marines.

I found this really good article a while back, I think its using GW paints.

http://forums.relicnews.com/showthread.php?99163-How-to-paint-faces-and-skin

If you want to get it done fast, a quick and easy method is to basecoat with Bestial brown, then paint over that with Bleached bone leaving the brown in the recesses. Then hit it with GW's Flesh Wash (old school stuff, you can make it out of Devlin Mud maybe?) and highlight with pure Bleached bone. Makes a pretty natural skin tone.

I start by elf flesh, then elf flesh mixed with skull white for a highlight, and bleached bone for another highlight. For those who want to get models done fast, just dry brush a flesh color appropriate to the model

I paint on either white or beige color and and then use a brown ink to darken it.

I basecoat with bleached bone then use ogryn flesh wash to colour then add shading then balance out the colour a bit by doing a light drybrush of white focusing on the raised edges. After that I add the final highlights with very thin coats of white being careful not to make the flesh look too washed out.

i need it to look awsome because im need to paint my young bloods modle slowly and nicely

This has worked for me well...

Base coat all skin snakebite leather brown
Tallaran fleash all but the deepest cracks in biceps and wrinkles
Dwarven flesh high parts
elven flesh knuckles, and small lines for veins
LIGHT coat of ogeryn flesh wash

Thanks i will probably try that technique out tomorrow