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As the question says, can anyone offer any help? The majority of my face painting experience only involves those pasty pale space marines. Thanks, Alan

Reaper has a dark skin triad it has the base, highlight and shade.

Depends on what area of the Middle East you're looking at - and there are regional variations there.

The Reaper set might work - haven't actually looked at it.

I've got some pictures of different skintones from my time over there that I use as a reference - give me a bit and I'll post them and the formula's I use - although since I don't paint with GW or Reaper or Vallejo colors, I'm probably going to use standard color references ie burnt sienna or burnt umber and so forth.

Tallarn flesh, ogryn wash and dwarf flesh drybrush

steelcult wrote:Depends on what area of the Middle East you're looking at - and there are regional variations there.

The Reaper set might work - haven't actually looked at it.

I've got some pictures of different skintones from my time over there that I use as a reference - give me a bit and I'll post them and the formula's I use - although since I don't paint with GW or Reaper or Vallejo colors, I'm probably going to use standard color references ie burnt sienna or burnt umber and so forth.

Yeh, I should have been clearer. The area I'm looking at is around the Arabian peninsula comprising Saudi, Iraq, Iran, Yemen, Oman, etc. I know the term "Arabian" crosses various ethnicities but I suppose I am talking about Arabian Caucasians. These men, I believe, are from the Saudi army.


I would call them heavily tanned Caucasian and this is the look I'm going for. But I tried Vallejo's bronze flesh tone and predictably found it a little too bronze/orange looking, more like fake bottled tan, you know? So I'm looking for ideas. Any thoughts you had would be great.

darefsky wrote:Reaper has a dark skin triad it has the base, highlight and shade.

Thanks, I've heard good things about eager triads, apparently they work well. I had a look at their dark skin tone though, and it just seems a little too dark for the look I'm after. Thanks though.

This might help a little, at least the one character.

http://www.belloflostsouls.net/2013/02/hobby-practicing-skin-tones-with.html

Wow Rahz, that's a great little tutorial. That might come in pretty handy, especially since it's got some nice cloth techniques in it too. Thanks.

Yeh, I should have been clearer. The area I'm looking at is around the Arabian peninsula comprising Saudi, Iraq, Iran, Yemen, Oman, etc. I know the term "Arabian" crosses various ethnicities but I suppose I am talking about Arabian Caucasians. These men, I believe, are from the Saudi army.


I would call them heavily tanned Caucasian and this is the look I'm going for. But I tried Vallejo's bronze flesh tone and predictably found it a little too bronze/orange looking, more like fake bottled tan, you know? So I'm looking for ideas. Any thoughts you had would be great.

.Ok, here's how I would do that one -

Basecoat - Black (but I basecoat everything black)

First coat - Off white/light beige/ecru

Second Coat - Light wash with burnt sienna to give some warmth/ look of blood to the veins

Third and subsequent coats until you get the tone you like - Wash with Burnt Umber.

Highlight and Robert is one of your parents brother.

Think I found a decent recipe guys. Suggested by one of the guys at the local club, VMC English Uniform>Medium Flesh>Flat Flesh. Think it looks pretty good.



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Sorry the photo isn't so good.

Better photo

Thats the ticket.