best paint for Japanese skin tone

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**Racerguy180**

hey y'all,

I'm converting a vindicare into Golgo 13 and want to paint Duke Togo's face.

so what's the best paint color/wash/hilight for Japanese skin tones?

thanks for any info,

**Big Mac**

GW ungor flesh, as it has a yellowish tone, GW pallid wych flesh, as it has a pale white flesh tone, good for highlighting Asian white tones. GW flesh wash, solid flesh wash for any skin tones.

**craggy**

I used Vallejo dark flesh for my Lhamean Exodite, it came off okay.

**Ulfhednar_42**

Try the golden skintone triad from Reaper Master Series.

**timd**

Tamiya Flesh is an Asian flesh color. Was painting some German WWII troops one time and noticed that there was an issue with the skin color...

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**Racerguy180**

cool thanks for the suggestions, I'm gonna try the Tamiya flesh. had painted up a bunch of samurai waayy back in the day and couldn't remember what I used. Tamiya paints are amongst my fab and I now remember that's what color I had used.

**bubber**

if you can get hold of the old GW bronzed flesh & flesh wash, i always felt the results were more Far East / Oriental than sun-tanned.

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**Kalamadea**

Best article ever for painting different racial skintones

http://www.coolminiornot.com/articles/1310-ethnic-skintones

Japanese

Since Japan has a more temperate climate from being an island, their
skin tends to be lighter than other Asian countries of the same area.
Also, women with lighter skin are considered the standard of beauty,
hence the advent of the white Geisha makeup in Japanese Culture. (No
excuses for the model I chose )

Man: Chocolate Brown #872, USA Tan-Earth #874, Cork Brown # 843, 60%
Beige Red #804/ 40% Basic Skintone #815, Basic Skintone#815
Woman: Medium Flesh #860, Iraqi Sand #819, 90% Light Flesh #928/ 10%
Brown Rose #803, Light Flesh #928, Ivory #918