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Used this for the first time as a wash over cadian flesh. It is really red. Which actually works for a certain skin tone one might be looking for, but is too red to use a generic flesh wash. I like a variety of flesh tones within a unit in my armies, and for darker colors, I am happy with it. For lighter, not so much.
So, I know its not designed as a wash (as I used it) but is anyone actually using this as there flesh wash? If so, what are you putting it over to perhaps lessen the red?
Just looking for any idea on how others have used it since I have a full bottle.

I use it generically as a brown wash over golds and beige. For actual flesh, I’ve gone just on grey seer base, or talleran flesh.

I’ve not found it overly red

I use it for flesh and it works great for me. Maybe the paint wasn't shaken enough before use, and the colour separated?

Perhaps you two are correct, and I did not mix it well enough. Over cadian, the result was native american reddish skin. which was cool and useful. I'll try it again with a far better shake.

Some contrast paints have pigment seperation problems, if you have a store that sells army painter, buy their mixing balls and throw them in, it helps ALOT.

There are a couple contrast bottles that benefit from a ball-bearing or two dropped in them as agitators. (Apothecary white particularly).

I do tend to find most contrast paints are better as washes or intensifiers (particularly the reds/yellows, since GW non-contrast reds and yellows tend to be pretty flat)

Depending on the skin tone your going for, I think both contrast flesh colors tend towards dark. I've been using Knight Quaestor flesh as a base, followed by Guilliman flesh and then Rakarth Flesh while the Guilliman is still a little wet. Worked out well helmetless Iron Warriors, anyway, as the result has a bit of variation

I use Guillliman Flesh, thinned down as a flesh wash and I find it to be quite satisfactory.

Reikland Fleshshade on the other hand, I find to be rather red in tone and somewhat inconsistent wit it's coverage.

Good information. Thanks all.

PS: With the contrast paint, you want to put it on over a white base. It's not meant to be a wash over top of another flesh-colour paint.

 greatbigtree wrote:
PS: With the contrast paint, you want to put it on over a white base. It's not meant to be a wash over top of another flesh-colour paint.

It can be used as a wash, however.

The big thing is that you need to shake it up and treat it like the ink it effectively is.

Or, you know, use washes as washes and Contrast like contrast?

It doesn’t have the consistency of a wash. More of a glaze, if we need to be pedantic. For example, putting contrast over metallics is awesome, but putting Guillman Flesh over flesh is going to be preventing the pale highlights, and will accentuate the reddish tones.

And it isn’t an ink, either. Many Contrast paints, particularly the lighter ones have a two-part pigment. They are their own tool, and like all tools have a best-use. You can use a hammer to insert a screw into a board, but using a screw driver is certainly the best-use tool for the job. (Or a drill with a driver bit... to be pedantic again.)

contrast medium is your friend.

If the hue is your only quibble, try adding a touch of green to Gulliman Flesh. Green ink, or a greenish contrast paint would work best. Adding a colour's complement - its opposite on the colour wheel - makes it duller and closer to brown-grey.