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In the classic eavy metal paiting guide, it seems to miss a few last steps lol, How did he get that creamy blend on the skin?
From the Eavy Metal guide it mentions Gobiln Green to base, Ork Flesh wash, highlight with Goblin Green with a bit of Bad Moon Yellow.
I tried this but still looks like layers and not that smooth blend as per the attached photo. has anyone got close results or seen him paint?

Thank you!

It's probably wet blended, in the guide it has two ways of painting the skin, the first one with green, yellow and white.
Then Mike's way with just green and yellow.

You don't necessarily need to wet blend to get a nice seamless look like that. If you thin your layer with some water in your brush you can get a good transition like the one you've got there. Also known as glazing or "two thin coats".

Mike McVey uses two brush blending, rather than wet blending. Video from his site http://studiomcvey.blogspot.com/2011/05/blending-tutorial-video.html?m=1

The old write up link doesn't seem to work, though.

The answer is simply more layers. You probably want at least 10 layers as a rough estimate, starting with the base tone. You need to mix the paints too. This sort of smoothness can't be gained through simply following a paint scheme. It's something that comes with practice.

 JamesY wrote:
Mike McVey uses two brush blending, rather than wet blending. Video from his site http://studiomcvey.blogspot.com/2011/05/blending-tutorial-video.html?m=1

The old write up link doesn't seem to work, though.

Wow! Thank you, no wash either? Just a cool color for shade that is also blended out nice to. 100% two brush, you can see the second wet brush that fades out the colour.
I guess you could just keep doing this with a lighter tone to get it that butter smooth look.

I will give it a go and take some pics how close I can get it to the photo I posted


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 Warptide wrote:
You don't necessarily need to wet blend to get a nice seamless look like that. If you thin your layer with some water in your brush you can get a good transition like the one you've got there. Also known as glazing or "two thin coats".

I will have to test this and just experiment with how much water I add to the paint. Thank you, I wet blend when painting on canvas and rekon you could be right. Seems the key is how much water in the paint to have that smooth transition. This forum is awsome!

https://youtu.be/OO4M48zEvdE

I did quite a few videos on the technique.