<![CDATA[Latest posts for the thread "Salamanders skin tone"]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/8.page JForum - http://www.jforum.net Salamanders skin tone I want to paint the skin black as Salamanders are portrayed, but here is the issue:

It doesn't appear that Sallies are black as-is of African decent and I don't really like the "charcoal black with red eyes scheme"
So is there something in between? I can't really find good example on Google.
Everything I've found is either "Yep, that's a regular black guy" or "What are these dark grey skinned, red-eyed daemons in power armour?"

Can anyone share a decent picture of a Salamanders skin tone that actually looks like a real human skin tone?
I don't like the black with grey highlights, so I may try using dark brown highlights to achieve what I am looking for.

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 Rybrook wrote:
I think they are dark skinned in the first place, they have a desease that turns their skin charcoal black
It’s in their fluff I read somewhere
But from what I've heard/read, this fluff is a retcon from older fluff. I believe they used to just be dark skinned (as-in brown) but GW changed it for...reasons.
Either way, I am leaning more and more toward traditional human dark skin rather than some weird sci-fi future skin color.

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WarhammerTV made quite a good video:
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I think that is quite a nice Salamander skin. ]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/761158/10084062.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/761158/10084062.page GMT Salamanders skin tone Lol there is only a subtle difference in the skin than the black primer. I would do brown, it looks nice and isn't as stark as lets say a black face. But then again I'm not up to date on their fluff, I thought they were darker because of it being a lava planet. That why I play Orks, lol. ]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/761158/10084634.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/761158/10084634.page GMT Salamanders skin tone
As for races, there is only one in the 41st millenium: the human race.

Well, and the abhumans, but we don't talk about those.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/761158/10085526.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/761158/10085526.page GMT Re:Salamanders skin tone
As for an inbetween shade - try Eshin Grey, highlight it with Administratum Grey and then shade down to the desired tone with Nuln Oil. Not sure how good the pics are, but for results, see my Vulkan:

Spoiler:

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Perhaps if you want to strike a balance between African and Obsidian, add a little Rhinox hide to the Eshin and Ad. Grey, to bring out the brown undertones.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/761158/10090431.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/761158/10090431.page GMT Salamanders skin tone
So the 'retcon' is actually a return to origins apparently.

Yeah, I seem to remember them being painted with purple-black skin, red eyes and blonde hair (i.e. like D&D drow) back in the Rogue Trader era. They were never supposed to just look like Africans.

Awesome Vulkan, BTW.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/761158/10090506.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/761158/10090506.page GMT Salamanders skin tone
 Maddok_Death wrote:
Lol there is only a subtle difference in the skin than the black primer. I would do brown, it looks nice and isn't as stark as lets say a black face. But then again I'm not up to date on their fluff, I thought they were darker because of it being a lava planet. That why I play Orks, lol.


I guess if you paint the (rather bright) green armor, the difference is less... subtle.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/761158/10090510.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/761158/10090510.page GMT Salamanders skin tone
The opposite (having SUPER high amounts of pigment) should still show brown to some degree.
Thus I will prime black and highlight dark brown (not grey)
It is also going to be needed to contrast with the armour since I highlight the black shoulders with grey.

If I just use grey to highlight, the skin will just blend into the model and I want it to stand out a bit.

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 Duskweaver wrote:
So the 'retcon' is actually a return to origins apparently.

Yeah, I seem to remember them being painted with purple-black skin, red eyes and blonde hair (i.e. like D&D drow) back in the Rogue Trader era. They were never supposed to just look like Africans.

Nope.

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 Galef wrote:
 Rybrook wrote:
I think they are dark skinned in the first place, they have a desease that turns their skin charcoal black
It’s in their fluff I read somewhere
But from what I've heard/read, this fluff is a retcon from older fluff. I believe they used to just be dark skinned (as-in brown) but GW changed it for...reasons.
Either way, I am leaning more and more toward traditional human dark skin rather than some weird sci-fi future skin color.

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Before the 3rd edition Codex Eye of Terror came out, there was nothing special about Salamanders. Yes, some of them had black (as in, like sub-Saharan African) skin:

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_e2X0ZP5Mwjs/TPZ5k4nvyuI/AAAAAAAAD3Q/XTj_0BmKeK4/s1600/Old+Citadel+Painting+Guide+Space+Marines+Painting+Strictly+Average15.JPG

https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-VxKP6XgogdQ/U-uVJnpByMI/AAAAAAAAGDE/WqJ8B6In-EA/s1600/24-009d2bb002.jpg

but then again, some didn't:
http://www.orderofgamers.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/battleforarmageddon_box.png

After that 3rd ed Codex, they're now coal black with red eyes, as a result of an interaction between their melanchromic organ and the radiation from their homeworld's sun.

Personally, if I ever paint any Salamanders, I'll ignore that, as I think it's silly and looks daft, but do what you like.

There's a good process for painting very dark skin on the Perrys' website, for painting Zulu warriors:
https://www.perry-miniatures.com/pages.php?page=painting-dark-african-skin]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/761158/10093220.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/761158/10093220.page GMT