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PostPosted: Sat Apr 10, 2010 6:06 pm 
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I'd like advice on how to paint Gondorian skin; the faces of the Warriors of Minas Tirith to be exact. The best combination I've got at the moment is Tallarn Flesh with a Gryphonne Sepia wash, but I'd like something slightly lighter. Any ideas?

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If you're going to use a brown wash, perhaps if you started with a lighter flesh base like elf flesh it would give you the lighter look you're going for.
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Do what you are doing and then highlight Dwarf Flesh.

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BilboOfTheWhiteTower wrote:
Do what you are doing and then highlight Dwarf Flesh.


Or maybe tallarn flesh again? That would still give him a pretty dark look but still lighter than his first suggestion.

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captain krak wrote:
If you're going to use a brown wash, perhaps if you started with a lighter flesh base like elf flesh it would give you the lighter look you're going for.


The Elf Flesh is too yellow; it's not pink enough.

I tried a mix of Elf Flesh and Tallarn Flesh, followed by a Gryphonne Sepia wash. That's my best result so far, but I'll have to work on getting the same ratio of Elf Flesh to Tallarn Flesh.

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For most human skin I usually use Dwarf Flesh as a base. I add in Elf Flesh into the Dwarf Flesh for a series of highlights untill I get up to pure Elf Flesh. To add shading I add in some Dark Flesh into the Dwarf Flesh and water this down greatly, this is then applied as wash into the recesses of the face. To finish off, pure Dark Flesh is greatly watered down and applied lightly into the very deepest recesses of the face. It's really not too difficult and gets good results.

Hope this helps you. :)

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My highlighting skills are terrible. Oh well, something to improve on... 8)

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For "white" humans, I do it similar to Longbottom Leaf. Start with Dwarf Flesh, then I thin down some Swamp Brown or Terracotta.

fake edit - I just found that GW discontinued their version, but Vallejo still makes one that's a good match, and I assume so does Coat D'Arms or P3's "Bloodstone" is a decent approximation. I'm not familiar with Gryphonne Sepia wash.

Anyway, after that just rehighlight with dwarf flesh, and then just tip the edges of the chin and nose with elf flesh. There's not a whole lot of easy skin on those WoMT figures, so this should be plenty.

Tallarn flesh is quite a dark base, so that might be part of the issue.

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My personal recipe for skin is basecoat Tallarn Flesh/wash with watered-down Dark Flesh/highlight with Tallarn Flesh and add highlights by adding skull white to tallarn flesh. If your highlighting isn't that great, simply substitute drybryushing for highlighting 8)

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Anduril Blade of Kings wrote:
If your highlighting isn't that great, simply substitute drybryushing for highlighting 8)


What colour should I try?

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Add some skull white or bleached bone to tallarn flesh. 8) though I'd really suggest to try highlighting some more, as drybrushing can leave quite a chalky finish.

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