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Post by bradley71 on Oct 12, 2020 20:03:27 GMT
I have always had trouble painting faces. Now the problem is especially troubling considering I am painting 54mm figures.... I think my next batch will be done with water based paint. The enamels are great except when it comes to faces. I have looked online for an instruction for wargaming quality, not collector. I am not looking for realistic, I am just looking for something neat that doesnt destroy the look of the whole figure when complete.
Thanks
Brad
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Post by paulcollins on Oct 12, 2020 23:05:49 GMT
I am not a great painter, but here is my method. I use a peach/flesh craft paint to cover. Add a little red and dab each cheek and lips. When dry,I wash with either watered down burnt umber or burnt sienna acrylic ink that I bought at Hobby Lobby. It isn’t competition quality but it blends under the Wash and looks right to me. For my woodland Indians I just change the undercoat to terra cotta craft paint but the system stays the same. I goes quickly and I like the end result. Eventually you will find a system that satisfies you in both end result and time invested.
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Post by jhonpog on Oct 12, 2020 23:52:22 GMT
yeah I struggle with faces too. Skin colour base and a shade with a brownish wash. If I think I can get away with it I'll have a crack at painting in off-white for eyes and a brown or black dot for iris. I am painting less and less eyes these days! Thin coats are better good luck!
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Post by bradley71 on Oct 13, 2020 3:17:01 GMT
Yeah using enamels on this batch for the first time in my life! I think I have learned my lesson and will try again with water based!
Thanks guys for the ideas I think I will give them both a go!
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Post by davel on Oct 13, 2020 10:57:43 GMT
Have you tried looking for a tutorial on YouTube?
I use Lifecolour paint - 6 shades - which I find the best for flesh.
If you buy flesh paint packs (usually 6 shades of colour), there are instructions on the back of the packet as to how to use them
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Post by Mike Lewis on Oct 13, 2020 11:31:39 GMT
I paint Toy Soldier style - so just flesh for the face, eyebrows and dotted in eyes. Sometimes a dab or red+flesh for the mouth.
I think painting in the whites of the eyes just makes everyone look like they are either surprised or staring!
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Post by spiritofethandune on Oct 13, 2020 11:59:45 GMT
Heh, otherwise known as fried egg style!
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Post by steders on Oct 13, 2020 12:25:06 GMT
Hello
I use Games workshop paints
Cadian fleshtone base
Mix Mournfang brown with water (trying to get a milky consistency) and apply to all flesh areas.
Then re-highlight with Cadian fleshtone.
Job done.
Can't seem to attach an image, might be too big
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Post by rossmac on Oct 13, 2020 12:38:32 GMT
I use cheap craft acrylics. These days, I've mostly been doing a sort of neo-toy soldier look but I'll list both of my methods.
I usually add a little burnt sienna (reddish light brown) to the flesh paint off the shelf to give it a more outdoorsy look. When dry I add a bit more red to get that rosy cheek look, (Something that I have and used to be embarrassed at as a young fellow in uniform) and just put a splotch on the cheeks. I add a bit more sienna and make a slight dash at the lips.
With other figures, esp well detailed plastic or model figures, I apply the flesh straight, do the cheeks and then apply a wash of sienna,sometimes adding varnish as well as water to make the paint flow better since I haven't been able to find an acrylic thinner in over a decade.
Ross
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Post by JohnY on Oct 13, 2020 15:09:54 GMT
While on smaller figures, I tend to do an impressionistic face, for my 54s, I aim squarely for Britan's Deetail-like faces. That is, I paint the face entirely flesh (usually one of the Vallejo flesh colors) and that's it. The only facial feature I specifically address is facial hair.
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Post by briddy on Oct 13, 2020 23:04:34 GMT
Eyes? Cheeks? What are these things?
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Post by rossmac on Oct 14, 2020 0:48:56 GMT
Eyes? Cheeks? What are these things? What are they? Traditional! 😊 (Britains metal style traditional anyway) |
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Post by jhonpog on Oct 14, 2020 4:23:50 GMT
I paint Toy Soldier style - so just flesh for the face, eyebrows and dotted in eyes. Sometimes a dab or red+flesh for the mouth. I think painting in the whites of the eyes just makes everyone look like they are either surprised or staring! ha ha I totally paint this way  |
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Post by 79thpa on Oct 15, 2020 17:29:17 GMT
I just paint everything using a flesh colored paint. Most people can't paint eyes, nor should they try.
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Post by Quantrilltoy on Oct 18, 2020 22:39:13 GMT
If you use enamels, as I did many years ago, the advantage is longer drying time allows more blending of shadows and highlights.
However, I mostly use acrylics now as they don't stink and clean up is easy. Also the fast drying allows one to go on to the next colour but if you want to slow down drying you can add paint retarders.
As for face painting techniques I do use washes as opposed to my original enamel blending. The acrylic washes won't work well on enamels. My favourite wash is GW Reichland Flesh which will sink into shadows and crevices. Be careful how much wash is applied as it can make paint jobs look muddy. I do some highlights while the wash is still a little wet.
Another option is old toy soldier style with no shading or highlights.
Eyes: old toy soldier style - black dots for eyes
- brown wash only
- detailed: Now if you are going to do whites of eyes and irises I have two points of advice: Add a tiny bit of light blue to the white (or grey or pink for bloodshot!) The key is to be subtle. DON"T use black for irises! It looks terrible on white especially if the white is pure white. Use a medium to dark blue, grey, medium green or green-brown or dark brown. Next paint a curved red brown line over the top of the eye, edging down to make sure the eye does not look too open. Repaint the flesh colour up to the eye so that a thin line for eye lashes is left. A variation is to do the shade wash and when dry paint the whites or paint the eyeball dark brown first. Then you can either paint the whites and then irises or you can paint the corners, leaving brown in the middle for irises, then go through the other stages. If you are keen you could also paint pupils before doing the edging. Another point is you don't want cross eyed or Marty Feldman type eyes so line up irises with corners of the mouth. if the first iris goes to the side match up the other eye to look to the side.
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