Tips for mixing your own flesh tones?

[Guest]

I think the title says it all? Looking for help, tips or just a formula for mixing a decent looking flesh tone, its only a 1:72 Apache aircrew, so not much detail required.


Any help greatly appreciated


Steve

[john i am]

Vallejo do a face paint set with a guide included also ther are lots of DVDs of which I have one which is very helpful also look on YouTube other than that base flesh highlight flesh and a bit of burnt umber a wet pallete and a lot of mixing of the three colours to get different tones. I would only use this method for 1/35 scale or above but at 1/72 a base flesh and a sepia wash as at this scale there is hardly any detail in the face to be seen good look cheers John

[monica]

i do agree with John in 1.72,with a helm on ,will not see that much of his face hands,


i would go for a flat flesh color,this you can lighten or darken to your liking the give him a wash with burnt umber,will


just get in the little nooks and crannies ,and add a little detail,


hope this is of some help


cheers


Moni

[aaron]

Here's a guide using vallejo bro

[Guest]

1:72 face and hands I'd go for a medium/base acrylic flesh tone then mix a dirty brown oil based filter/wash 3 or 4 parts thinner to maybe a brush full of oil paint, with one or two light coats and leave it at that.

[Guest]

If mixing with enamels, put mostly white, then a bit of red to make pink then a bit of yellow

[Guest]

Your base colour should be something like a very slightly darker magnolia. From that you can make a wash by adding a medium brown and add a bit of very light grey for the highlights, which I would dry brush on. In 1/72nd scale you will not need any more than that. You can vary the base for different ethnicities by adding spots of other colours but above all experiment before committing to the figure.


These U-Boat crew are 1/72nd and were painted as described.


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[Guest]

Cheers guys, all very helpful. I am however asking about the colours required to mix a flesh tone, I'm a long way from my nearest supplier,and didn't want to fork out on new paints if I could learn to do this myself? Thanks guys


Steve

[dave]

If you actually want to start from scratch and paints you already have this Wikihow will probably help


http://www.wikihow.com/Create-Realistic-Flesh-Tones

[takeslousyphotos]

If he is flying...... he'll be wearing gloves .......... So I would have thought there is just an "itty bitty" face to paint.


Peter

[Ian M]

White, a tiny amount of red and brown, and I mean tiny amounts then a thin brownish wash in the shadows.


However, a modern pilot, especially in that scale,it will next to zero skin showing. Gloved hands, helmet on, visor down and an oxygen mask....

[Guest]

White, a tiny amount of red and brown, and I mean tiny amounts then a thin brownish wash in the shadows.
However, a modern pilot, especially in that scale,it will next to zero skin showing. Gloved hands, helmet on, visor down and an oxygen mask....

Thanks, gonna start experimenting, as for the pilots its an Apache aircrew so no oxygen mask.


Steve

[Guest]

If you actually want to start from scratch and paints you already have this Wikihow will probably help
http://www.wikihow.com/Create-Realistic-Flesh-Tones

Dave that link has been of great help, now to create a wash for shadow, do I just thin out a brown paint and apply thinly? I've never tried paint a crew for a model before...


Steve

[dave]

It depends on what you have available, a reddish brown would be best or mix a dark brown with your flesh colour and then dilute.

[Guest]

As Dave says start with the base colour and modify it slightly by adding a bit of brown. Then you make the wash from that, which should basically be a darker shade of the base colour. If you just use any brown paint you could end up with some very unatural effects as the shadows will be a completely different colour.