Flesh Tips

(pictures to come)

THIN YOUR PAINTS (or I will hunt you down and feed you worms)

When it comes to painting flesh I don't do anything flash or difficult, it's pretty darn basic actually and you only need a tiny bit of another paint shade to get an entirely different look for each miniature. Just remember to thin your paints, if you aren't sure how much to thin them, try two drops of water for each drop of paint, if you want smoother transitions or are working on an important section of flesh, such as boobies *chuckle* you can always add another drop of water. If your brush gets a bit over-loaded with the paint mix, wipe it across the back of your thumb or dab it lightly on a tissue.

 

ELVES  

1. Basecoat in Dwarf Flesh
2. Highlight raised parts of the face with Elf Flesh (i.e. cheekbones, forehead, nose, chin etc)
3. Highlight again with 1 : 1 ratio Elf Flesh & Skull White mix (same sections, just higher areas of those sections)
4. Highlight once more with 1 : 2 ratio Elf Flesh & Skull White mix (only highlight the very highest of areas, where the sun would hit. You can always take the highlights even higher, its really up to you)

Alternatively you can base and then wash the face with either a diluted Flesh Wash or a diluted Flesh Wash + Brown Ink mix. Flesh Wash tends to give more of a yellowish tinge, whereas Flesh+Brown gives more of a tanned skin tinge in the recesses. Once that has been done you clean up the wash and highlight as usual

 

DWARVES  

Same as above, just omit the Elf Flesh and only highlight with Dwarf Flesh + Skull White.
Alternatively you can make a nice dwarf flesh colour by mixing a tiny bit of Scorched Brown into your Elf Flesh.

 

HUMANS  
Same as Elves again, but you can mix around the colours a little more. If you want rosier flesh stick with Dwarf Flesh, if you like the pale/yellowish tinged flesh go with Elf Flesh. If you want darker flesh, mix in a little brown. It's really up to you, just highlight as you would normally.

New Recipe:
I tried something else out recently and loved the results:

Basecoat in 2:1  VGC Khaki : VGC Tan
Shade in 2:1:1 Khaki : Tan : Charred Brown (or more likely 1/2 charred brown, its just to make the basecoat mix a little darker)
Highlight by adding white to the basecoat mix. Keep adding white and highlighting till you are happy with your results.

This gives a more realistic flesh look and is my favourite at the moment, it looks great on muscled miniatures. I tried this out on my Hasslefree 'My Hero' miniature recently, he will be posted as soon as I base him and I will post some photos here.