"How to paint certain skin tones" Topic

I have recently bought some Yu Jing infinity models and I amn wondering how to paint the skin on them because I am used to working with dwarfs or white humans where as these are more Asian/Chinease.

I want to be able to paint the skin of link

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If you could work in games workshops paints that would be really good becuase I only use them (only been in the hobby 3 years and there easiest for me to use at the moment)

add an orange wash to regular flesh then (after its completely dry) an ink wash of peat brown (winsor newton only).
I think you'll recognize the results as being "asian"
ymmv,
R.

I prime with white spray, primarily.
For my Boxers, I paint/stain* with GW "Snakebite Leather", and when dry, drybrush with Ceramcote "Medium Flesh".

*Very wet brush…

I mix all my skin tones from artist colors. These four are the basics: Titanium White, Unbleached Titanium (also called Titanium Buff), Burnt Sienna and Raw Sienna. For a caucasian skin tone, I usually use 2 parts Burnt to 1 part Raw, then several parts White or Unbleached Titanium until the base shade is as light or dark as I want. For an asian skin tone, reverse the scheme a bit. Use more Raw than Burnt, and don't lighten quite as much. Liquitex and Golden make those shades, and Folkart also does an 'Artist's Pigments' line.

Reaper Master Serries paints have a golden flesh triad that works well for Aisan skin tone.

cheers guys, much appreciated

Chogokin is spot on :)

I will add one thing artist's paint is the best value
but must be thinned.

For 'white' skin, I usually use:
GW Bronzed Flesh, then a wash with (thinned) Flesh Wash, then highlight with Bronzed Flesh then Elf Flesh.

For my Yu Jing minis, I use:
Base coat of about 50/50 Bronzed Flesh/Snakebite Leather, then (thinned) Flesh wash, then highlight with first the base tone, then pure Bronzed Flesh.

Depends on which asian skin tone you want. I've known a couple of Japanese that were close to my VERY Irish ancestry skin tone. Less hair and freckles but the skin was close.

Mongols are darker, add a little yellow ink to watery brown then wash over GW skin tone. Japanese, mix white with regular flesh to highlight the usual skin paint. Bronzed flesh or elf flesh might work. Dwarf flesh as well. Asians come in a wide range of colors depending on where they come from.

I also use the Reaper master series stuff for most Asians but you wanted GW which is very limited for flesh. A couple of the craft paint lines do a tanned flesh you could try. They are a bit cheaper (in some places) so if they aren't to your liking…no big loss.

Saxondog, that reminds me of a strange conversation I had with a Chinese lady. She referred to 'dark-skinned people' and I assumed she was talking about folks of African ancestry. This began to make less-and-less sense in context. I finally decided she was talking about some other group of Asians.