| quidveritas | 09 Sep 2009 12:59 p.m. PST |
I go back and forth on this all the time. I tend to use 'A' for 15mm and 'B' for larger figures. Frankly I used 'C' for 30 years and was plenty happy with those figs too!
A. Do you paint your faces a basic light flesh color and use inks or washes to fill in details; or
B. Do you paint a foundation (dark brown or flesh) + white for eyes; followed by dry brushing in flesh; followed by a highlight color; or C. Do you just paint the face a basic flesh color with no adornments. mjc |
| Plynkes | 09 Sep 2009 1:09 p.m. PST |
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| Farstar | 09 Sep 2009 1:28 p.m. PST |
Depends on the figure, not just the scale. |
| Lentulus | 09 Sep 2009 1:33 p.m. PST |
A for 6, 10 and 15. Have not done larger for quite a while. |
| Angel Barracks | 09 Sep 2009 1:44 p.m. PST |
Paint basic skin then paint the highlights and shadows, no ink washes here. Then eyes and stubble,lips etc whatever the case may be. Not in my normal scale though. |
Pat Ripley  | 09 Sep 2009 2:35 p.m. PST |
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| Bob in Edmonton | 09 Sep 2009 2:45 p.m. PST |
I prime black and then use a flesh colour to pick out highlights and leave the rest in shadow. Seems to be a variant of A and B. |
| evilcartoonist | 09 Sep 2009 4:02 p.m. PST |
Foundation color, middle shade, ink wash, touch up middle shade, highlights in that order. |
| The Nigerian Lead Minister | 09 Sep 2009 5:19 p.m. PST |
Method A for just about everything. Occasionally for 28mm I do method A with a drybrush. And sometimes it's carefully blended and built up and all that, but that's pretty rare. |
| Delthos | 09 Sep 2009 5:49 p.m. PST |
Definitely need another option for blended highlights on a dark shade color. Then you also need a sister poll, painted or not painted eyes. |
| Coyotepunc and Hatshepsuut | 09 Sep 2009 7:58 p.m. PST |
I use a foundation color, then a shading wash, then highlight with foundation color, medium highlight, final highlight in that order. Then lips and eyes. |
| nickinsomerset | 09 Sep 2009 11:04 p.m. PST |
A for rank and file, B for command, both 15/18 and 28. Just A for 20mm WWII. Tally Ho! |
| Martin Rapier | 10 Sep 2009 1:27 a.m. PST |
E. Basic flesh, inkwash then highlight. That is what I do for 15s and up. 6mm just gets flesh and an inkwash. |
| Palafox | 10 Sep 2009 6:31 a.m. PST |
As Plynkes. None of the above. |
| runs with scissors | 10 Sep 2009 6:45 a.m. PST |
I don't highlight the retinal flashes. |
| wrgmr1 | 10 Sep 2009 7:47 a.m. PST |
I paint 25's dark flesh, highlight with lighter on a basic figure, depending on the size of the army.
I do a few figures such as Artizan WW2 with 3 colour highlights eyes and beard stubble. |
| Ditto Tango 2 1 | 10 Sep 2009 10:53 a.m. PST |
For my 1:72, A mostly, B for tank commanders.
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| Timmo uk | 10 Sep 2009 1:09 p.m. PST |
D ie other and I usually don't paint eyes – if I do its not in the normal way as I think they always end up looking too big. Some of the best faces I've seen are by Mike MacGillivray on the Perry website. The eyes are in shadow and I think they look most convincing overall. |
 John the OFM  | 10 Sep 2009 2:10 p.m. PST |
White spray prime.
Stain with GW Dark Flesh.
Drybrush with Ceramcote Medium flesh. |
| archstanton73 | 11 Sep 2009 6:01 p.m. PST |
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| richarDISNEY | 21 Sep 2009 8:36 a.m. PST |
B. All the way down to the pupils. Then again, I do 28mms. 
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