"Painting "African Irregulars"" Topic
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 John the OFM  | 19 Nov 2012 7:52 p.m. PST |
I have a bag of Old Glory/command Decison "African Irregulars". Intrestingly, there were exactly 16 figures wering a beret who will be perfect fo the 4 counters, err stands of Palace Guard for my Junta conversions, but I digress… I mounted them on Flames of War bases, and primed with Krylon Brown camoflage paint, which is a very dark brown spray.
I intend to drybrush the flesh to lighten it up and highlight. Any recommendations? I usually work from a lighter shade and stain, so starting from dark and working back is new.
The Place Gusrd will of course get a nice khakl uniform and red berets. |
| CeruLucifus | 19 Nov 2012 9:04 p.m. PST |
Nicholas Lloyd's "Painting Dark-Skinned Figures": link Matakishi's "Zulu War Painting": link |
| dmebust | 19 Nov 2012 10:41 p.m. PST |
John that is the same way I do mine. My dry brush color is Ceramcoat Autumn Brown for their flesh. |
John Leahy  | 20 Nov 2012 12:15 a.m. PST |
I use Burnt Umber. Looks nice. |
| Martin Rapier | 20 Nov 2012 4:09 a.m. PST |
I use a darker base colour (some sort of reddish brown) and then a dark inkwash. |
| HammerHead | 20 Nov 2012 5:16 a.m. PST |
Sepia ink is a strong tone to darken any base colour,for African skin tones |
| mad monkey 1 | 20 Nov 2012 7:54 a.m. PST |
Used to prime black, then drybrush white, then paint my zulus with Armoury's Chocolate Brown. Did the same with my AK-47 figs. Then my paint ran out. : ( |
| combatpainter | 20 Nov 2012 8:50 a.m. PST |
Just make 'em look as black (Dark Umber works) as possile. Do a few lines for the camo and wash to your hearts content. |
| John Leahy | 20 Nov 2012 2:30 p.m. PST |
Yeah, I used to use that Armory color too. It was perfect! Thanks, John |
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