"Native American skin tone" Topic

What color do you like for Eastern Woodland Indians? Howard Hues used to make the perfect color, but can you get Howard Hues anymore? What Vallejo color works well? What are other common favorites? Thanks!

From the ones I've seen in person, pretty much the same color as the colonists, except more tanned from the sun. The real difference would be cheekbones and such. They're your figures, paint them as you wish.

Just discovered Citadel Layer Cadian Fleshtone. Hoped it would be a good "tan" color, but came off ((to me) as more reddish -- a lot like my skin looked after working a summer outdoors.

I use Ceramcoat "Dark Flesh", a deep tan colour.

First off I use spray on Flat White primer.
First coat is a 50:50 stain of water and GE Dark Flesh. I suspect it's now Mournfang Brown, or some dumb name like that. It's a dark red….
Then I dry brush with Ceramcote Medium Fllesh. I use the same technique with Caucasians, but vary the degree of dry brushing.
The "spear carrying" Indians in Last of the Mohicans could hardly be distinguished from White Dudes, by the way.
I use a lot of warpaint, by the way.

I use Native American Flesh, from Howard Hues.

I start with a flesh base and then wash – I find that the GW Agaranth Earthshade works well, sometimes more than one coat

Finding an exact skin tone may be a waste of time. There was not uniformity, not even within the same tribe. Tattoos and 'flat head' practice are examples of trying to distinguish tribal members.

Also why to me it is a waste of time for Woodland tribes both northern and southern, is the way they painted them selves for war. Some tribes would not have much of the exposed areas, face, torso, arms and legs unpainted. The mode of painting is how tribes told warriors apart. Muscogee/ Creek warriors preferred half red (war) and half blue or black (death) paint scheme to cover their entire body. So skin tone would not matter. Cherokee liked the large area in red, much like current eagle dancers. So worrying about skin tones is a waste.

I use Vallejo Model Colours (On 15mm Blue moon woodland Indians) , one drop of saddle brown too two drops of Ivory and then shade it lightly with Citadel Baal Red wash, works really well in my opinion.

Thanks for all the input. I'm going to experiment with Ceramcoat Light Chocolate at the moment, but I suspect it's darker than I want. Perhaps using Emphatz' idea of cutting a color with a little ivory.

Just a simple flesh tone, "ruddy" if you can find it, and a red brown as a wash does the trick nicely. Nothing more special than that. I use craft paints.