"Native American skin tones" Topic

What is a good color or combo of colors from the craft paint dept. for native american troops? Thnx in advance H

What is a good color or combo of colors from the craft paint dept. for native american troops? Thnx in advance H

Not sure about craft paint but I use a basic flesh colour followed by several washes – right now I am washing with GW Earthshade

I lie Delta Creamcoat's dark flesh.

I paint mine with yellow ochre then wash them with burnt sienna.

I use Delta Ceramcoat burnt sienna. Although on the redder side, it does seem to work "on the battlefield."

They look shiny but they aren't in 'real life.'

Jim

Raw sienna with a wash for 15mm.

Bronze flesh with a brown wash, and then highlight with bronze flesh again.

Another vote for Agrax Earthshade over a normal flesh colour!

Wargames Foundry makes a 3 jar set of Native American Flesh paints, WFPS120. The WF paints are described as "triads" of 3 shades of similar colors. In the US Badger Games carry them.

I've never been able to get the results from these paints they say are possible, but the paints themselves are excellent. Used individually with Citadel Shade Paints you should be able to produce some remarkable results.

European flesh tone with a wash of antelope brown ink. Gives a lovely golden skin tone

I read, when starting my FIW collection, that an English officers assessment of the skin tone of American Forest Indians from the north east, was – "Southern European, with a hint of red".

I get someone else to paint my figures.

According to the early frontiersmen in the west, skin colors would vary. Crow were lighter than Sioux.

Of course today both tribes have had a certain amount of white blood mixed in. In the late 1800s "buffalo soldiers" were stationed at Ft. Custer on the Crow reservation. This resulted in the introduction of another skin tone. So one cannot tell by today's Indians what they looked like 100+ years ago.

But I just paint mine with Folk Art Terra Cota. I then put a Vallejo Sepia wash over them and highlight with a lightened Terra Cota. I forget what I lighten it with and am too lazy to go downstairs to my notebook. It may be Delta Ceramcoat Mellow Yellow.

Tom

There used to be a range of acrylics produced by a company, with various skin tones, but alas I cannot recall the name now.

IIRC, they were sold in little plastic paint containers.

They had excellent choices, e.g. those for European Americans – normal and tanned flesh, American Indians, African Americans, Asians, etc. Made life much simpler for the average miniatures painter.

Not sure if they are still available for sale though.

Give 'em enough war paint and who cares?