"Iroquois skin tone" Topic

I need some advice on how to mix colors for a good Native American skin tone. 15mm figs for AWI. Thank you

Watch Last of the Mohicans. The Hurons look "awful white to me!"
I prime with Uktra Matte Primer from Rustoleum.
And I use Gulliman flesh Contrast paint from Citadel.
If you have more Contrast paints, experiment. Not everyone looked the same.

At a recent Ow Wow a large group of Native Americans were there. The skin tones ranged from light to dark. Some sunburned and others ruddy.

Heh heh heh. Yeah. I know a family with three kids, same parents, and the skin tones range from very dark to very light. Plus, of course, lots of actual mixing along frontiers, for all sorts of reasons.

But I agree, paint them so they "look right" to you.

I use Vallejo dark flesh for most of my First Nations. If I was going to mix then red,yellow and green would be used to get the shade needed. Sorry I don't have an exact recipe.

I remember reading a description of the Forest Indian people from the FIW period a while ago.
The description of their skin tone was "south European with a tinge of red".

Thanks for the painting tips. I appreciate the input. I went to University with a number of Native Americans and there was quite a variety of skin tones. So they "look right" sounds like the way to go.

Raw sienna with a soft wash works for me in 15mm.

Having a bunch of family (including my wife) of First Nations ancestry I totally agree that there is a very wide range of skin tones – for the 17th-19th century did spend a lot of time in the sun so the raw sienna/wash sounds like a good plan

I found that adding a few droplets of green to the mix I had going worked really well. I also did a burnt umber wash that finished them off nicely.

I live right on teh edge of the Mohawk nation of Akwesasne.

Skin tones vary from very light to very dark. If painting people who are spending a lot of time out in the sun skin will be darker.

Raw sienna is not a bad start. Basically do what looks right.

A story from back when they were filming the Fess Parker Daniel Boone TV series. Half a dozen Native Americans turned up one day, looking for work as extras playing Native Americans. The TV folks said, in effect, "No, you don't look enough like Native Americans. Can't use you in that role." Pause to think about this, then, "But, you know we need some Redcoats, and you guys would be great!"

I can't claim as much experience in the matter as some others, but I think doing it in a color that looks good to you, and maybe even varying it from one figure or small group to the next would be a good plan.

Grelber

The famous advert with the indian crying about pollution was actually Sicilian, Oscar DiCorti.

I think it's more important to capture skin that's predominantly been outdoors than any inherent tint unique to any particular population. Deep tanned flesh for warriors, not sunburned (red).