of At this stage, some thought was given to what colours the ladies were going to be painted. Suzi was straightforward as she was wearing a sort of sailor's uniform - I decided it was going to be mainly white with blue edges. Dionne was wearing a cat suit, which I was going to paint black - but her hair was going to be red for a contrast. Kat was the most difficult, but I decided on a creamy coloured jump suit with green bodice, and a differing green holster and boots.
I am a follower of the 3-layer painting method, so most of the colours applied have 3 tones (some, like the flesh, have more tones).
The first job for me is the metal work. I use a scalpel and scratch off the undercoat, leaving the bare metal. Rubbing this with your finger takes the shine down a few levels. This took care of the guns, sword, and Dionne's zip fastener on her cat suit.
The next stage I do is the face, and all the flesh. The flesh areas are given a basecoat of Pelikan Plaka Red Brown, then white eyes are inserted along with a vertical black line for the iris - try and be careful here, but mistakes can be rectified with the next stage which is Red Brown with Plaka Yellow Ochre. For females, I repaint the whole area again with this colour, but for males I would leave lines around the eyes, down the nose, and around the hair line to give them a hardened look.
The next stage is adding Plaka Flesh to the mix, and painting the nose, checks, chin, forehead and ears. For the next level, I mix up a flesh colour but with no Red Brown. The final tone I leave as the last colour before varnishing, as the layers of paint will absorb one another.
What I have found useful is to make up my own colour card for European flesh, and match this every time. For Eastern nationalities, I would leave more yellow; and for American Indians (as an example), I would leave in the Red Brown.