Bramble15 wrote:Hey Marvin,
I would like to make a request to you. This is completely selfish on my part and I would very much steel and use any information provided!! So now that the legal stuff is behind us, is there any chance you could do a short tutorial on how you paint 1/72 faces. I really like the look you achieve relative to the depth and the most exposed areas of the faces. It seems for me I sometimes hit it and other times my faces turn our too orange/red in color. Just never feel consistent with respect to the flesh. Any tips would be greatly appreciated.
Rich
Hi Rich
I'm very flattered that you'd like to hear how I do my faces.
Myself? I'm never really been all that confident with faces actually, but I think these are somehow one of my better efforts.
The way I do them is quite simple, really. I tend to think that at 1/72 scale this approach gets (well, for me anyway...) some satisfactory results. So - here's what I do:
(All these colours I use are acrylic Vallejo Model Colors)
1. Basecoat the faces using "Medium Fleshtone".
2. Apply a generous dark wash to the faces using "Burnt Umber" (I think previous to doing these figs I'd been using a "German Camo Black-Brown" wash)
3. When dried - using what is almost a dry brush lightly reapply that basecoat colour to the areas requiring highlights. I avoid the eyes and gently pay attention around the top lip and cheeks particularly.
4. Finally, I touch up with a little "Flat Flesh" colour (a lighter shade of fleshtone) on to the areas that need highlighting the most (e.g. nose, chin, high cheekbones, etc).
I don't use any warmer colours like pinks or reds, or paint in the eyes. A luxuriant hussar moustache always helps with facial definition. In my opinion, I think it's very easy to overdo facial details at this scale. A little brown wash for shading and contrasting dry brush highlights can produce some quite adequate results.
Thanks again
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