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HI ALL YES ANOTHER FIGURE PAINTING ??? WHAT COLORS TO BUY ?????

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HI ALL YES ANOTHER FIGURE PAINTING ??? WHAT COLORS TO BUY ?????
Posted by treetopper on Saturday, September 5, 2009 3:00 PM

I WILL BE TRYING OUT MY HAND AT ARMOR AND HAVE A FIGURE PAINTING ??? NOT SO MUCH AS HOW 2 BUT WITH WHAT i have acrylic paint on hand but none to do  human flesh with and was also told to use oil not acrylic paints is this true and why??? next no matter what type i paint with can anyone get me started with what colors i will need i will be building some of the older monogram kits and the figure's that came in these. and a mixing guide PLEASE if any will have to be done i am really bad at mixing color's to get what i need THANKS AGAIN

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Posted by camo junkie on Saturday, September 5, 2009 3:27 PM
treetopper, check out this whole forum there are many links and tutorials on what you need and how to do it! good luck! Thumbs Up [tup]
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Posted by model maniac 96 on Saturday, September 5, 2009 3:45 PM
Well if you are going to use oils, a good mixing ratio for the flesh would be two parts yellow ocher to one part burnt sienna to four parts titanium white, hope that helps!



Thanks, Jim
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Posted by modelchasm on Saturday, September 5, 2009 9:58 PM

(DISCLA-MO!! ... Everything below is my personal opinion and should not be taken as ground truth, nor advise from a master, nor advise from a professional ... just the opinion of a modeler who gets nice results from his tried an true method...) Smile [:)]

Now .....

Hey there tree ... good to see trying out some figures. If you're already comfortable w/ acrylics, I'd say keep going w/ them. I think that you get a really nice smooth finish w/ acrylics ... namely Vallejo (I also use ModelMaster acrylics as they are easier to find in my area). For a base I use either "light flesh" or "flesh base". For shadows and depth, I use burnt sienna. For a medium tone, I use "warm flesh". I also use the light flesh base color for highlighting.

Hope that helps a little.

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Posted by ajlafleche on Sunday, September 6, 2009 7:45 AM

Skin tone:  I start with beige red from Vallejo then add their game color dark fleshtone for shadows, add one or two of several light skin shades for highligts and finish with pale flesh for the top highlight.

Eyes: don't use white for the whites; it's too stark. I use the same pale flesh i use for my final highlight

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Posted by Boba Fett on Monday, September 7, 2009 4:19 PM

 model maniac 96 wrote:
Well if you are going to use oils, a good mixing ratio for the flesh would be two parts yellow ocher to one part burnt sienna to four parts titanium white, hope that helps!



Thanks, Jim

 

My mix is similar, but I prefer to swap put about half that white for a flesch color. Save the whites for highlights.

 My usual mix is 2 pts flesch, 1 pt yellow ochare, 1 pt burnt sienna, and 1 part white. Then I vary the colors for highlights and shadows. Also, every face won't be the same so just eyeball the mix.

 

Eyeballs, I use a light gray for the base color, then paint a black dot, followed by a smaller dot of the eye color, then a final opupil and a highlight. Then I use some future mixed with a SIMDGEN! of a dull red color. Coat that on top and where it pools in the corners, it'll give the apperance of the blood vessels in the eye. but be VERY sparing with the red. Like 1 drop of red for a dixie cup's worth of future. I'm not the best fig painter but this works well for me. Most of the ideas are taken from Adrian Hopwood's method of painting.

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Posted by modelchasm on Monday, September 7, 2009 5:25 PM
 Boba Fett wrote:

 model maniac 96 wrote:
Well if you are going to use oils, a good mixing ratio for the flesh would be two parts yellow ocher to one part burnt sienna to four parts titanium white, hope that helps!



Thanks, Jim

 

My mix is similar, but I prefer to swap put about half that white for a flesch color. Save the whites for highlights.

 My usual mix is 2 pts flesch, 1 pt yellow ochare, 1 pt burnt sienna, and 1 part white. Then I vary the colors for highlights and shadows. Also, every face won't be the same so just eyeball the mix.

 

Eyeballs, I use a light gray for the base color, then paint a black dot, followed by a smaller dot of the eye color, then a final opupil and a highlight. Then I use some future mixed with a SIMDGEN! of a dull red color. Coat that on top and where it pools in the corners, it'll give the apperance of the blood vessels in the eye. but be VERY sparing with the red. Like 1 drop of red for a dixie cup's worth of future. I'm not the best fig painter but this works well for me. Most of the ideas are taken from Adrian Hopwood's method of painting.

... a little red in the Future, huh? That's a nice little trick Boba ... gonna have to try that one. Thanks for posting it!

"If you're not scratching, you're not trying!"  -Scott

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Posted by Boba Fett on Monday, September 7, 2009 6:39 PM
 modelchasm wrote:
 Boba Fett wrote:

 model maniac 96 wrote:
Well if you are going to use oils, a good mixing ratio for the flesh would be two parts yellow ocher to one part burnt sienna to four parts titanium white, hope that helps!



Thanks, Jim

 

My mix is similar, but I prefer to swap put about half that white for a flesch color. Save the whites for highlights.

 My usual mix is 2 pts flesch, 1 pt yellow ochare, 1 pt burnt sienna, and 1 part white. Then I vary the colors for highlights and shadows. Also, every face won't be the same so just eyeball the mix.

 

Eyeballs, I use a light gray for the base color, then paint a black dot, followed by a smaller dot of the eye color, then a final opupil and a highlight. Then I use some future mixed with a SIMDGEN! of a dull red color. Coat that on top and where it pools in the corners, it'll give the apperance of the blood vessels in the eye. but be VERY sparing with the red. Like 1 drop of red for a dixie cup's worth of future. I'm not the best fig painter but this works well for me. Most of the ideas are taken from Adrian Hopwood's method of painting.

... a little red in the Future, huh? That's a nice little trick Boba ... gonna have to try that one. Thanks for posting it!

 

I had initially thought of painting it, but then I saw an article by Hopwood in Millitary Modeller. Enjoy!

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  • From: The Bluegrass State
Posted by EasyMike on Wednesday, September 9, 2009 11:53 AM

There are several How-To-Paint-Miniatures books on the market.  My advice is to purchase two or three, read through them to see how others have done it, then have at it.

 

Smile [:)]

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