Painting 1/35 faces

QUOTE: Originally posted by vince wai Hi Mark, Hope my article on painting face with acrylic will be of some help. If you have any further questions, feel free to drop me a line at vincent.wai@sympatico.ca Happy modelling, vince

I will do that. Thanks Vince
mark956

Oils have a very long working time that alows you to blend color rather than layer it or feather it like acrylics. I've heard some say they like the sheen from oils when doing faces or other skin parts. It has a warmth and glow characteristic of real skin.
Mike

Thanks, Bull. Good info. What is the advantage to using oil paints rather than acrylic?

I enjoyed the link and the articles. Personally, I still use flesh tone painting that I learned from a couple of books by Francois Verlinden. I use Humbrol enamels for the base colors and then Winsor and Newton oils to bring out the flesh tones. Anyway, it works well for me.
As far as the tools and brushes go, I use a #1 or #2 brush for the base coats and then a 0 or 000 for the oil paints application. I use a #2 for blending the oil paints. For the eyes, I have a 25/0 and a 20/0 that work well for me. I usually paint the eyes last and start with the "whites" where I use white paint toned down with some blue, then comes the iris and finally the pupils. I will sometimes use a 005 drafting pen for the pupil as you can get a very precise dot with them. I have also had success using them for the iris.
Experiment and see what works best for you. Bull

Hi Mark,

Hope my article on painting face with acrylic will be of some help. If you have any further questions, feel free to drop me a line at vincent.wai@sympatico.ca

Happy modelling,

vince

I have some Vallejo paints and will using them for the first time when I paint a Andrea minatures how to paint german soldier paint kit. I will also refer to your website Vince when I start painting the figure.
mark956

Hi,

I use Vallejo 0000 for painting all my 1/35 and 54mm figures.

vince