Skin tone - pink or tan?

Thankyou Mr. G. Anybody learning still learning to paint figures needs to see that.

Whatever is used expect a learning curve.I have been using the Andrea flesh set -6-7 colors that can be mixed and thinned for washes. This is because I am too chicken to use oils on the face's yet! .Upcoming in the fig section will be a  WW1 Tommy , I'll try to conquer my fears then.

I use Testor's Model Master Wood then some light washes of burnt umber. You also can dry-brush a flesh color on the cheeks.

somenewguy

Thanks guys.

Berny - do you mean you lighten warm tint with light tint, apply lighter colours to highlight it and that warm tint out of the bottle is too pink?

 

Come to think of it I wasn't very clear.  I start with the lightest skin color (which is almost pink) and darken with the next lightest tint.  That takes away most of the pink look.  I use that as a base color.  From there I use darker tints to fill in the recessed areas and slightly lighter tints for highlighting.  All of my skin tone paints are mixed in the bottle and labeled.  I can't give you the ratio as I use the TLAR (That Looks About Right) method of mixing. 

I work dark to light...raw umber is a good base in oils...

Thanks guys.

Berny - do you mean you lighten warm tint with light tint, apply lighter colours to highlight it and that warm tint out of the bottle is too pink?

Use the commercial Testor's 'flesh' just for highlights and a base for mixing red + brown in. Remember skin is semi transparent and shows the color of the blood under neath. A embarrassed or person exerting themselves 'flushes' due to a blood rush to the surface of the skin. Jaundice is urine in the blood giving the person a yellowish tint, signs of a damaged liver.

Here is a example of a pallet mixed for skin tones. I like to use enamels for a base coat and dry brushed highlights and acrylics for recesses, shadows in a wash mix. Blending can be done with thinned enamels just be quick to not 'melt through' to the base coat or worse yet the plastic / resin.

I NEVER use gray primer, use Red Oxide instead as if it bleeds through it is almost a good color for flesh.

Pencil crayons can be used for small details like eye brows & lips. Apply over flat finish as it has more 'bite' for the pigments.

Most of all study other modeler's work, take notes and strive for realism!

As above...

But for British figures, a sort of off white pasty colour to start with for new recruits, 

going on to lobster-red for fresh troops to the middle-east    that should do it!

I start with warm tint and darken it with light tint in the bottle.  I use that as a base coat and then apply darker colors to highlight it.  Light tint out of the bottle is way to pink.