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                        Flesh mix for people of colour

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                        chris hall
                        • Member since
                          February 2004
                        • From: Weymouth, Dorset, UK
                        Flesh mix for people of colour
                        Posted by chris hall on Wednesday, July 14, 2004 2:11 PM
                        I've just bought a set of 4 * 1/7 scale England soccer players, issued earlier this year by Airfix. My problem is that two of these players are people of colour, and, having last done a person of colour in 1998, when I built the Tamiya 1/35 Pibber, I've fogotten how to do 'black' flesh. My preferred media for flesh are:

                        oils
                        Citadel/ Warhammer acrylics
                        Humbrol enamels

                        in that order.

                        Any ideas, people?

                        Chris.
                        Cute and cuddly, boys, cute and cuddly!
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                        ajlafleche
                        • Member since
                          December 2002
                        • From: Massachusetts
                        Posted by ajlafleche on Thursday, July 15, 2004 8:38 AM
                        As you know, the range of color varies from caucasian white to ebony.
                        What I did a couple years ago was to use a base of burnt sienna. The shadows were van dyke brown and the highlights were a patina of raw sienna. This was gladiator in full helmet so I did not have to work on facial highlights.

                        Remember, if the women don't find you handsome, they should at least find you handy.

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                        Buddho
                        • Member since
                          March 2003
                        • From: Newport News VA
                        Posted by Buddho on Saturday, July 17, 2004 10:52 AM
                        Hi Chris, I found this on a painting website for small metal figurines:

                        http://www.paintingclinic.com/clinic/guestarticles/fleshbw2.htm

                        Dan

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                        chris hall
                        • Member since
                          February 2004
                        • From: Weymouth, Dorset, UK
                        Posted by chris hall on Monday, July 19, 2004 1:29 PM
                        Thanks, ajlafleche and boybuddho! that's just the sort of stuff I was looking for, and gives me some ideas to work with. The figures I'm painting are 1/7 scale, not 25mm, but the basic principles would seem to be the same. Just a question of adding more contrast and detail, and practice, practice, practice (so what's new?Big Smile [:D])

                        Chris.
                        Cute and cuddly, boys, cute and cuddly!
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