Need Help....noob question.

[Cree]

Hi all,
I need some help from you seasoned figure modellers:
What is in your opinion the best paint for caucassian skin color?:confused
I´m currently in the process of building and painting a 1/4 Scale Maximus Statue and the paint I have found are too yellow-ish or too pale (I dont want him looking ill) or too orange.

Any help is greatly appreciated.

Thanks

-Cree

 

[Cree]

Anyone?! ...hello...is this thing on?

 

[Too Much Garlic]

It is on. Well... I'm not seasoned and not sure whether my input is very helpful. I know several who use other colors than me, but at least here's what I've used.

Humbrol:
flat white
red (very sparingly to get that pinkish look)
flesh (start small)
gold (has to be a gold with visible flecks in it to create that skin-sheen)

Now... I'm sure you'll get more feedback... or, you could check out http://theclubhouse1.net/ :thumbsup

 

[Cree]

Hej, Tak skal du have! :lol

So you mix your own...... :confused
I might give that a try.....I was hoping for a easier sollution :rolleyes , but thanks for the input! Appreciate it!

-Cree

 

[Knightjar]

Flesh is never all one colour, so the only real option is to mix your own and modify the amounts of white, blue, yellow, and red to suit each part of the subject.

 

[Too Much Garlic]

LOL... hey... another Dane. Cool.

Yup... mix my own as the standard stuff just looks too orange, imo.

 

[Cree]

My own mix, it is then...

Thank you, gentlemen.

 

[xeno]

try to get a hold of this verlinden book, it has detailed instructions to paint skin with oil paints, this give amazing depth and color to skin.

once you start using oil paints you never want anything else

 

[Invicta]

Here is my best 'recipe' for flesh tone colors: Using Windsor and Newton oils.

1. Titanium white
2. Cadmium Red Light
3. Cadmium Yellow Medium
4. Yellow Ochre
5. Burnt Sienna
6. Burnt Umber
7. Ultramarine Blue.

For light flesh tones use colors 1, 2, 3, and 5.
For medium flesh tones use 2, 3, 4 and 5.
For dark flesh tones use 2, 5, 6 and 7.

I can't take any credit for the above I called a friend who works exclusively in oils on canvas and told her what I needed and this is her list.

 

[Too Much Garlic]

I wouldn't go with Verlinden, as he always goes too dark with the skin tones. And he overdo the shading and washes - his clothes and details are top notch, but he just doesn't capture skin colors very well.

Invicta's list seems to match pretty much what I've heard from top painters... so that would be what I would recommend.

 

[xeno]

yes the verlinden skin tone is also too dark for my taste

but that is almost exactly the same list in Verlinden's booklet .
and also how to use the oil paints, what kind of brushes to use, what base colors to use and how long to wait between layers.

and you should always use your own feelings on how to use the colors

 

[Too Much Garlic]

Ah... well... then the booklet might be useful after all. Hmm. I think I flipped through that once... though had to put it aside as I had already bought enough that day.

 

[Aegis159]

The book is a very nice reference tool, but of course you'll find your own custom mix eventually.
For me, after working with oils for quite a long time (not just doing figure kits, but actually canvas paintings), the fumes started to bother me after I had a tumor removed from my Sphenoid cavity. So I had to switch to acrylics for the most part. There are several companies that make some very nice skin tones. Freak Flex is a current line that has a pretty nice assortment of colors specifically created with figure model painting in mind. There's also the Floquil/Polly S lines, the very nice Tamiya line (although these are actually acrylic enamels), and the Model Master/Testor's lines. Plus your standard artist acrylics and smaller paint lines.

While blending with a brush is much more difficult with acrylics than oils, the acrylics are far easier to clean up, take MUCH less time to completely dry, and you don't have to deal with any fumes.

Just thought I'd throw that out there as an alternative to the oils

Oh and just in case, you might look around for original Horizon paints. They had some awesome base flesh colors. 10 different ones.