What's a good paint for fleshtone? Indy mask/statue

[Jumpin Jax]

A long time ago, a member here supplied me with a casting from an original bust of Harrison Ford; a rare casting made for the Indiana Jones ride in 1989. We made an agreement about what I would be allowed to do with it, and I have not wavered from the simple rules. I was allowed to make MYSELF a mask for display or statue purposes from my second-gen, and years later I finally got around to it. Now...how the heck do I make this thing look human?:lol

"I've shent them you, My only SHON!"

I figured with all the busts and sculpts out there being finished, I was hoping to gain some painting insight as to what would be a WAY better color than some spray Peach(I blame elementary school for that, always was told to use peach when coloring people) as a skin tone.
Any ideas? I'd like to do this just right.
JJ

 

[Ramiel]

Re: What's a good paint for fleshtone? Indy related

There are a LOT of colors to use if you want to make human skin color... Reds, browns, purples, greys, even greens... I can't tell you simply "use this color"... It will not work... I hope one of the amazing painters here could give you a better answer...

 

[Jumpin Jax]

Re: What's a good paint for fleshtone? Indy related

I hope one of the amazing painters here could give you a better answer...

God I hope so.

 

[wuher da brewer]

Re: What's a good paint for fleshtone? Indy related

I can't tell you what color to use, but I can tell you not to color it an even coat of one color if you want it to be realistic. For a good idea of what I mean, you can use Photoshop to run the dropper across a picture of a face and watch how many times the color changes. Of course some of this will be due to light and shadow, but a good painting will incorporate some of that too. Use a light color for the base and apply darker colors in a mottled or dry brush application to that.

 

[TridCloudwalker]

I find that the best skin tone comes from Burnt Sienna mixed with white. Mottle in different shades of that. Dab a teeny bit of crimson into the cheeks, the teeniest bit of blue under the eyes and green around the jawline for the five o'clock shadow (then overlayed with the brown beard stubble).

All these paints need to blend together, so use either oils or an acrylic thickening agent. Never stroke your brush; always dab to blend.

 

[Zenwalker]

I have used Tamiya Flesh paint on smaller projects as a base. Then I do a very thin wash of Burnt Sieena artists oil paint with mineral spirits all over the face, especially working into the crevices of the face. Then it's a matter of using various washes of artists oil paints over the Tamiya Flesh base, various layers and colours from reds, pinks, whites, browns etc. to make it look alive. This is all academic of course, it takes a lot of experimentation and some experience to really get it to work. But I find Tamiya Flesh has been a good base to work from.

 

[fettster]

i make my own.

white mixed with red, burnt sienna and touch of green or blue.