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Fleshshade over white basecoat?


Erdemo86

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White primer+ reikland is probably the most simple way of painting skin that gives decent results, even better if you afterwards give the model a drybrush of a light flesh tone (the exact colour depends on how pale you want the model to be). White + shade + drybrush/ grading is the most effective way I've found for painting light skin.

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It’s bloody brilliant for batch painting. You would get best results on miniatures with a lot of detail on their skin, like Blightkings or Bloodreavers. One layer of Reikland on top of pure white will give a pale look. Two layers will give a healthy look. Just let it dry in between.

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1 hour ago, Tommy said:

I'm stealing these! :P

Any similar tips for dark skin? Planning to start into some Kairic Acolytes soon and would ideally like to go for a decent variety of tones across models.

Gothor Brown base, Sepia wash and drybrush Gorthor Brown.

If you want really dark, then Rhinox Hide base and repeat above

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The Warhammer TV pox walker video uses this.  I copied it for my poxwalkers and it came out great.  I used Corax White, which is closer to Ulthuan Grey.  At first, I thought the Riekland was too dark.  However, when it dried it looked great.  You can create variance by thinning the Riekland with Lahmiam Medium for lighter skin or mixing in a little Agrax for darker.

You can also add spots of Druchi or Carobourgh in the eyes, lips, etc for added depth.

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I've seen good variation in tones from priming white, then painting a third of the unit with Kislev Flesh and a third with Cadian Fleshtone, then going over them all with two coats of flesh shade. 

For darker flesh, I like dryad bark with a 1:1 druchii violet : lahmian medium wash, then a quick highlight around the face, knuckles etc with 1:1 dryad bark : kislev flesh

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