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Post by jklod on Mar 18, 2007 17:04:05 GMT -5
k I am so pissed right now i have went to games workshop/gryphon games and asked them how to paint my skin for the catachan jungle fighters, i have bought many paints and none have been succesful i have asked my brother who paints orks who is no help to me ive tried almost every technique there is. i have spent days workin on my army and now i have come to my fellow forum mates ;D to ask u how to paint catachan skin! plz post pics of ur cadians/mordians/catachans whatever u have and post the techiniques u used and also the paints so i can get on with my life.thx very much to whoever has the guts to read all this and whoever posts.thx  |
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Post by Warmaster Stabwhiskers on Mar 19, 2007 2:53:28 GMT -5
Simple skin would be this - first layer of dwarf flesh, coat with flesh wash.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 19, 2007 3:28:38 GMT -5
it all really depends on what kind of skin tone you are going for.. but if you stick to the flesh colors of citedal you should be fine..
For dark skin start with Dark Flesh, 50/50 Dark flesh with Tanned flesh, tanned flesh, 50/50 tanned with dwarf, then highlight with dwarf.. this will give a very dark skintone.. Ink this with flesh ink after each step but with a very watered down version of it.. it will help to keep the layers even overall.. I use it currently for my Ogres.
For lighter skintones.. I would start with Dwarf flesh, 50/50 dwarf and elf flesh, elf flesh, 50/50 elf and bleached bone, highlight with bleached bone.. again use flesh ink but only for the dwarf color stages.. after that its more about highlighting so inks will not be as needed.. but could be used if thinned with a lot of water and was used very lightly..
I dont have too many pics but if you check out the picture forums you should be able to find exampled of some of these.. I have improved my skin colors by adding more layers.. ex 75/25 dark to tan, then 50/50 then 25/75 then full tanned.. takes longer but looks great for my Ogre army..
Hope that helps..
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Post by fatuous on Mar 19, 2007 5:31:05 GMT -5
For a very simple, effective skin tone, base with dwarf flesh, high light with elf flesh. Not very sophisticated but looks fine. I hight further with a bit of white for commisaars to give a more forbiding, pale tone.
Add 50/50 steps inbetween if you want em to look a bit more polished.
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Post by Warmaster Stabwhiskers on Mar 19, 2007 5:40:22 GMT -5
But pale commissars just dont look real enough....dwarf flesh takes it all away.
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Post by psycho on Mar 19, 2007 8:40:14 GMT -5
bronzed flesh for the tanned look
also, dont know if anyone else dus this but i like to have diversity in my forces and also paint some soldiers black (not ben racist) with a 1st layer of beistal brown and extreme highlighting on the extremities
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Post by majorjav on Mar 19, 2007 15:46:13 GMT -5
If you want some camouflaged guys, I paint the face in chaos black, the I make irregular lines on the face with camo green...paint the eyes and mouth and it is done!!
Simple but only if you want your troops with camo paint on the face...
Anyway, hope that helps!
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Post by Commissar on Mar 21, 2007 21:19:57 GMT -5
Also try mixing, irregular mixtures sometimes turn out really great!
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Post by Warmaster Stabwhiskers on Mar 22, 2007 7:49:32 GMT -5
Oh really? How abt liche purple and some sickly green> hahaha
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Post by Commissar on Mar 22, 2007 18:02:44 GMT -5
LoL, I mean within reason!  But yeah, the face paint can be pretty tricky and it is easy to over do it. |
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Post by Warmaster Stabwhiskers on Mar 23, 2007 2:25:31 GMT -5
HAHA true, very true
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Post by fatuous on Mar 23, 2007 8:45:03 GMT -5
I've tried to add a more varied mix of skin colours. Bestial brown as a base works ok, then high lighted with Graveyard earth. Wasn't the best highlighting colour butthe only 1 I had. Most looked more Indian than African, but still looked ok, so still working on it. Going to try leaving the base black, and highlighting, hopfully that will work better.
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Post by Warmaster Stabwhiskers on Mar 23, 2007 21:55:28 GMT -5
Hey, even indians joined the ig.....i think
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Post by fatuous on Mar 25, 2007 10:53:55 GMT -5
Lol, yes, I was happy with the indian look, it looks fine, but I want a darker skin tone as well :-). Then will try to add some asians.
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Post by Warmaster Stabwhiskers on Mar 26, 2007 0:45:11 GMT -5
Dude why not i paste a pic of myself here? Dont get all that skin tone stuff, we are lighter coloured than indians lol
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Post by jklod on Mar 30, 2007 14:04:57 GMT -5
what happened to these pics that i wanted lol but i really want to see those indians lol. ;D
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Post by thefishki345 on Mar 30, 2007 21:14:52 GMT -5
LOL
stabwhiskers, post a picture of ur self so we can all idolise u and paint a perfect asian miniature lol
and then it will save u a lot of trouble explaining every 5 mins about asian ppl
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Post by Warmaster Stabwhiskers on Mar 30, 2007 21:32:52 GMT -5
Asian? If u call a distressed 15 yr old chinese/japanese mix an asian ur rite, but asian miniatures....hmm....u have to get the tint of colour just rite, and that is pretty hard
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Post by thefishki345 on Mar 31, 2007 6:08:21 GMT -5
LOL
but we wanna pic
waaahhhh!
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Post by Warmaster Stabwhiskers on Mar 31, 2007 10:42:14 GMT -5
You will get that soon enough comrade josh, just after i return from Istvann IV
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Post by thefishki345 on Apr 2, 2007 4:40:31 GMT -5
lol,
he posted a pic!
look under "my apothecary" or sumthing like that in picture post
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Post by thefishki345 on Apr 2, 2007 4:40:50 GMT -5
lol i mean he posted a pic of himself
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Post by fatuous on Apr 2, 2007 5:03:23 GMT -5
what happened to these pics that i wanted lol but i really want to see those indians fatuous lol. ;D My camera is fried so I will need to get a new 1 before I can post pics. Also being a Brit, when I said Asian, I ment Indians (as in the country, not native american) or Pakistanis, think Bollywood, rather than Orientals (which will be my next attempts  . I'm hoping to eventually have all races covered. |
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Post by thefishki345 on May 4, 2007 18:16:05 GMT -5
I'm hoping to eventually have all races covered. man thats racist because apparently we are all the same race on earth ;D |
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Post by Deleted on May 8, 2007 8:49:50 GMT -5
Take a look at the old last chancers.Some of them look native american( the guy with the 2 knives)then one looks like he is asian( the commisar looking one).
As for painting flesh tones, i use tanned flesh as a base, then i dry brush on bronzed.Then i wash the face lightly with flesh wash.I might touch it up with elf flesh in places too, it all depends on the look i want.I painted a force of catachans before.It's alot of flesh to work with so if i were you don't worry about the flesh too much.You will get better with it as you do more and more and more of them.Just keep experimenting and find out what works well with you.
OH also, try thinning down your paints abit.Straight from the pot they are abit thick.Add some waterto them and keep you brush clean and abit wet too.That helps.
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