Skin Tutorial

Painting Realisic Flesh Tones Tutorial

Talk about showing skin
                 In this tutorial i will show you all how to use Ink to paint realistic skin.
But before that remember three things, Have a plan, Be prepared, Have fun.
Lets begin. 

I started before hand with a reference image:

 Castaway, perfect example of realistic flesh tones, But we want this in a more warm light
So i brought out the colour wheel to  show what warm colours are, luckily my small arsenal of 13 paints provided.

 We are now ready to begin, i base-coated the miniature head in these colours;

 The result was smooth but not thick, i did this by 2 watery coats, water is very important in this process as inks can be quite strong.

We are now ready to apply the first coat of ink.

 I used these colours.

 

When mixed i diluted them with water until they where the about consistency of the middle example:


 

Now we can begin applying to the head of the miniature, in this case it was a scrap flagellant

When dried it looked great, Smooth

Now we add some red to the formula.

 It can really add to the life of the skin, and the warmth. ironically i painted this in warm colours, when i myself much prefer the cold weather, coldness builds capillaries.

and to add more depth to the flesh i mixed in some black, it should look like coffee.

 Now you can leave it here, or do the next step.

Optional: i lightened up the skin in some areas.

 This step is a real crap shoot, if you mess up you can ruin the skin.

 Using this tchnique you can paint much more than the usual skin tone.

*Make sure to thin your paints

*Stay Brutal