Hey guys, as you can probably guess, this is my first proper attempt at painting a figure. I know myself that i am pretty bad at them, but i hope this will help me somehow

I have tried a few other figures in the past, but dare i say it, they have been too awful to put on here.
I don't have very many paints, so my palette is limited, so far i've only done the base coat of his face, after many tries but being too pink. Hopefully i'll get a few tips before carrying on

This is my dml German military policeman so far.

looks like a good start
I can never get the faces to look decent on 1/35 figures so I dont even try anymore
Evan

I paint my heads a bit differently than everyone else. I use model master Acryl (a brand i hate but..) tan. The color has a pinkish hue that looks pretty skin-like. I have never had any luck brushin model masters before- so i do the opposite. I airbrush it I obviously do this first. Good luck on your figure. It takes a couple tries before you can be satisfied.

Oh, and heres a tip on the eyes. I never paint them . My rule of thought is that you can not see someones eyes if they are standing 35 feet away from you. If you are a begginer *(like me), you can get away with it.

Fire for effect!

Looks pretty good to me, but I've never been able to a get a skin tone I'm completely satisfied with when using acrylics or oil-based paints myself.
So, I started using artists' oils for faces and hands and I've been satisfied with the results. It's not easy, though. I'll mix the colors and paint all the figures I'm using for a particular project at one time. I can't get the oil mix the same each time, so the shades and looks vary from one project to the next. You can get away with well-tanned faces and hands on Persian Gulf figures than those depicting the Russian Front during WWII.
The "brightness" of the skin tone is reduced to a degree with figures wearing headgear, such as yours. As far as painting eyes is concerned, I quit trying years ago. I'm still working on giving figures a five-day shadow without them looking like they're about to start singing "Old Man River."

Willow use a base coat of flesh ( you can use any manufacturer. most of them have a "flesh" in their color range-I like Tamiya or Vallejo). If thats as far as you want to go then problem solved! But if you want to apply highlights and shadows,you will have to invest in some oil paints. (or acrylics but they are much less forgiving ) White,burnt sienna or indian red and yellow ochre. These colors will give you what you need to get caucasian flesh tones. Now you have the colors...thats the easy part. The rest is up to you!
good luck!

good work so far will, good luck with the rest of the figure
xxx