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AFV Painting & Weathering
Answers to questions about the right paint scheme or tips for the right effect.
Painting 135 scale figures
onesixthsoldier
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Posted: Sunday, March 04, 2012 - 12:28 PM UTC
Question: Which enamel or acrylic paint is the "best" flesh color to use for caucasian figures from the western or eastern european theaters. I would like to use one color if possible. I want to include figures with my armor to provide perspective. T
lespauljames
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Posted: Sunday, March 04, 2012 - 12:37 PM UTC
there is no good single colour, the best flesh tones we see are made of 3+ tones, you could get away with 3 as a most basic, but most flesh tones, out of the bottle, look poor. Even the dedicated flesh tones.
its worth getting into shading and detail painting on your figures, as a poor figure brings a great model down Imo

I flitter around the flesh colours used on this tutorial.

http://zyclyon-tutorials.blogspot.com/2009/03/1_28.html
AgentG
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Posted: Monday, March 05, 2012 - 06:53 AM UTC
Here's one I use almost every time.

http://www.coolminiornot.com/articles/1310-ethnic-skintones

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