AFV Painting & Weathering
Answers to questions about the right paint scheme or tips for the right effect.
Answers to questions about the right paint scheme or tips for the right effect.
Hosted by Darren Baker, Matthew Toms
Painting 135 scale figures

onesixthsoldier

Joined: December 26, 2010
KitMaker: 5 posts
Armorama: 5 posts

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

Joined: January 06, 2007
KitMaker: 3,661 posts
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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
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

Joined: December 21, 2008
KitMaker: 1,109 posts
Armorama: 1,095 posts

Posted: Monday, March 05, 2012 - 06:53 AM UTC
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