Hey, I'm starting work on a Vietnam scene of an M551 and some infantry. I mainly do WWII eastern front subjects when it comes to figures, but because the American military during the Vietnam and later era was much more diverse than either the Wehrmacht and Red Army, I'd like to add a bit of variety to my skill set and have at least one of the figures be black. I also recently got Takom's T-55AMV and intend to do a Somalia scene with the AU, so this would be good practice. Anyone have any tips or know any good articles for painting non-white flesh tones?

Same procedure as for Caucasian skin, except start with brown and shade and highlight from there.

Check these out...

http://www.coolminiornot.com/articles/1310

http://navate.deviantart.com/art/SKIN-a-chart-SUPPLEMENT-IMG-145160154

I use oils on acrylics base and my palette is this:

i start with a acrylic base little bit darker then the shade i want at the end,then on a plate a put these color in the same succession from left to rigth,i know from mixing this colors i can do every skin tone i want

Avory Black
Raw Umber
Natural burnt Siena
Naples yellow deep
white Titanium

and at the center of the palette some red and violet,i Danilo Cartacci technique, i love it