Need help,just brought miniart USMC tankers at rest,one of the figure is black tanker,problem,was,I am not familiar painting black military figure,any tip?

If you wish to depict a darker skinned African person, after you apply your choice of brown or brown-tan base coat to the flesh, your first wash should be purple. It deepens it in a very realistic way. I got this tip from a professional painter of pre-painted diecast figures


Since your figure is an American, know that African
Americans run the gamut in terms of brown to tan to whitish colors.

I find this helpful.
http://www.coolminiornot.com/articles/1310-ethnic-skintones

Don Haney's method and post is excellent resource here:

https://armorama.kitmaker.net/forums/173169&ord=&page=1

"Started with a mix of Flat Brown, Cork Brown and Orange Brown as the base tone. Continued to add Cork Brown and Orange Brown for highlights one and two. For shadows one and two I added more Flat Brown to the base coat. I used straight Reaper Dark Shadow only sparingly in the darkest areas. A couple of very thin filters/glazes were added using a mix of Burnt Sienna and Burnt Umber Com-Art Airbrush Colors from Iwata. Since this product is not actually an ink, but an opaque airbrush paint, it covered a little better even when thinned so I did not need as many layers as I would have with the Dr. Martins. I chose this medium because the colors were more akin to traditional artist oils colors and I figured they would be useful over a wider variety of colors."

https://armorama.kitmaker.net/forums/173169&ord=&page=2

Thank's for the tip.but cork brown?

Vallejo model color paint name.

Thanks for the tip...i've learned something new!

It's always nice to have a bit of a challenge such as learning about painting a different skintone.

I guess if you can't get the tone right or if you don't have the right paints and wash, a figure's features are going to be hard to see and even more so their ethnicity is going to be almost impossible to distinguish in 1:35th so you could most probably get away with painting him in the skin tone you are most familiar with doing.

And as a previous poster said, as with the skin of Caucasians, African American skin tones range very widely from extremely light to very dark and every shade in between so you have a lot of leeway.