Painting: Pale Flesh

[T_55]

Ok, well since this was asked in my thread this is my paint guide to my pale skin presented on my servitors. This is a pretty rough way of doing it, more of an easy route to what i may usually do when i glaze, but its great for painting numbers (excuse some of the bad pictures).

http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j315/T_55/IMG_66002.jpg

 

1.) First of all you need to basecoat the skin with Deneb Stone, one of the new foundation paints (ignore my mold lines).

http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j315/T_55/IMG_65382.jpg

 

2.) Now mixing Deneb Stone with Skull White in a 1:1 Ratio and start painting the raised areas, leaving the basecoat in the deepest crevices.

http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j315/T_55/IMG_65392.jpg

 

3.) Next you paint on a mixture of 1:2 Deneb Stone and Skull White and concentrate on the slightly more raised areas, leaving some of the last coat still showing underneath.

http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j315/T_55/IMG_65402.jpg

 

5.) Finally you do another highlight, this time using 1:4 Deneb Stone and Skull White, highlighting the raised areas again and leaving some of the last coat still showing underneath.

http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j315/T_55/IMG_65412.jpg

 

6.) Now we give it that purple 'dead' look, to do this you mix 2:1:1, 2 parts Shadow Grey, 1 part Liche Purple and 1 part Scab Red, mix it together. Now on a seperate part get a pinch of that mixture and mix as 1:1:1, 1 part of the mixture, 1 part Gloss Varnish and 1 part water. Carefully pick out the crevices and details and paint them, if you want it slightly darker then you need to do several layers.

http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j315/T_55/IMG_65422.jpg

 

7.) And for the final step you highlight with pure skull white, making sure to pick out the raised areas only in fine detail.

http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j315/T_55/IMG_65432.jpg

 

Enjoy.

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[Muskie]

Nice final result, I've been scheming up some alternative ways to get a similar effect.

[coolyo294]

Cool, but makes the skin kind of purply.