GLD Posted July 25, 2010 Share Posted July 25, 2010 Now, as I shockingly failed my pledge, I owe the site a tutorial, so here we go with a face painting tutorial!! You will need the following (all paints are GW): A Face to paint (duh!) White Primer Dwarf Flesh Bleached Bone Boltgun Metal Ogryn Flesh Skull White Chaos Black Badab Black Patience!! Ok so on we go – we start with our face/head, and undercoat it white – REMEMBER – keep the paint thin, and don’t over load the brush with paint. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v646/GLD1/1.jpg I then paint the metallic bits using Boltgun Metal: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v646/GLD1/2.jpg Following the Boltgun Metal, I wash it with Badab Black: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v646/GLD1/3.jpg Following this, I paint the whole of the face with Dwarf Flesh paint – make sure your paint is nice and thin and do two or three layers if you have too – you don’t want to obscure any detail! http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v646/GLD1/4.jpg Next up is a fairly liberal application of Ogryn Flesh, make sure all the recesses get hit as below: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v646/GLD1/5.jpg You’ll now have a rough guide as to where the darker areas are, which is useful for the next step. I cannot emphasise how important it is to use thin paint for the next few stages – it will really help get a great result – I must also point out that at this point I had to switch cameras, so apologies for the drop in photo quality! Using a thinned down coat of Dwarf Flesh, go back over the most prominent areas such as the brows, nose and skin folds as such: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v646/GLD1/6.jpg You can see the face coming together rather well already. The next step is to take a 2:1 mix of Dwarf Flesh:Bleached Bone – again very thin, and apply it sparingly to the most raised areas, as shown below: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v646/GLD1/7.jpg Now go for a mix of about 1:1 Dwarf Flesh and Bleached Bone – only add this to the most raised areas, as shown: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v646/GLD1/8.jpg The skin is now complete – time for the eyes. It is essential that you have a good point on your brush for all of this process, however never more so than with the eyes…to do this I dip the brush into the paint, and then on a separate part of my palette, I rotate the brush and drag it towards me – this takes off any excess paint and ensures that I do not load the brush too much. Use Skull White for the eyes, being very careful to only paint the eyes, not the face: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v646/GLD1/9.jpg Once you have the eyes, time for the pupils – again be very careful!! http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v646/GLD1/99.jpg And there you go – all complete – remember – keep the paint thin, don’t load the brush too much and away you go! You can go on from here to add stubble or facial tattoos as you see fit! Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/207262-painting-human-faces/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaun Carlin Posted July 25, 2010 Share Posted July 25, 2010 Thats fantasic work and anyone that plays deathwing should take note here as their models are undercosted white (ideally) Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/207262-painting-human-faces/#findComment-2472185 Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainForge Posted July 25, 2010 Share Posted July 25, 2010 Thanks so much. I really needed this tutorial. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/207262-painting-human-faces/#findComment-2472205 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timboli Posted July 26, 2010 Share Posted July 26, 2010 nice tutorial, the skin looks really amazing! :lol: i think i'll use it for my SW, thanks for this tut :P Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/207262-painting-human-faces/#findComment-2472678 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Lorien Posted September 13, 2010 Share Posted September 13, 2010 I have a small alteration for this guide , to make the eyes easier on everyone: Incase you undercoat the head white do the steps the same , with the only alteration that before you apply the skin color you paint in the pupils in the eyes and when painting the skin tone and all other steps you try to avoid the eyes and other white things on the face (like the teeth: paint the inside of the mouth black and retouch the teeth). Incase you have trouble seeing the eyes in the eye socket , apply a bit of wattered down badab black to shade around the eyes. CJ Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/207262-painting-human-faces/#findComment-2510695 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrMcflaggerty Posted September 28, 2010 Share Posted September 28, 2010 Thanks heaps, I play SW so as you might have guessed this is really helpful for me :tu: Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/207262-painting-human-faces/#findComment-2523647 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Apollo Posted November 27, 2010 Share Posted November 27, 2010 what about a black head? Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/207262-painting-human-faces/#findComment-2573642 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onnotangu Posted November 28, 2010 Share Posted November 28, 2010 black faces are nomarlly scorched earth and some graveyard highlights. and a few sepia washes, Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/207262-painting-human-faces/#findComment-2573960 Share on other sites More sharing options...
GLD Posted November 28, 2010 Author Share Posted November 28, 2010 You can also use the above steps but before you add the eyes, use small amounts of devlan mud to cover the model. This will act as a glaze so to speak, and each coat will gradually darken the skin to a shade that you want. Make sure you is it sparingly however and build it up, as opposed to splashing it on. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/207262-painting-human-faces/#findComment-2574058 Share on other sites More sharing options...
HJL Posted March 5, 2012 Share Posted March 5, 2012 Best tutorial ive found so far! Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/207262-painting-human-faces/#findComment-3007575 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gop Posted March 5, 2012 Share Posted March 5, 2012 How would you go about it if you had to paint 100+ troop faces? I've been using dwarf flesh then devlan mud. It's not bad on R&F models. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/207262-painting-human-faces/#findComment-3007630 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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