Painting pale flesh

[Jam Master Flex]

Hello all,

 

I'm about to paint the faces on some Sisters of Battle and was wondering about pale flesh.

 

Has anyone tried undercoating white and using several washes of reikland fleshshade?

 

If so did it turn out ok?

 

Thanks in advance :)

[Stormtrooper-VII]

I tried it on a dwarf once, turned out pretty well for the amount of effort I put in, but it wasn't particularly pale (from memory it ended up looking fairly tanned), only doing a single thinned down coat might have made it paler, but I couldn't say for certain since I only tried it once.

[WarriorFish]

I have used white with Reikland Fleshshade on top, gives a very pale skin tone as you'd expect. You need to be careful about application though if you want to keep it quite pale, focus the wash in the recesses for the most part. Rakarth Flesh is also a very good base for a lighter flesh colour, works very well so unless you're after a really pale look I'd go with Rakarth and Reikland :tu:

Here's a couple of examples of the Rakarth method:

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[Jam Master Flex]

Thanks chaps.

 

WF that Ogryn looks good so it may work on a female sculpt.

 

I'm going to give it a go on a couple of spare heads and see where I get.

 

Will post pics tomorrow when I've had chance to do it :)

[Grotsmasha]

Check out the Celestine video by Duncan on WarhammerTV on YouTube, he does a really good pale skin on her.

 

Cheers,

Jono

[Father Mehman]

You could undercoat white or, if you like undercoating in black, spray it with Chaos Black (or your preferred spray / primer) and then basecoat with Rakarth Flesh. Here's a recipe for really pale - almost pallid - skin:

 

Rakarth Flesh basecoat

Reikland Fleshshade / Thinner (2:1) wash

Rakarth Flesh glaze layer

Rakarth Flesh / Pallid Wych Flesh (75/25) glaze layer

Rakarth Flesh / Pallid Wych Flesh (50/50) glaze highlight

 

Another recipe that I've used to great effect for pale skin:

Bugman's Glow undercoat

Cadian Fleshtone basecoat

Bugman's Glow wash

Cadian Fleshtone glaze layer

Cadian Fleshtone / Rakarth Flesh (75/25) glaze layer

Cadian Fleshtone / Rakarth Flesh (50/50) glaze highlight

 

But, for what you're trying to accomplish with so little area, I'd try this:

Rakarth Flesh basecoat

Cadian Fleshtone glaze layer

Reikland Fleshshade wash

Cadian Fleshtone glaze layer

Cadian Fleshtone / Rakarth Flesh (75/25) glaze highlight

 

I paint in glazes, obviously, so that's why I say "glaze layer" or "glaze highlight". Feel free to not glaze and omit that word from the above paint recipes. The steps will be the same.

 

On the last recipe, try diluting the Reikland Fleshshade with some thinner (Lahmian Medium or your preferred thinner) for a softer application because female skin looks better with less contrast. Probably a 2:1 mixture of Reikland Fleshshade to Lahmian Medium would suffice but it wouldn't be crazy to create a 1:1 mixture - you don't need deep shadows.

[Jam Master Flex]

Got some Rakarth Flesh today so I'm going to experiment later and will post results :)