mr tough guy Posted May 23, 2006 Share Posted May 23, 2006 I was thinking of doing some marines as redheads, and was thinking some freckles would really complete the look, though I'm a bit worried that it wouldn't look right at this scale, has anyone ever painted freckles on his minis or seen a mini with freckles that looks good? Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/87692-freckles/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Obliterator Posted May 23, 2006 Share Posted May 23, 2006 They would be too small to notice if you were doing them to scale. Considering that even the finest brush would make them look like a serious acne problem, I wouldn't do it. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/87692-freckles/#findComment-1012984 Share on other sites More sharing options...
gowestover Posted May 23, 2006 Share Posted May 23, 2006 LoL! This sounds like a hilarious idea... However, in the spirit of Private Vasquez in the movie "Aliens", Obliterator may be right... If you DO try this, I think the main thing to keep in mind when painting freckles is that they are similar to lips. There is not a great color variation from a person's face to their lips. That is to say, if you paint a different color for the lips, it winds up looking like the person has lipstick on. To paint lips successfully, it is just a slightly different shade of the basic flesh color that you use for the rest of the face. I usually add just a bit of Crimson Gore and maybe a touch of Scorched Earth. For freckles, it would be the same approach. You'd take the same flesh you used for your basic skin tone. From there, you could experiment with a number of paints to achieve the look you're going for. You may want to try it on a piece of paper off to the side. Some colors that come to mind are Tanned Flesh, Snakebite Leather, or even Fiery Orange. I'm NOT saying mix all of those together, I'm saying try one of them at a time, mixing them with your original flesh color. You can always increase the amount of the second color if you want it darker. If you do this, post some pics for us to see (and laugh at)!! :devil: Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/87692-freckles/#findComment-1013033 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mario Posted May 23, 2006 Share Posted May 23, 2006 It's possible. But like Obliterator wrote there is the scale problem. You can take your basic fleshtone and mix it with an brownish orange (bestial brown I think). That shold give you a color that can work on that scale as freckles. You should paint the freckles only onthe cheeks and the i forehead (plus skull of bald like most marines are these days) if there is not much hair. For the cheeks three little dots should be enough to indicate freckles. Thin the paint so it's not clumpy when you apply it. For definiting 'dab' on the same space after the first spot is dried. That way you should get a spot that fades in the skin and doesn't look too artificial. And The spots need to bevery small but not so small that they look like flecks of paint from a stray hair of your brush. :devil: Do not imitate real life at that scale just use three dots (or whatever feels ok) to indicate that there are freckles. If you have too few then it looks wrong and if you have too many then it can disturbthe first read of the face. especially as the freckles are near the eyes andother central parts of the face. And keep the the small and regular size (round) or they can look like age spots, or liver spots, or moles or a lot of other things. If you don't have the required brush control the rather practice it on your palette until you feel comfortable enough to try it. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/87692-freckles/#findComment-1013034 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr tough guy Posted May 23, 2006 Author Share Posted May 23, 2006 thanks for the input, I'll definetly give it a try. Also had some replies over at another forum and somebody suggested doing it in a similar way as painting stubble, any thoughts on that? Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/87692-freckles/#findComment-1013092 Share on other sites More sharing options...
StratoKhan Posted May 23, 2006 Share Posted May 23, 2006 Try a sepia ink artists felt tip with a small point, 0.05 perhaps. I'm not sure if they do that size in sepia though. The brownish colour would pass as freckles, definitely at that scale anyways. Ask at an art store. Maybe there's a catalogue you can browse there if they don't stock it. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/87692-freckles/#findComment-1013168 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mario Posted May 24, 2006 Share Posted May 24, 2006 thanks for the input, I'll definetly give it a try. Also had some replies over at another forum and somebody suggested doing it in a similar way as painting stubble, any thoughts on that?I don't think that could work that good. If you try painting it that way you will be losing a lot of the highlights on the cheeks. That's not good for the first read of the face. You lose the basic first information (form) because it'sall dark and brown where highlights (and some specular highlights) should be. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/87692-freckles/#findComment-1013222 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother-Fenix Posted May 24, 2006 Share Posted May 24, 2006 dear god.. ginger space marines *shudders* ... ... ... wait a minute, IM a ginger kid! ... ... ... Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/87692-freckles/#findComment-1013249 Share on other sites More sharing options...
lhg033 Posted May 24, 2006 Share Posted May 24, 2006 isn't the fluff of space marines that their skin color/tone can change almost at will to suit the environment - maybe old fluff though so dont quote me Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/87692-freckles/#findComment-1013563 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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