Hard Master
- Thread starter Giga Bread
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To tell you the truth, it wasn't that nice looking until Alyosha got ahold of it for casting. The primer and dull coat he used did something to fill in the gaps.
I've been using the citadel system starting with a dark base and slowly lightening it up. I'll occasionally use their pale dry and some of the older characters.
Is there a particular tutorial you used showing the Citadel system for painting skin? Tried googling it, but to no avail.
I forget the names of the paints but I paint everything with the base coat of "ratskin" then I layer with the pinkish flesh layer paint that I can't remember and then finish with "Kislev flesh" which you can't keep adding layers of until you get to the tone you like. The flesh wash can be used sparingly to recess some details. I'll use that on the eyeball area before I paint the sclera.
The theory is you start with a darker color because that's what under the skin and each layer on top of it is like a layer of skin. I also got sick of mixing my colors because my mixes never last and it's harder than hell to come back and match if you had to quit painting halfway through. I've seen examples of this method with other colors but it will be hard to find it online because I think it's in a $40 book.
The theory is you start with a darker color because that's what under the skin and each layer on top of it is like a layer of skin. I also got sick of mixing my colors because my mixes never last and it's harder than hell to come back and match if you had to quit painting halfway through. I've seen examples of this method with other colors but it will be hard to find it online because I think it's in a $40 book.
Thanks, for the explanation of the process!
I hate having to mix paint for the very same reasons you mentioned. I'm going to have to give this a shot. It would be nice to not have to worry about mixing skin tones anymore.
I hate having to mix paint for the very same reasons you mentioned. I'm going to have to give this a shot. It would be nice to not have to worry about mixing skin tones anymore.
Are you using some technique like glazing when you apply the layers on top of each other?
Here's a link to a Citadel painting tutorial video that came with the new $100 book or something like that. It's over an hour long but it has some good stuff in it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1Ev_qLJkxw
Here's a link to a Citadel painting tutorial video that came with the new $100 book or something like that. It's over an hour long but it has some good stuff in it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1Ev_qLJkxw
Pretty much. The base coat is completely covered when I'm done but I've noticed it changed what each layer looks like when it dries almost like each layer borrows properties from the layer under it. I'm not getting too adventurous on my approach but I've noticed it's not hard to do.
