It's been a while since I've posted anything here due to real life and that I've spent my free time painting.
I thought I'd just share how I've done the skin on my wood elves.
These are the colours I've used.
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| Colors used |
I start by painting three coats of thinned out dwarf skin.
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| First coat |
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| Second coat |
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| Third coat |
After the base coat I wash the skin with a thinned down Reikland Fleshwash. I try to avoid that the wash pool too much and rather just taint the skin. I then paint the eyes. It doesn't matter if I get the colours outside of the eyes since this will be mended in the next step.
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| Wash and eyes |
I now apply the base coat again (thinned down) and paint over any white or black that's outside of the eye.
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| After the base coat |
I then add some cadm. skin to the dwarf flesh, for the high lights and work my way up, adding more cadm. skin to the mix.
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| First highlight |
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| Second highlight |
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| Third highlight which is almost just cadm. skin |
After the highlights I glaze some Reikland Fleshshade (1:1 mix with glaze medium) where the skin meets another colour, for example towards the belt. I also add some where I see fit (usually between the fingers).
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| Skin finished |
Here's the finished miniature, except for the base
You can find more pictures of the team on my
twitter, but I will post some pictures on the blog once it's done.
My next tournament is my own, the
Underground Cup II and I'll be playing 'flings.
Stay tuned for a report from the tournament soonish, I hope
Thanks for reading.
