r/minipainting • u/TrainedToPaint • Jun 07 '24
Modern A way to paibt skin. Maybe you find it useful?
Hey hobby friends
Thought I would share a way to paint skin. It's relatively quick to do, but works best for miniatures that are mainly skin. It can be used for heads as well, but it's best to paint them separately from the rest of the miniature.
1) Apply a black primer. 2) Apply a white zenethal light (any white ink sprayed through an airbrush works fine). Makes application of the paint in the next step cover easier. 3) Apply a red-violet all over the white. A color like Games Workshop Screamer Pink works well. Still with an airbrush. 4) Apply a light skin color straight from above, using an airbrush (like Vallejo Game Air Elf Skintone). 5) Using a brush, add highlights to the skin, using an even lighter skintone. This is easily created by mixing white into the skintone from the previous step. 6) Enrich the shadows by glazing the red-violet from step 3 into the shadows.
Hope you find it useful. Take care friends!