Prairie Tank
Western Thunderer
Several people on this forum and Face Book have asked me to do a step by step guide to painting eyes. To do this I will need to do one for the whole face, so here goes.
I undercoat in white, this makes the face stand out better. Once the under coat as dried I paint all flesh with a thin coat of Vallejo basic flesh tone 815. If you use a thin coat the white will lighten the higher points of the face a little which helps with the finished look.
The customer is doing a high summer time lay out so I wanted to make this guy look like he had been in the sun. I made a 50%x50% mix of Citadel Agrax earth shade and Reikland Flesh shade. I then let this run over the face and hands, using a size O brush. Only use a small amount, you can always add a little once it is dry. Make sure the eye sockets have plenty in, this will line the eyes once they are painted.
When this is dry, using the original basic flesh tone, pick out the ears, nose, cheek bones, chin and any other high points. Again make sure you use very thin coats, allow each to dry then add another until it looks right to you.
Once dry, using a OO brush, add a dot of white to each eye. Your figure will look like something from a Zombie movie now so keep well away from those with a nervous disposition.
Allow to dry. Then taking a OOO brush and an eye colour of your choice add a tiny dot of paint to the white, it is easier to have the figure looking left or right.
Final touch is a little Vallejo Panzer Aces Flesh Base on the figures lips, using your OOO brush again.
Remember that your figures are not looked at so closely as these photos show, unless the person looking at them is Steve Austin after he got his Bionic eye, so they only need to look good to the naked eye.
John
I undercoat in white, this makes the face stand out better. Once the under coat as dried I paint all flesh with a thin coat of Vallejo basic flesh tone 815. If you use a thin coat the white will lighten the higher points of the face a little which helps with the finished look.
The customer is doing a high summer time lay out so I wanted to make this guy look like he had been in the sun. I made a 50%x50% mix of Citadel Agrax earth shade and Reikland Flesh shade. I then let this run over the face and hands, using a size O brush. Only use a small amount, you can always add a little once it is dry. Make sure the eye sockets have plenty in, this will line the eyes once they are painted.
When this is dry, using the original basic flesh tone, pick out the ears, nose, cheek bones, chin and any other high points. Again make sure you use very thin coats, allow each to dry then add another until it looks right to you.
Once dry, using a OO brush, add a dot of white to each eye. Your figure will look like something from a Zombie movie now so keep well away from those with a nervous disposition.
Allow to dry. Then taking a OOO brush and an eye colour of your choice add a tiny dot of paint to the white, it is easier to have the figure looking left or right.
Final touch is a little Vallejo Panzer Aces Flesh Base on the figures lips, using your OOO brush again.
Remember that your figures are not looked at so closely as these photos show, unless the person looking at them is Steve Austin after he got his Bionic eye, so they only need to look good to the naked eye.
John