Tarval wrote:Just one question, can we please you sick little monkey get a break down of the skin for your everqueen model.... That is some masterful painting and I am just blown away by how it looks.
Thank again for taking the time to post all your work. You have done one fantastic job with this army......
Hey thanks for the kind words.
Here's a break down of the steps I took to do the flesh on the maiden guard champion from memory.
I started with 50% 50% mix of Talarn flesh and Cathlan Brown. Then I picked the areas I wanted to be cast in shadow carefully in devlan mud.
From there I mixed Talarn flesh and Diminishing amounts of Calthlan brown and began blending out of the shadows. Then I mixed Talarn flesh and Elf flesh and in consecutive coats added more elf flesh on the more raised areas, or areas that would naturally catch the light. From Elf flesh I began to ad bleached bone and eventualy picked shaper highlights in bleached bone. Finally and very sparingly I added some bleached bone and white and painted fine lines on to any areas that would catch the light a lot, like the ridge of the nose, edge of the chin and cheekbones ect.
At every stage I thinned down the paints with ogryn flesh wash. It's important to stop the paints becoming to thick when blending. 2 light coats are much better than one thick one and because you want a smooth blended look you don't want the paints to get too thick be especially careful with foundation paints.
For the area above the eyes I added a little green with elf flesh (eye shadow) and I added a little blood red to elf flesh on the lips.
When painting females be careful not to make the shadows to harsh, especially on the face. Harsh shadows make a male figure look dramatic. They have a tendency to make a female model look like an angry drug taking transvestite (!)
Finally reference is a good idea, keep a couple of similar images in front of you. I always learn a lot from looking at other peoples work - and can be great guide for where shadows and highlights should be.
I hope this helps.