Flesh Inks?

[ErikB]

Anyone know of a substitute for GW's discontinued flesh ink?

I'm having a hard time keeping dark flesh shadows in faces and hands and could use a thinner, inkier wash than the GW wash (which I use, too).

I'm especially thinking of the creases in faces and between fingers.

Thanks.

[Trooper]

Erik I used to love the GW flesh wash, but I have found that Ogryn flesh gives pretty good results, especially if you use it over Elf Flesh, try it.

[ErikB]

I use that wash, too, over tallarn flesh.  It's great.  Then I re-tallarn flesh it and highlight with elf flesh.  Comes out alright.

Only catch is that I'm having problems getting decent shadowing on some of the coppletsone and artizan faces I've been doing recently.  GREAT figures, just that I'm still figuring out how to do these faces.  They're less detailed than the GW ones I'm used to.

The wash does a great job of blending the tallarn flesh with dark flesh in the recesses.  Problem is that I'm having a hard time keeping the recesses that dark-flesh undercoat color.  If I brush back on, it never quite looks right.  My brush technique is alright but this I find really challenging.

If I could get more of that ink, thin it a bit with water, and brush it on so it would really flow in the crevasses, then use the ogryn wash to blend, then tallarn again, etc, I'd be really happy.

[Dags]

Try adding a bit of the Purple wash to the Ogryn flesh.... roughly 1 part purple to 4 flesh..... far warmer and not so muddy.

[Sinewgrab]

I tend to use raw umber ink watered down - right now I am using liquitex, but I have also had great success with winsor & newton.

[john Hollyoak]

I believe the Cote D'arms inks are direct equivalents to GW.

John

[Aaron]

I've used Windsor and Newton's chesnut ink and liked the effect on flesh.

[ErikB]

You guys are great.  Thanks a bunch!

I've heard of mixing in some purple.  My eye has never been able to pick out the color when looking at art.  I guess I'll have to play with it a bit to learn to see it.

Again, thanks.

[rob_the_robgoblin]

Coat d'arms would be the route to go. They sell flesh ink exactly like GW's old one.

[Orctrader]

I believe the Cote D'arms inks are direct equivalents to GW.

John

It is.  Their flesh wash is what I use...on the rare occasion I use a flesh wash these days.

[Svennn]

CDA is the simple solution - cheaper too.

I use watercolour paints. It varies depending on what I am doing but Burnt Umber, Vandyke Brown, Raw Umber etc.

I only really use them to define the shapes that I then paint over but I like the control I have by varying the water ratio. It is also very easy to lift from undesired areas with a damp brush if I mess up.