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FramFramson:
--- Quote from: Plynkes on May 03, 2021, 05:01:31 PM ---No.s 23, 24, 25 & 26: The Shilluk
(Copplestone Castings)
Back at the Stupid Hair Finals, a late showing by the Shilluk, with some fine examples of follicular folly. Unfortunately we've just heard that another of the teams (believed to be the Gogo) has lodged an official complaint. They claim that the Shilluk are ineligible, as they come from the Sudan, which is outside the East African finals' catchment area. The Shilluk have challenged this complaint, their defence being that while Sudan is officially in North Africa, they are from South Sudan, which is in East Africa.
It is reported that the Gogo response is that this is supposed to be 1861, and therefore there is no such country as South Sudan.
These ill-omened buggers have been on my desk since 2018. In fact they were there awaiting paint just as I was rushed to hospital. Consequently I have avoided even looking at them, as they were unpleasant reminders of a very rough time. But now they are done, and good riddance to 'em! Lovely figures, mind. Copps is still my favourite sculptor. But so big! His scale creep is really getting out of hand, I feel. His range was meant to be an extension of the one he did for Foundry, but if they get much bigger, they won't be compatible at all! Oh well...
The inhabitants of this region are some of the darkest-skinned people on the planet, so I decided to ditch my usual method for Africans and try something else. I think it is still a work in progress and needs refinement, but a just-about satisfactory start to coming up with a formula for the darker flesh tones (though to be honest, in the photo they don't look all that different to my usual efforts). We'll see if I can improve it any if I ever do more of these guys.
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Oh, by the way... A bit belated, but for the absolute darkest skin tone, you might want to try adding some blue or purple (a VERY small amount, mind you) or reducing the amount of yellow in your mix (play around to see what's best for you), since the darkest skin tones start to overwhelm any ruddy tint at all.
Here's an example of someone who doesn't have quite the darkest skin tone, but whose picture is still useful because she's right on the edge of that group, so with some varied lighting her face shows aspects of both merely dark skin and truly "coal black" skin (of course "coal black", is a misnomer which only confuses things because such skin still possesses as complex a colour as anyone else's).
EDIT: Bottom right is a more uniform example of the same phenomenon. Again, you'll note how little any yellow is present, and that such dark skin begins to actually have a uniquely cooler tone than you normally see with skin colours, even fairly dark ones.
Plynkes:
Thanks, Fram. Some ideas to play around with there. African skin is normally my bread and butter, but the 'coal black' that you'd want for these guys is something that I think is very difficult to master. If I'm honest, I'm not sure I've seen many (or indeed any) painted figures that pulled it off to any great degree. But I like a challenge and I shall incorporate these ideas next time.
FramFramson:
Can't wait to see!
Plynkes:
Stupid dead laptop and a touch of the Covid kind of wrecked my comeback plans last year, but I'm back, baby! These guys all have their own thread (Link), which will no doubt explain what the hell they are about, but may as well post them here in the log too:
No. 27: Brunhild
(North Star)
No.28: Venus
(Brother Vinni)
No.29, 30 and 31: Various attendant nymphs
(Hasslefree)
No. 32 and 33: Tannhäuser kneeling and Tannhäuser not kneeling
(Can't remember and Crusader Minis)
Bravo Six:
Brilliant work Dyl!! :o :o
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