With the introduction of Muskets and Tomahawks reviving my interest in the F&IW with the added bonus of the AWI and War of 1812, I started looking back through all the lists of flesh recipes that I had saved over the years to see which one I liked for Woodland Indians.
I though Tom Weiss's figures looked good and I believe his colours were based on his Caucasian flesh recipe and omitting any further highlights after the 2nd.
Base coat = P Red-Brown
Main colour = Dwarf Flesh (GW or VGC) + VMC Dark Flesh + a little bit of P Red-Brown.
1st highlight = VMC Flat Flesh + a bit of Dwarf Flesh (GW or VGC).
2nd highlight = 1st highlight + small amount of White (VGC)
For further highlights add extra white to the mix.
http://www.twfigurines.de/oldwest/indians1.htmI have also seen many others such as Captain Blood's which to me seem 'browner' rather than 'red' (I understand 'red' is a bit of a missconception).
I started 1 figure last night as a test using Plaka Red-Brown Base, then the Foundry Woodland Indian Triad but it looked too 'red' so I added thinned down some Foundry Chestnut C and a final highlight of thinned F.Chestnut C and VMC Ivory.
The figure looks better but I am still not sure, any suggestions?