Oriental Skin

[Argonor]

I'd like some help with a colour scheme for E-SE-asian skin tones. I'm going to paint Tonka as a chinese or japanese bodyguard for some sinister pulp villain, but I'm not sure about the skin (and he's got a lot of it, vearing only a pair of trousers...)

I wan a yellowish sheen without it being too 'comic-like'

Any suggestions, please?

[KeyanSark]

Citadel Bronzed flesh is a good start, highlighter w/ bleached bone

[fatgoblin]

there is quite a bit of variation depending on which region and their ancestry.  Something I did for fun was to give them a yellow glaze.  To be honest, a slightly cartoony look is just right for pulp games!  haha   ::

Oh, the glaze I used was the Tan Glaze from Vallejo model colours, very useful.  The skin tone was medium flesh, sunny skintone, flat flesh

edit: here are some I painted
http://photos23.flickr.com/26061131_1958071e7a_o.jpg

[Phil Robinson]

That glaze is really effective, nice work, I will try it on the batch of Chinese bandits I am about to start.

[Argonor]

I like the glaze idea (and looks).

Now I have a few methods - then I just have to get the model cleaned up and undercoated (another project on its way, yikes!).

Thank you both. If others have suggestion, please kep 'em coming; I'll probably try most of them out in due time as my pulp collection (hopefully) grows  :mrgreen:

[Argonor]

Oh, btw.: are those glazed evildoers copplestone or something similar?

[fatgoblin]

they are from brigade games
http://www.brigadegames.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=BG-VA08&Category_Code=BGHMVA&Product_Count=7

oh, a note about the glaze, don't go too heavy on them, and don't use them like a wash.  Thin it down a little bit and lightly apply on the skin.  Don't water it down too much until it acts like a wash and it pools in the recesses, which will give you yellow lines there and really ugly.

[Terrible Tim]

Great looking minis, full of character.

TT.

[Lord Billington Wadsworth]

Reaper makes a nice "Golden Skin" triad that is perfect for asian/oriental skin.

I don't have any pictures of figures taken yet, but I'll post some up when I get them so you can see how it looks.

[Prof.Witchheimer]

Hi Lord Billington Wadsworth, welcome aboard! Very nice avatar Old Grenadier Jack the Ripper?

[Ray Earle]

Hi everyone,
I usually mix in some Foundry ochre mid tone in with my flesh colour (also Foundry) to achieve an oriental skintone. It gives it more of a yellow/brown tint, but is rather subtle.

[knoxville]

err Ray, could you please post some more pics?

Because I like that one A LOT!  :mrgreen:

[Argonor]

Yep, me too, definitely...

But I do find your signature, Knoxville, a bit...disturbing...?  :oops:

[Westfalia Chris]

"Distracting" might be a better word... well, at least(?) it doesn´t jiggle and bounce... now wait a minute...

[knoxville]

http://www.marvel.com/news/-1.414

Actually my sig is a joke. Just look for civil war signatures on google, there are plenty of silly examples  ::