Thank you.
The flesh is straigt out of the pots, no mixing necessary. GW Dark Flesh, then Tallarn Flesh from the Foundation range, highlights with Elf Flesh. No messing about.
He is pale, yes. Not altogether sure it's intentional. I tend to go either really dark or really light with colours for some reason. And I'm still a bit of a monkey when it comes to photos and editing software, there's no flash used, but I think I'm still getting it wrong somewhere in the mix.
As for the base, all my modern/urban stuff is done like that as its pretty generic and very quick to do. Never really thought about making it more interesting. It's not like I'll ever do owt with them!