Negro flesh

[Sardoo]

I got a pot of 'negro flesh' from Cote d'arms and slapped it on a post-apocalyptic figure. Not happy with the result! Can anyone suggest a way to paint a negro flesh tone - highlights and shading - that looks realistic?

[Dr Mathias]

I use Negro quite a bit actually.

One of my skin recipes is:

Cote d'Arms 'Negro'
Ceramcoat 'Spice Brown'
Ceramcoat 'Spice Brown'/'Toffee Brown' 50/50
Thin wash of GW 'Ogryn Flesh' or 'Reiklander Flesh Shade'
Ceramcoat 'Spice Brown'/'Toffee Brown' 50/50
Ceramcoat 'Toffee Brown'

A step by step is here:

http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=56120.msg676922#msg676922

[Wirelizard]

Ordinary (ie, Caucasian) flesh tone, highlight with paler flesh tone, then several coats (two to four, generally) of Daler-Rowney FW Acrylic Artist Ink Burnt Umber, pretty much straight out of the bottle, not much water at all.

Best photo I have of the results is this one from a few years ago - second from the right.

28mm Sailors by WireLizard, on Flickr

A single thinned coat of the Burnt Umber over regular Caucasian flesh paint also gives a pretty good East Indian skintone (subcontinental Indian, not North American, in other words) and is how I've done my various Thugee, among other figures. See here, here, here, and here for Thugee!

[Sardoo]

Great stuff! Thanks for the advice.

[The Dozing Dragon]

Foundry 3 stage set.

[lou passejaire]

Any kind of Dwarf flesh and an heavy wash of Daler Rowney Burnt Umber acrylic paint and that's all ...

[Conquistador]

Foundry 3 stage set.

Add two more pots and you run into shipping issues (to the USA) with UK Royal Mail though, right? So two triads would create shipping complications?

Gracias,

Glenn

[The Dozing Dragon]

Doh! Hadn't thought of that aspect.....

[Jeff965]

I painted this figures skin by mixing black with orange, I then added more orange for a second coat and then added a touch of white to the black/orange mix for a third highlight. I liked the effect and it's a simple paint mix.

[Sardoo]

Excellent work! 

[The Dozing Dragon]

Great paint job.

[eilif]

Really, they call it "Negro flesh".  Maybe that's why Cote d'Arms isnt' sold in the USA.  That would definitely not be culturally acceptable over here.

As to the issue at hand, my father in-law (A former model hobbyist) says that a bit of blue mixed into the brown of your choice gets closest to a good base color for an African skin tone.  Never had a chance to try it, but I'll throw it out there.

[Valerik]

I painted this figures skin by mixing black with orange, I then added more orange for a second coat and then added a touch of white to the black/orange mix for a third highlight. I liked the effect and it's a simple paint mix.

Gonna hafta try that thar ORANGE trick...

That's mighty fine work, and splendid colours.

I like him a lot.

Valerik

paintin' mojo trembles before ethnicity