Jam Master Flex Posted February 21, 2017 Share Posted February 21, 2017 Hello all, I'm about to paint the faces on some Sisters of Battle and was wondering about pale flesh. Has anyone tried undercoating white and using several washes of reikland fleshshade? If so did it turn out ok? Thanks in advance :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormtrooper-VII Posted February 21, 2017 Share Posted February 21, 2017 I tried it on a dwarf once, turned out pretty well for the amount of effort I put in, but it wasn't particularly pale (from memory it ended up looking fairly tanned), only doing a single thinned down coat might have made it paler, but I couldn't say for certain since I only tried it once. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarriorFish Posted February 21, 2017 Share Posted February 21, 2017 I have used white with Reikland Fleshshade on top, gives a very pale skin tone as you'd expect. You need to be careful about application though if you want to keep it quite pale, focus the wash in the recesses for the most part. Rakarth Flesh is also a very good base for a lighter flesh colour, works very well so unless you're after a really pale look I'd go with Rakarth and Reikland :tu: Here's a couple of examples of the Rakarth method: Hidden Content Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jam Master Flex Posted February 21, 2017 Author Share Posted February 21, 2017 Thanks chaps. WF that Ogryn looks good so it may work on a female sculpt. I'm going to give it a go on a couple of spare heads and see where I get. Will post pics tomorrow when I've had chance to do it :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grotsmasha Posted February 21, 2017 Share Posted February 21, 2017 Check out the Celestine video by Duncan on WarhammerTV on YouTube, he does a really good pale skin on her. Cheers, Jono Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Father Mehman Posted February 21, 2017 Share Posted February 21, 2017 You could undercoat white or, if you like undercoating in black, spray it with Chaos Black (or your preferred spray / primer) and then basecoat with Rakarth Flesh. Here's a recipe for really pale - almost pallid - skin: Rakarth Flesh basecoat Reikland Fleshshade / Thinner (2:1) wash Rakarth Flesh glaze layer Rakarth Flesh / Pallid Wych Flesh (75/25) glaze layer Rakarth Flesh / Pallid Wych Flesh (50/50) glaze highlight Another recipe that I've used to great effect for pale skin: Bugman's Glow undercoat Cadian Fleshtone basecoat Bugman's Glow wash Cadian Fleshtone glaze layer Cadian Fleshtone / Rakarth Flesh (75/25) glaze layer Cadian Fleshtone / Rakarth Flesh (50/50) glaze highlight But, for what you're trying to accomplish with so little area, I'd try this: Rakarth Flesh basecoat Cadian Fleshtone glaze layer Reikland Fleshshade wash Cadian Fleshtone glaze layer Cadian Fleshtone / Rakarth Flesh (75/25) glaze highlight I paint in glazes, obviously, so that's why I say "glaze layer" or "glaze highlight". Feel free to not glaze and omit that word from the above paint recipes. The steps will be the same. On the last recipe, try diluting the Reikland Fleshshade with some thinner (Lahmian Medium or your preferred thinner) for a softer application because female skin looks better with less contrast. Probably a 2:1 mixture of Reikland Fleshshade to Lahmian Medium would suffice but it wouldn't be crazy to create a 1:1 mixture - you don't need deep shadows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jam Master Flex Posted February 22, 2017 Author Share Posted February 22, 2017 Got some Rakarth Flesh today so I'm going to experiment later and will post results :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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