Have any of you painted any figures?

ET2SN · 05-30-22, 03:22 PM

This is a pretty good demonstration.

You'll want to turn on captions even though a lot of it translates like "alliteration" and I still don't like Tamiya's "flesh" as a base coat, but its a good process he's following.

My one critique is that, over all, I think the shading is too much. There's "scale effect" and then there's "going overboard".

ET2SN · 06-09-22, 02:54 AM

So, I'm trying something new after reading about it years ago.

This time, I'm starting with a solid base coat of Tamiya Wooden Deck Tan (acrylic XF-78) then letting it fully dry before I use different colors from the Vallejo Face and Skintones set as highlights. Tamiya acrylics are fairly durable even when painted directly over plastic and the Deck Tan just gives a better "feel" as a base coat than their "flesh tone".

Since I'm mostly working on 1/24th scale figures, I can't go too far overboard in terms of multiple (primary) color washes or under-skin "mottling" so this will be a fairly basic process of base coat, under tones, and highlights. The Deck Tan is already slightly dark and has a nice combination of yellows, reds, and blues that I can build on.

I'll let you know how it works out.

05-30-22, 03:22 PM	#1
ET2SN Ocean Warrior Join Date: Oct 2017 Posts: 2,652 Downloads: 60 Uploads: 0	This is a pretty good demonstration. You'll want to turn on captions even though a lot of it translates like "alliteration" and I still don't like Tamiya's "flesh" as a base coat, but its a good process he's following. My one critique is that, over all, I think the shading is too much. There's "scale effect" and then there's "going overboard".

06-09-22, 02:54 AM	#2
ET2SN Ocean Warrior Join Date: Oct 2017 Posts: 2,652 Downloads: 60 Uploads: 0	So, I'm trying something new after reading about it years ago. This time, I'm starting with a solid base coat of Tamiya Wooden Deck Tan (acrylic XF-78) then letting it fully dry before I use different colors from the Vallejo Face and Skintones set as highlights. Tamiya acrylics are fairly durable even when painted directly over plastic and the Deck Tan just gives a better "feel" as a base coat than their "flesh tone". Since I'm mostly working on 1/24th scale figures, I can't go too far overboard in terms of multiple (primary) color washes or under-skin "mottling" so this will be a fairly basic process of base coat, under tones, and highlights. The Deck Tan is already slightly dark and has a nice combination of yellows, reds, and blues that I can build on. I'll let you know how it works out.