Made a reference list of paints and steps in order for anyone interested. Steps and Vallejo paints in order: FACE (general blocking-in) dark vermilion (70.947), german c.black-brown (70.822) - beards, bright orange(70.851) EYES green grey (base; 70.886), ivory (highlight; 70.918), dark prussian (iris; 70.899), black (70.950) FACE 2 (raised areas exposed to light) same paints as FACE, also add dark flesh (to make mix lighter; 70.927) repeat with another addition of dark flesh to the mix for further skin lighting; focus on brows, cheek/laugh lines, wrinkles, etc. FACE 3 Basic skin tone (for lightening; 70.815), mix a small amount of dark flesh again as well If you think it is too pale/green, add a glaze with an orangey-brown colour Mix some light flesh with the shadow mix to reinforce some shadows. FACE 4 (final highlights) light flesh, ivory, tiny bit of orange (mix all) touch-up wrinkles, laugh lines, cheek bones, raised nose tips, etc. FACE 5 (reinforce shadows, bring in cheek colour) dark vermilion, tiny bit of brown intermixed with colour blender (medium) to help blending. stipple it in, then use wet brush to drag across cheek skin FACE 6 (optional addition highlight) same as FACE 4 but add tiny bit of dark prussian FACE 7 (facial hair) german c. black-brown, small amounts of bright orange and black to add some colour in adjust orange levels if required and mix light flesh for occasional beard highlights in some areas apply using a mixture of stippling and very light drybrush FACE 8 (lip; red-purple) dark prussian, dark vermilion, mix in flesh mix, tiny bit of orange (should appear a mix of pinkish-orange-brown) then add more red and ivory; dab onto top surfaces of lips (exposed to light) FACE 9 german c. black-brown, dark prussian mix drag in some darker patches into the beard very lightly, avoiding lighter areas from FACE 7
Hi Ipj just found this, with out doubt the best explanation of how to pain a 1/35 scale faces I have seen .Very helpful tips, shall return to this many times till I get it right ! . Regards John.
@@lpjmodelsJames, I have paints on way and that brush as well, I've used the W&N series 7 for some years, but not long enough to do as you mentioned . Will let you know how I get on ! 👍 Regards John
Please do ! The series 7s are an excellent brush but they are pricing themselves out of the market. One I found that was a lot cheaper was the pro arte series 2A designers ( longer bristle still kokinsky) and the sizes I use clock in around £4, tonnes cheaper and the quality is still great the Raphael I think so far is my favourite though .
@@lpjmodels thats handy to know , just bought a shit load of resin for a diorama , have at least 15 figures to paint .... A £4 quid good quality brush is ideal.... You let me down I will find you 😂👊 ✌
Now that's really nice. I was struggling a lot to learn face painting. Finally i got some great results using magnyfing glass but i approach the topic slightly different .
Thanks so much for this tutorial James, you have done a marvellous job with this figure. I am not a prolific figure painter, and I have a lot of trouble with faces. My main problem is the colouring and shading, along with my shaky old hands. I can’t do much about the shaking hands, but I will try your methods, as I think the results are very effective, and hopefully I can improve. Practice is the key I guess. You have another subscriber, and I am looking forward to your future posts. Cheers from Australia!
Thankyoy Gary ! Stick at it , there are tonnes of great tutorials out there as well, Small Soldier does some awesome stuff with oils. Practice makes perfect, I found that If I stop for too long I loose some finesse
Unfortunately they aren't all created equal, ones cast in resin like this one have some really fine detail, the styrene ones can be softer, miniart and dragon do very good styrene figures, tamiya in my experience aren't as detailed, but with careful painting can look great when finished.
@@lpjmodels Thanks for getting back to me much appreciated. Have rewatched your tutorial and gotten the list of paints you used, will purchase them and some 1/35 figures and give it a crack Have a great day
@@ilcaco6120 hi IL CACO . I like to use Raphael 8404. Or pro arte series 2 a designer . Usually in a 2/0 size. Any smaller and your paint wont flow Thankyou
Thanks I just wanted to see how big I 1/35 figure is, I seen a naked gal at a sitting pose for $12.00 USD just wanted to know if it's worth buying? Pretty small for the price but what do I know.
Like this video, but please: What are "very, very thin layers"? How do you thin the paint (tap water? distilled water? thinner?) and what ratio paint:thinner do you use?
great video and commentary was really useful I'm new to figure painting so this might sound like a stupid question but why wouldn't you completely build the figure before painting
Thank you--this is extremely helpful! One question--what is the "colour blender" you make reference to? What does it look like and where is it available?
Eyes pinting is most of the time out of scope...could you make a vid devoted only to ayes peinting in 1/35 scale? It would be great..thank you for all your vids, excellent tutorials!
Migal thankyou. Of course I will get round to making one in the new year. I have a better camera set up now so I can make a birds eye view shot as opposed to a little tripod. Should be much easier to see what I'm doing.
Hi there. I dont know the numbers off hand. I use dark Vermilion, German c black Brown, bright or German orange, prussian blue deep , light flesh, ivory, white, sometimes a little bright green
I love the video! Thank you for linking it to me in Scale Modelers Critique Group. do you do this with any kind of maginifier? Im 51 and my eyes arent what they use to be. I need to find something that will allow me to see these small details well.
@violent industry ! Thanks mate glad you appreciate it ! No I do everything without a magnifier they get in my way too much! You can get decent magnifying lamps fairly reasonabley or just plain desk magnifiers. They seem to be easier than the head mounted ones
Thanks Jeff, my apologies, this was one of my very first videos and was filmed on a phone, sadly this has it limitations. My more recent figure videos should be a lot better. All the best !
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Made a reference list of paints and steps in order for anyone interested.
Steps and Vallejo paints in order:
FACE (general blocking-in)
dark vermilion (70.947), german c.black-brown (70.822) - beards, bright orange(70.851)
EYES
green grey (base; 70.886), ivory (highlight; 70.918), dark prussian (iris; 70.899), black (70.950)
FACE 2 (raised areas exposed to light)
same paints as FACE, also add dark flesh (to make mix lighter; 70.927)
repeat with another addition of dark flesh to the mix for further skin lighting; focus on brows, cheek/laugh lines, wrinkles, etc.
FACE 3
Basic skin tone (for lightening; 70.815), mix a small amount of dark flesh again as well
If you think it is too pale/green, add a glaze with an orangey-brown colour
Mix some light flesh with the shadow mix to reinforce some shadows.
FACE 4 (final highlights)
light flesh, ivory, tiny bit of orange (mix all)
touch-up wrinkles, laugh lines, cheek bones, raised nose tips, etc.
FACE 5 (reinforce shadows, bring in cheek colour)
dark vermilion, tiny bit of brown intermixed with colour blender (medium) to help blending.
stipple it in, then use wet brush to drag across cheek skin
FACE 6 (optional addition highlight)
same as FACE 4 but add tiny bit of dark prussian
FACE 7 (facial hair)
german c. black-brown, small amounts of bright orange and black to add some colour in
adjust orange levels if required and mix light flesh for occasional beard highlights in some areas
apply using a mixture of stippling and very light drybrush
FACE 8 (lip; red-purple)
dark prussian, dark vermilion, mix in flesh mix, tiny bit of orange (should appear a mix of pinkish-orange-brown)
then add more red and ivory; dab onto top surfaces of lips (exposed to light)
FACE 9
german c. black-brown, dark prussian mix
drag in some darker patches into the beard very lightly, avoiding lighter areas from FACE 7
@5anitybane Thank you for taking the trouble to document and list down the colors. :)
Thanks for providing the colour list very helpful indeed, cheers.
Hi Ipj just found this, with out doubt the best explanation of how to pain a 1/35 scale faces I have seen .Very helpful tips, shall return to this many times till I get it right ! . Regards John.
John thankyou ! I'm glad you like my methods and explanations ! Happy modelling
James
@@lpjmodelsJames, I have paints on way and that brush as well, I've used the W&N series 7 for some years, but not long enough to do as you mentioned . Will let you know how I get on ! 👍 Regards John
Please do ! The series 7s are an excellent brush but they are pricing themselves out of the market. One I found that was a lot cheaper was the pro arte series 2A designers ( longer bristle still kokinsky) and the sizes I use clock in around £4, tonnes cheaper and the quality is still great the Raphael I think so far is my favourite though .
@@lpjmodels thats handy to know , just bought a shit load of resin for a diorama , have at least 15 figures to paint .... A £4 quid good quality brush is ideal....
You let me down I will find you 😂👊 ✌
Excellent. Now the eyes look so much more easy
Thank you so much for this video. It truly changed my approach to painting figures. Keep the video's coming. Thanks again for the help.
Thanks Jon, I'm glad it helped! Thanks for the sub and the videos will keep coming on a variety of subjects !
Evolution have great detail I've found.
Thanks for the vid!
One of the best !
Now that's really nice. I was struggling a lot to learn face painting. Finally i got some great results using magnyfing glass but i approach the topic slightly different .
Very nice tutorial and steady hand, well done!
Thanks @sprue fascination really glad you like it !
Thanks so much for this tutorial James, you have done a marvellous job with this figure. I am not a prolific figure painter, and I have a lot of trouble with faces.
My main problem is the colouring and shading, along with my shaky old hands. I can’t do much about the shaking hands, but I will try your methods, as I think the results are very effective, and hopefully I can improve. Practice is the key I guess.
You have another subscriber, and I am looking forward to your future posts.
Cheers from Australia!
Thankyoy Gary ! Stick at it , there are tonnes of great tutorials out there as well, Small Soldier does some awesome stuff with oils.
Practice makes perfect, I found that If I stop for too long I loose some finesse
You are the boss !
Pretty good, I like your skin tones - very natural appearance.
Many thanks ! I'm still working out the best place to place the camera so I can work comfortably and work my best without being too constricted !
Well done, thanks for the tutorial.
Thanks Scott !
Excellent tutorial, Thank you :-)
Thanks Simon !
Fantastic!
GENIAL
great tutorial, thank you for your time and effort. amazing face
Kind words thanks! Thanks for watching
@@lpjmodels do all 1/35 figures have the same detail? for example would you be able to the same result from Tamiya figures?
Unfortunately they aren't all created equal, ones cast in resin like this one have some really fine detail, the styrene ones can be softer, miniart and dragon do very good styrene figures, tamiya in my experience aren't as detailed, but with careful painting can look great when finished.
@@lpjmodels Thanks for getting back to me much appreciated. Have rewatched your tutorial and gotten the list of paints you used, will purchase them and some 1/35 figures and give it a crack
Have a great day
@@bobdebuilder8029 best of luck !
Excellent!
Thanks a lot!
Nice and helpful tutorial, keep up the fine work!
Thanks Max !
@@lpjmodels what's tipe of brush did you use?
@@ilcaco6120 hi IL CACO . I like to use Raphael 8404. Or pro arte series 2 a designer . Usually in a 2/0 size. Any smaller and your paint wont flow Thankyou
@@lpjmodels thank you
Wow!
I'm assuming that the brown undertone was left to completely dry before the thinned layers of flesh color are added.
nice
Thank you so much !
Thanks. :D
Thanks I just wanted to see how big I 1/35 figure is, I seen a naked gal at a sitting pose for $12.00 USD just wanted to know if it's worth buying? Pretty small for the price but what do I know.
Like this video, but please: What are "very, very thin layers"? How do you thin the paint (tap water? distilled water? thinner?) and what ratio paint:thinner do you use?
great video and commentary was really useful I'm new to figure painting so this might sound like a stupid question but why wouldn't you completely build the figure before painting
Thanks Richard, this was done for demo only, although sometimes you may need to leave a limb off to get to detail, I do this a fair bit.
Thank you--this is extremely helpful! One question--what is the "colour blender" you make reference to? What does it look like and where is it available?
Eyes pinting is most of the time out of scope...could you make a vid devoted only to ayes peinting in 1/35 scale? It would be great..thank you for all your vids, excellent tutorials!
Migal thankyou. Of course I will get round to making one in the new year. I have a better camera set up now so I can make a birds eye view shot as opposed to a little tripod. Should be much easier to see what I'm doing.
what brushes do you recommend
I learned few techniques how to paint figures
Nice video man , I love painting figures.
Can you tell me the numbers of Vallejo you use in the face ..
Hi there. I dont know the numbers off hand. I use dark Vermilion, German c black Brown, bright or German orange, prussian blue deep , light flesh, ivory, white, sometimes a little bright green
I love the video! Thank you for linking it to me in Scale Modelers Critique Group. do you do this with any kind of maginifier? Im 51 and my eyes arent what they use to be. I need to find something that will allow me to see these small details well.
@violent industry ! Thanks mate glad you appreciate it ! No I do everything without a magnifier they get in my way too much! You can get decent magnifying lamps fairly reasonabley or just plain desk magnifiers. They seem to be easier than the head mounted ones
which brush have you used?
Hi Hu Zun , usually a pro arte designers 00 sable, I like the Raphael 8404 00 best though
He looks like an old Karl Urban.
can you plz name all your paints used so we can follow along ? thx GJ
EasyAzPiE he mentioned everything in the video.
A nice video but the face is really small and hard to see what you are doing
Thanks Jeff, my apologies, this was one of my very first videos and was filmed on a phone, sadly this has it limitations. My more recent figure videos should be a lot better.
All the best !
we have a nail biter here lol.
Your powers of deduction are extraordinary Holmes.
Excellent!
Many thanks !