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Homellop explains it better than I could. http://www.planetfigure.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12338&page=3
Carl.
Carl.
Einion
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I don't think there's one best way but the safest way is to mix the finished colour* and apply that, rather than attempting to do the effect with a thin coating of black or another dark colour.
But if you're working in oils and you do go a little heavy with a dark colour you can always wipe off and start again if you had to, or gently stipple off the excess with a clean, dry, brush. In fact that's one method to doing this sort of thing - paint on a thick coat and then remove a lot of it (same basic technique can be used to do worn leather, stains, weathering on armour).
*If you want to try this it is often hard to see the colour that will do the trick correctly so one method I like to suggest is to mix the greyish colour you think you need on the palette but then blend a small amount of it about 1:3 with your basic flesh colour, now load a brush with that and hold it next to the face - often you'll find even diluted that much it's still darker than it should be!
Einion
But if you're working in oils and you do go a little heavy with a dark colour you can always wipe off and start again if you had to, or gently stipple off the excess with a clean, dry, brush. In fact that's one method to doing this sort of thing - paint on a thick coat and then remove a lot of it (same basic technique can be used to do worn leather, stains, weathering on armour).
*If you want to try this it is often hard to see the colour that will do the trick correctly so one method I like to suggest is to mix the greyish colour you think you need on the palette but then blend a small amount of it about 1:3 with your basic flesh colour, now load a brush with that and hold it next to the face - often you'll find even diluted that much it's still darker than it should be!
Einion
tonydawe
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Another approach which I've used on larger scalefigures,such as 1/16th scale,is topaint the stubble on using a very thin brush and pastel chalk. Pastel chalk when dipped in water can be used to simulate stubble and if you make a mistake, you can simply wipe it off and start again.
When it dries it will go dead flat, but you will need to spray on a coat of clear flat (Dullcoat) to seal the chalk to the surface, or it will simply rub off or blow away.
When it dries it will go dead flat, but you will need to spray on a coat of clear flat (Dullcoat) to seal the chalk to the surface, or it will simply rub off or blow away.
