Eyes

Face details · Advanced · 4 steps

Eyes that sit in the face: a dark socket, an off-white eye and a dark iris, with an optional catchlight. Paint them after the skin.

Steps

  1. 1
    Rhinox HideBaseCitadel
    Basecoat

    Or:Camouflage Black BrownModel ColorVallejo

    Fill each eye socket with dark brown. It's the outline the eye sits in, and reads softer than black.

  2. 2
    Pallid Wych FleshLayerCitadel
    Layer

    Or:Bone WhiteGame ColorVallejo

    A small almond of off-white in each eye, leaving a fine line of the dark showing all round. Pure white looks startled; this sits better in skin.

  3. 3
    Abaddon BlackBaseCitadel
    Layer

    Or:Matt BlackWarpaints FanaticThe Army PainterBlack (Model Color)Model ColorVallejo

    A dot or short upright line for the iris, touching the top lid and the bottom one. Check from the front that both look the same way.

  4. 4
    White ScarLayerCitadel
    Spot highlight

    Or:Matt WhiteWarpaints FanaticThe Army PainterDead WhiteGame ColorVallejo

    Optional: the tiniest dot of white on each iris, in the same place in both eyes.