Pale / Unhealthy Skin

Skin · Beginner · 5 steps

Pallid, drained skin with bruised shadows: a pale grey-cream base, violet around the eyes and in the hollows, and cold highlights.

Steps

  1. 1
    Rakarth FleshBaseCitadel
    Basecoat

    Or:Deck TanModel ColorVallejoTomb King TanWarpaints FanaticThe Army Painter

    Two thin coats over all the skin.

  2. 2
    Reikland FleshshadeShadeCitadel
    Wash

    Or:Flesh WashGame Color WashVallejo

    All over, wicking off what pools on the raised areas.

  3. 3
    Druchii VioletShadeCitadel
    Glaze

    Or:Violet WashGame Color WashVallejo

    Thinned, in the eye sockets, under the cheekbones, at the temples and on the lips, for a tired, sickly look.

  4. 4
    Pallid Wych FleshLayerCitadel
    Layer

    Or:Bone WhiteGame ColorVallejo

    Over the raised areas, leaving the shadows and the violet showing.

  5. 5
    Pallid Wych Flesh + White Scar2 paints
    Highlight
    • Pallid Wych Flesh LayerCitadel× 1
    • White Scar LayerCitadel× 1

    Instead of Pallid Wych Flesh:Bone WhiteGame ColorVallejo

    Instead of White Scar:Matt WhiteWarpaints FanaticThe Army PainterDead WhiteGame ColorVallejo

    Mix one to one: fine highlights on the brow, the bridge of the nose and the cheekbones.