Warm Medium Skin

Skin · Intermediate · 5 steps

A warm mid tone: a ruddy base, a warm wash into the recesses, then layered highlights up to a pale peach on the brow, nose and cheekbones.

Steps

  1. 1
    Bugman's GlowBaseCitadel
    Basecoat

    Or:TanGame ColorVallejoRuddy UmberWarpaints FanaticThe Army Painter

    Two thin coats over all the skin.

  2. 2
    Reikland FleshshadeShadeCitadel
    Wash

    Or:Flesh WashGame Color WashVallejo

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

  3. 3
    Cadian FleshtoneLayerCitadel
    Layer

    Or:Elf Skin ToneGame ColorVallejo

    Over everything but the deepest recesses: leave the wash in the eye sockets, under the nose and lips, and in the creases of the brow.

  4. 4
    Kislev FleshLayerCitadel
    Layer

    Or:Pale FleshGame ColorVallejo

    On the raised areas only: the brow, nose, cheekbones, chin, top lip and ears.

  5. 5
    Flayed One FleshLayerCitadel
    Highlight

    Or:Dorado SkinWarpaints FanaticThe Army PainterElfic FleshGame ColorVallejo

    Fine lines and dots on the very highest points: the bridge of the nose, the cheekbones and the brow.