How to Paint Blue Skin - HC 386

In this Hobby Cheating Tutorial, I take you through how to paint credible blue skin. Blue skin can be incredibly eye catching and perfect for your Tzeentch armies. Hope you enjoy!
0:00 Intro
1:14 Paints
1:45 Base Coats
2:40 The Blue Base
3:30 Highlighting
6:12 Intermission
7:04 Smoothing
8:12 Mistake
8:37 Glazing
9:18 Details
9:55 Outro
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[@StormcastMarine]

I watch these every Saturday, and even after all these years I'm still not ready for the volume of knowledge that Vince drops in 10 minutes 🤯

[@ObsidianCrane]

This is a really good tutorial for that higher standard of skin on a hero. For massed troops a similar effect can be created very quickly by starting with the midtone blue and then using a purple wash to establish shadows and then as you build the highlights using Pale Sand (Vallejo) or Fair Skin Highlight (Reaper), for example, instead of white to lighten the blue, with the final highlight just being the warm off-white.

[@RidgeMiller]

Its been a great adventurella watching this and learning to paint blue skin. thank you

[@VinceVenturella]

Glad I could help!

[@jameshoepfner3555]

Dang, I have a LIFE TIME of learning!! Thanks Mr. V. Great video!

[@connermccracken5397]

This is especially helpful for Tau skin! I’m totally sure that was your intention to help paint the 40K samurai Mecha bois! Very nice work :)

[@VinceVenturella]

Glad it was helpful!

[@jens176]

Started this recipe on my deamon prince for warhammer the old world, I am nowhere near the level of this video but damn it is starting to look great! Great Video! Thanks!

[@TheNumb96]

Perfect timing! Just yesterday i primed my new ghoul king who is gonna get blue skin

[@mightyawesomeminis]

Thank you for explaining that painting isn't baking! When people ask what paints are used it is very rarely colours that come in the pot that give an effect, and I think that really is one of the skill ceilings that people need to learn to overcome if they want to truly improve their painting.

[@WildWilly292]

I'm trying to paint exposed muscle on my kingdom death antelope, and going up to pure white, I kept getting such harsh transitions. Your reminder about white having very high opacity was an aha moment for me! Thanks Vince 😁

[@mcstud69]

This is actually the first video I've watched of Vince. Fresh back into the hobby after 15 years, back then I cared only to get the army fielded as quickly and "efficiently" as I could. Turns out efficient only meant awful to my wiser eyes now... 3000 pts of chaos demon soup from the days of metal cast beasts of nurgle, kairos , karanak etc, soaked and toothbrushed clean, filings, mold lines, green stuffs, proper priming, very tzeench focused. This video has inspired me to finally commit to a fat pool of blue horrors. Insta like and subscribe

[@VinceVenturella]

Awesome! Glad to have you along on the hobby journey!

[@allenbenningfield3865]

Did not disappoint. I found some nuggets for painting ANY skin, not just blue. Thanks, Vince!

[@edgarbaez516]

I'm gonna try this on my Heroquest Frozen Horror Goblins, thank you!

[@andrewgreenaway1513]

Vince, Those little tips you give are golden. Thank you for always providing. Even if your videos were staring at a poster for 15 mins I would still learn more from that one video than I did anywhere else.i must remember not to seperate the muscle groups on the top of the figure. All my figures look so ripped.

[@VinceVenturella]

Happy to help!

[@skull9674]

I just finished a Drow/ Dark elf with purple skin tone, these fantasy skin tones are very nice.

[@gallusdomesticuskfptechpriest]

This worked great on my lord of change, thanks! - I love the using inks for this

[@VinceVenturella]

Glad it helped!

[@ShinjiIka]

excellent recipe for blue skin, now test how look the mine.. thanks!

[@jojothepirate87]

Great video! Your advice about how to recess shade and fix shadows helped reaffirm my recent experience learning to pant faces. Thanks for the video!

[@coryway6951]

Fantastic. I have some large Oni models from Rising Sun that I have put off painting, and this was a good push for me to get them on the work bench. Thanks 😊

[@vonHindenburg94]

Great video! I also have a Tzeentch themed BoC army so this is pure gold for me!

[@SgtMaj22]

Excellent timing on this one for me! Not beast-men, but another project. Loving your insights into skin in general, helping me big time.

[@VinceVenturella]

Great to hear!

[@WithGas]

Ok, you bastard, you've just now inspired me to paint my birb boys (Tzaangors). I was really happy with them just being grey but looking at this, hot damn, I gotta try to make them this beautiful (well, even 50% of your standard would be really pretty) too. Amazing work as always, you are a true inspiration to me (and countless others)! It's always a joy to watch your work!

[@Sean-ch4vn]

Thanks for another great tutorial! I have an Orc figure that I've been pondering as to what color to paint the skin, you've just help me make my decision. I have painted an Orc with the mint green skin tone you had shown in one of your previous tutorials and it turned out great. If you have the time, it would be great if you had some tutorials on other color skin tones such as orange or red (there's plenty of colors we can use for skin).

[@alancook1053]

Love these fantasy Skin tutorials. I learn so much from them!! Thanks.

[@VinceVenturella]

Glad you like them!

[@TacoCalvo]

I needed this! I was thinking of painting an elf with blue skin and Vince delivered!!!! That was awesome!!!!

[@andrewmarkowski308]

Very helpful video. Most of tips can be applied to every skin color. I'm painting caucasian right now and found this video helpful (tips about avoiding muscle islands, painting shadows on upper facing surfaces and when to connect certain muscle parts).

[@VinceVenturella]

Glad it was helpful!

[@Shika3D]

Vince has the best timing! Just wanted to try out some blueish Undead Skintone after Work. Great Video as always.

[@PrydeAidan]

Thanks! Was a great update to the older blue skin video.Still hate painting them skins :D But this one gave me some new insights. Much thanks as always good sir!

[@isisnmagic1812]

Great video, Saturday night is my hobby cheat night and long may you continue sharing with us.

[@maxbrandt6]

Great tutorial, the colors really remind me of Skeletor from MotU and I just happen to have a Skeletor inspired figure I'm eager to get to so this couldn't have been more timely! Happy painting!

[@butcherbird5148]

This will greatly help with my Tzeentch minis, many thanks 👍🏻

[@allenbenningfield3865]

It has yet to play a single second of this video, and I already “liked” it. I have been wanting/needing a video like this for a troll I have half-painted. Green skin? Got it. Blue skin? Maaaaaybe.

[@AlexUlleri]

You've talked about your armies but I don't think we've seen them all. Would love to see a video showcasing your armies or at least some of your favorites.

[@Mattw1987]

looks great ,def a diff way of doing then the normal brown!

[@chucklamb3496]

Great effect, thanks Vince

[@VinceVenturella]

Glad you like it!

[@DaHobbles]

Looks like I’m finally gluing to paint my beastlord today 🙌🏻

[@AvocationNation]

Love it, looks great! thanks for the instruction.

[@VinceVenturella]

No problem 👍

[@chicagohobbyhero]

Great vid, thanks as always for sharing

[@VinceVenturella]

No problem 👍

[@bodotrenaud7441]

Lovely video as always

[@jakem7773]

Love this video Vince and as usual, not just the details about painting blue but the process in general. I have Magnus coming up soon on my painting desk, and I'm excited to apply a lot of this to him. If you had any shortform tips to adapting the process to red, I would be happy to hear them!

[@VinceVenturella]

I've done a couple of past videos on red skin, so certainly check those. I would say the real key is pushing those shadows to a rich tone (you can even mix green in) and then deciding if you want to go to yellow or pink for highlights.

[@jakem7773]

@@VinceVenturella I was unsure if mixing green in would give the right effect. Thanks again, and I'll take a look at the past videos as well.

[@pathwinder14]

Vince, can you do a video on planning and composition? How do you select the colors and effects you will use? How do you plan out the peice?

[@VinceVenturella]

I've done a few in the list, but I will certainly return to it. :)

[@acsblaid]

Hiya Vince(y V), long time first time all that. I must admit that blue skin is a subject that fascinates me greatly and one I'm hungry to explore barring the time needed to do so, speaking as a fan of T'au, though mostly Tzeentch, and I suppose the Blue Man Group? It's also a pretty common go to alien skintone in fiction outside of green or gray. Something I'd love to see explored (by which I wanna if/when I get the chance but I'm sure the topic might interest you) is making the concept more realistic through melanin/skin pigmentation variation like we humans have. Like, T'au have such a populace living across various colony worlds. Surely some of the blue aliens might look a little blue-green? Idk it is just a thought I've had and wanted an excuse to try myself.

[@VinceVenturella]

Fantastic idea.

[@dennisfoulds3941]

Amazing as always

[@VinceVenturella]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@OrdoHeretycus]

Круто.Спасибо.Вы - лучший!

[@markgnepper5636]

Great stuff friend 👏 👍

[@2dola]

Now i can make my tau next level, thanks Vince!

[@VinceVenturella]

You bet!

[@oleoch2601]

Thank you for this great tutorial! Do you maybe have some tips for painting a darker blue skin tone? I‘m thinking of doing a blue-skined halfling blood bowl team… because why not 🙃

[@charleswatson2605]

Awesome! I tried blue skin of orks once, didn't come out so good.

[@Vertash]

great Vid , Just about to paint more skin so coming in at a great time. At a side note, the outro music came in a little too soon.

[@TheEnd]

Skeletor skin tutorial* lol no but seriosly this guy looks awesome thanks Vince

[@geteavnroc2250]

That guy has some fierce armpit hair.

[@aelfman1]

I loved this tutorial and the blue skin on the Beast Lord. I would love to see other examples of your "Tzeentch" style Beast Army. Where could I find images of them online?

[@VinceVenturella]

I don't know if I've ever shared them out, something for the future for sure.

[@larslinden2862]

Thank you for the tutorial, nice paint job! Yet i wonder why you went on such a similar colour for the armor. It would surly read better (especially from a tabletop distance) if the armor had a more different tone than the skin.

[@VinceVenturella]

The teal does read different enough I suppose and certainly I could have, but short answer, I like the color. :)

[@brkfstfd]

If you would let me I would gladly send you a Ghorgon to add to your 5 for the mighty Vincent V. Quakefray force. I’ll never use it. I bought 2 of the BoC start collectings a while back for a particular dedicated practice thing and that’s it lol. Beasts are not anything I’ll ever do anything with anymore I don’t think so it’s just space hogging now. I have this idea of it being a good way to feature in a video very acutely how it isn’t necessary to strip a mini because you would certainly want to take what I’ve done further (it’s already Tzeentchy though! :) ).

[@brkfstfd]

That’s where he’s sitting. The flesh is…bad and plenty of mistakes but not the worst lol.

[@howardcoates6985]

hi Vince, like always, good video. off topic question: how does one paint wood to make it look aged, battered and weak? thinking wood shields on undead figures etc.

[@VinceVenturella]

Add and infuse more grey into the striations, the desaturated greys make it feel old.

[@MacGyver_-ml2qm]

Vince another great video but I was wondering do you always start with the skin on a model or does it depend on what you are painting. Thanks again for all the great content and keep up the great videos.

[@VinceVenturella]

I would say I usually start with the skin on the model. It's usually the most receessed and often most abundant surface, so its an easy place to start.

[@MirelurkCakes]

I love how you did the armour and cloth on this guy, are they done with your value sketching technique from HC 136?

[@VinceVenturella]

Similarish - more glazes.

[@MaskedRiderChris]

Your tip to avoid "Muscle Island" was invaluable to me! I've fallen into that trap I don't want to know how many times and it's why I sometimes dread painting skin because I think "This looks like crap, I SUCK." Which colors would you recommend to reverse engineer Payne's Grey with, BTW, Vince? (I'm a Vallejo user, here.)

[@VinceVenturella]

Just good old black and blue can get you there.

[@Scaran1982]

Hello everybody, still learning and enjoying.

[@OneEyedGamerChannel]

I would like to know how a Darkwalker armie would look like with purple.

[@poggestfrog]

this was a huge help, I was looking for some ways to paint blue skin ever since i decided to make my daemon/tzeentch themed word bearers have blue skin. I do want to add more "unnaturalness" to it, what would be some good ways? Perhaps even the feeling of the flesh in the outside being dead or a shell whilst the recesses hold weird daemon energy.

[@VinceVenturella]

You could push up the purple in the shadows or you could push more toward a green tone, both of which will feel more dead or unnantural.

[@poggestfrog]

@@VinceVenturella Thank you so much for replying! I'll try that then. Have a good day!

[@renatosouza9469]

nice!

[@VinceVenturella]

Thanks!

[@420alphaomega]

For the base layers and highlights do you still water down the MH pro acryl paints? I notice it seems to reach glaze consistency very quickly when I add even alittle water. Thank you vince!

[@VinceVenturella]

Yep, still water them down, though less of course. Consistency will vary color to color as with all paints.

[@jeremyhauck960]

thanks vincey v. ive been looking for some guidance on blue skin for an ogre army im painting soon. Any recommendations for hair colors to accompany this style of blue skin ? keep it cool? or contrast with some bright oranges ?

[@VinceVenturella]

The orange is going to be pretty crazy, what you see here (purple and the teal would work). If you go Orange, it will feel pretty clown fiesta unless you really desaturate it AND spread it evenly around the model. I mean the neutral colors of something like black or ivory would also work.

[@jeremyhauck960]

@@VinceVenturella great advice. thanks for the replies, as always

[@tombrand236]

Cool video! But Vince, I saw your Krondys on the GW website. Did you ever do a video on that masterpiece?

[@VinceVenturella]

He is in the Ultimate Guide to Airbrushing. :)

[@tombrand236]

@@VinceVenturella ah I thought I’d seen that video already! Perhaps not. It’s a fantastic model isn’t it?

[@krzysztofmathews738]

Apologies if this is something you've answered elsewhere, but for the extra-thin glazing is it primarily water that you are using as a thinning agent, or are you using some other medium?

[@VinceVenturella]

Yep, just water.

[@krzysztofmathews738]

@@VinceVenturella Thank you! Much appreciated!

[@fizberry8705]

Any chance you’ll be reviewing the new Vallejo Game Colors? I’d love to hear what you think of them.

[@VinceVenturella]

At some point for sure.

[@PhthaloGreenskin]

I have an interesting question. How would you do blue skin with oil paints? I used cerulean blue, thinned it down into a pre glaze, added a bunch of white and some teal for my highlights, and for the shadows, I added some ultramarine and cadmium red. It came out pretty decent for shadowsun's face. But I'm wondering how you would approach it?

[@VinceVenturella]

I think that is fine, but I would maybe include a flesh tone in the highlight mix, it could help make it feel a little more natural.

[@timestop5843]

Odd music at very end seemed to kick in slightly before the final like, subscribe page.

[@paulausten5786]

Vince if you were using Blue skin for say a undead or Demon type mini, would you still using the warm undertones? Or would you opt for a more violet one?

[@VinceVenturella]

Could do either, just depends on what you want. :)

[@markl.3167]

Hi Vince, I have a question to you. Whould you say, that there are big differences, in paintig techniques and styles between miniature painting and scale modeling, especially when it comes to create realism? Whould you say, that things like, edge highlighting or other miniature painting techniques are common in scale modeling to or not that much? Kind regards Mark L.

[@VinceVenturella]

Oh yes, absolutely, huge differences in style and techniques, how the figure is approached, how its executed and more. The contrast is often different, the focus on light. The nature of the color used even can vary.

[@sirbobulous]

How would you approach painting feathers? I'm thinking mostly in smaller amounts like a headdress or a random dangling feather on a necklace not full blown Tzeentch polychromatic chicken-o-doom.

[@VinceVenturella]

Depends on the specific features, but I have tackled them individually before in some videos. If we're talking traditional eagle features or something, then almost like ivory and then draw some subtle washes and filters toward the bottom, then carefully highlight the striations of the individual raised elements of the feather to create a transition from ivory to dark black/brown.

[@sirbobulous]

@@VinceVenturella So no sneaky tricks, just a sharp brush, thin paint and a lot of patience to pick out the fine details.

[@dannythompson9642]

👍👍

[@hegyesur9063]

What paints should I use to modify this scheme for Tau?

[@VinceVenturella]

Same paints would be just fine for Tau.

[@hegyesur9063]

@@VinceVenturella i want a more grey finish though, sorry Im new to this xD

[@benjaminleyer2555]

Any chance you have an “albino” skin and eyes video in the library or in the works?

[@VinceVenturella]

This will guide you, it's about Vampiric skin, but it's pretty close - kzbin.info/www/bejne/eJOacn2HncqIjdk

[@NeoNaiche]

PLEASE! PLEASE! PLEASE! PLEASE! PLEASE: Paint his helm red, his beard white, and call him "Papa Smurf!" (alternatively "Beastman Guilliman?") PLEASE! (Obviously, I posted this comment before the end of the video... 😜😝🤪)

[@shaunyams]

it's not very blue.

[@VinceVenturella]

Is this like the dress thing where it's blue/black or white/gold. ;)