How To Paint Skin Tone, Eyes, Hair For (Not Only) The Beginners

How to paint head, skin tone, eyes, hair.
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Head: Tony Stark 1/6 Scale (Not Printed)
Paints: Vallejo, Revell Aqua Colors, Createx Transparent, Mr. Hobby, MRP
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[@justowenya2005]

This is the best tutorial ever, also very cheap! Not all of us can use and buy pastels. The only intimidating step would be varnish since it's not the same i would get in my country (argentina) that other people would have easy access to. It's cool to see that you used mostly paint and just used pastels for just some parts

[@DanielQuigley-gr3tc]

This is the 1st tutorial ive watched that made sence to me. Others seem to rush through the highlights without showing exactly what color or in a order i can follow. I have several 1/6 and 1/16 faces ive been using as my practice heads and faces. Once i wake up a little more im going to spend the entire day trying to get my heads and faces looking as close as possible to this video. Ill actually post them once im happy with how they turn out. 1 thing i realize i was doing was rushing the process and attempting to paint the next shade or wash to soon. Thank you so much

[@nikko7715]

Thank you so much for this tutorial. Especially the eyes.

[@cristianmontenegro19]

Absolutely amazing ,thanks for your tips

[@snook279]

One of the best videos I have seen on painting faces. Thank you for making it.

[@sysosyso4247]

That's sick mate. Love the iris cheat!!

[@MPR58]

Amazing job. Great lesson too. Thx.

[@thegoodearth7]

That thing is a bona fide piece of art!

[@javier141273]

you are genius! amazing job!

[@peterclegg2609]

Great stuff, you certainly deserve more subs with this kind of content

[@afraeshragh1415]

Couldn't tell you how much this helped me

[@Ka8Pilot]

Tolles Video und herzlichen Dank für die Hinweise und Links!

[@RIDDICK0911]

Very nice and relaxing tutorial, a pleasure to watch. Fleshtone wash? Now that's something I haven't seen before... Gonna try it out!

[@wuming.w.e.]

Bookmarking 10:10 for eyes painting. Thank you for the tutorial! I wasn't confident in painting eyes.

[@ttolqa]

Love it thank you

[@stevenfisher64]

I used this tutorial for my 1st ever 1/6 guts head sculpt and I think it came out great. Thank you so much.

[@3DPainting]

Happy to hear that

[@pek2602]

Wow that eyes method is tlly brilliant

[@robertchubb5602]

Fantastic...

[@jerionchism5809]

Wow printed eyes now that's a game changer..Not a bad idea

[@andychristou6403]

What a genuinely helpful and beautifully realised video. Fredy you presented your video with care, skill and passion. Bravo, a new subscriber too

[@3DPainting]

Thank you very much for this positive feedback.

[@stevemarino543]

thanks this is very helpful

[@KlanibalFD]

Thanks for geat VDO. I love this.

[@NoobPainter]

great job and informations

[@festa67]

Nice work, subbed

[@hakeemjapan]

Good Job 👍🏻

[@daviddaniels9551]

THANKS! I'm about to try my 1st head. About the only painting I've done in the last 7 years is a house, so I'm a bit nervous. But this really helps!

[@soyaminiart]

good!!! Thank you!!!

[@selcukozbek3130]

Amazing! Finally i found something without airbrush. Thank you!

[@SmallSoldier]

Nice skin tones although I wasn't crazy about the eye decals. I prefer to paint mine but it is a good solution for beginners. Very good tutorial nonetheless. Thanks!

[@samehbijo]

But I wonder how is it possible to paint a perfect eye that small with a brush ,in my case using a small brush makes the paint dry quickly

[@SmallSoldier]

@@samehbijo use a #1 or 2 with a good sharp point. The body of the brush holds more paint and won’t dry as fast as a small brush with less hair to hold the material.

[@3DPainting]

I want to try some kind of paint retarder like flow enhancer from vallejo.

[@GG-od2tr]

@@samehbijo spit

[@jerionchism5809]

I'm going to attempt to paint but if all else fails I'm doing the eye decal.

[@MadAl37]

Such a great video, so many great tips as I’m currently painting an Iron Man “Snap” print. A couple of questions. Are you using a Matt varnish before applying the pastels to help bond them, also are you using plain water to dilute your paint or is it water with a flow enhancer or thinners? A great tip I’ve picked up for getting the pastel pigments is to use a hobby knife to gently shave them, you don’t lose anywhere as much of it sticking to a sanding strip. Love your work.

[@3DPainting]

Hi, thanks for the kind words. I always use a varnish but not for better sticking, just to protect my current work. But yeah, it might be helpful. For thining I use a thiner, especially for parts I do care to look good, like heads. It keeps paint pigment nice and consistent. On base for example when I paint stones I don't care to use water. I use Vallejo airbrush thiner for water based acrylics btw.

[@MadAl37]

@@3DPainting I always used Vallejo Thinner, well, up to the point I discovered “Ultimate Airbrush thinner”, that stuff is great, it comes with a sheet listing dilution ratios for most well known paint variants. It’s great stuff.

[@cache4pat]

Thank you for your advise.

[@jamesro196]

Well done. If you were to look at portrait painting and the zones, it wouldn’t be far off. 1/6 artists should focus on those tutorials for a more lifelike feel. Warm, cool, neutral has a common familiar. I’ve seen some terrible 1/6 recently. This was helpful.

[@Unrealize]

He totally looks like Nergal from Behemoth.. But thanks.. Great tutorial! Awesome stuff!

[@marcomenochelli]

Amazing, thanks for the video! The eye patch do you make or buy?

[@3DPainting]

Thanks! I make my own as described in the video.

[@marcomenochelli]

eheheh had not seen, thank you very much. Keep up the videos you help a lot who is starting!@@3DPainting

[@ilyiog]

what a awesome work and a relaxing videos. can you please tell me did u use a primer before start to paint ? and can i paint without a primer ?

[@3DPainting]

Yeah, I always use a primer. You don't need to, but you save yourself some issues that paint is not sticking too good on the surface of your model.

[@ilyiog]

@@3DPainting oh okay thanks you sir 🙏🏼

[@cache4pat]

Outstanding guide. Thank you, from this beginner. What varnish product do you use ? Brush on or air brush ??

[@3DPainting]

Yw. You have to use lacquer varnish so its durable, also you have to spray it, so either airbrush or can, I use can cause its fast. Citadel varnish is a good one but can't get it anymore here so I switched to army painter satin

[@layne182]

Brilliant! What pressure for the varnish, if you're using an airbrush. I find when I use dry soft pastels, I blow it all away when I airbrush varnish on top

[@3DPainting]

I use normal pressure about 15 to 20 psi or even spray can. Just apply varnish from decent distance. If it got blown away, do another layer, sometimes it takes 2 or 3 maybe

[@collincutler4992]

Great video. I'd live to see you do a female with makeup. I'm currently doing f Jinx from Arcane and her skin tone is really difficult. Also, how to keep from getting bubbles in your washes?

[@3DPainting]

Well, I have no experience with the anime characters but if you follow your reference pictures you should be fine 🙂 Regarding the bubbles, I don't know, I never bother with it

[@kosta6137]

Awesome work !! Was volupos pink the Color for the lips ? It’s just a wash over the skin tones ? I can’t seem to find a good lip Color I keep getting lip stick models lol

[@3DPainting]

Hey, forget about those, use Createx Tim Gore's Natural Lip, dilute and aply thin layers on skin tone until you are happy.

[@alfagamer5745]

That turned out wonderful! Could you tell me how your ink pen didn't stain the paint? Did you put anything on after getting the tattoos?

[@3DPainting]

I seal decals after print and let it dry overnight. Usually with gloss varnish from can.

[@ivalenzue20]

Nice! Thank you very much for sharing!. How do you determine the size of the eye when printing?

[@3DPainting]

Thanks. You simply scale it down from average human size

[@ivalenzue20]

@@3DPainting Thanks. I don't understand at all but I'm going to try

[@3DPainting]

Average human iris size is about 12mm, you can google it. Since we are in 1/6 scale, one sixth of 12 is 2. Therfore 2mm. It's nothing but math.

[@ivalenzue20]

@@3DPainting Thank you

[@robertchristiansen8455]

Can you please explain the pigment on the facial hair. do you apply it dry? and seal with "Tamiya xf-86 and lacquer thinner". do you add any liquid to help the pigment stick to the figure?

[@3DPainting]

You apply it dry on mat surface, it sticks well dont worry. Then you seal it with varnish of your choice. For example I usually use Army Painter Anti-Shine from can of Mr Hobby Super Clear III for AirBrush

[@tuultuulai6449]

Wow the most realistic skin I have ever seen so far! Respect from South Korea 🙏 Btw I have 2 questions. Can I use vallejo basic skin tone instead of revell aqua flesh or which Vallejo color is similar to revell flesh? Am I need to seal it with varnish after dry soft pastels immediately? Thanks.

[@3DPainting]

Hey! Greetings to SK. Sure you can, I use Revell because I found it to be closest to neutral skin color, but I mostly use paints that are easy to get in my local paint stores. So I encourage you to experiment with brands and also try to mix your own shades, I mix my own skin tone too and used this base color just for sake of content of this video, since its for beginners and they probably wont be premixing their own shades, but no worries, you will get there in no time if you like this hobby. In regards to your second question, yes, you need to do so because you cant paint over pastel if its not sealed, also you will mess up if you touch it accidentally. Just use spray can or airbrush , one or two sprays over it, give it a short blow from the hair dryer and can continue with painting. Happy painting ;)

[@tuultuulai6449]

@@3DPainting Wow, thank you so much!

[@abaabbabbaababba1416]

@@3DPainting hello how much water you use for vallejo

[@abaabbabbaababba1416]

@@3DPainting hi

[@abaabbabbaababba1416]

@@3DPainting how much water u use?

[@4eva_Studio]

Amazing, How do you know what size to print decals for eyes?

[@3DPainting]

Hey, I scaled it down from average human iris size. You can google it 🙂

[@4eva_Studio]

@@3DPainting okay will do thank you and great painting bro

[@georgemartinez1720]

Do you make your own sculpting Tools

[@3DPainting]

No, I bought them

[@elistan8995]

where can i buy the head and thanks for the tutorial! I'll try it out when I have time!

[@3DPainting]

Ebay or aliexpress. Search for 1/6 head sculpt

[@EvilMP5]

So do you seal after every layer application in case of a mistake?

[@3DPainting]

Well, I seal mainly when necessary, when you do washes you must seal because synthetic varnish is resistant to acrylic thinner and it dries fast. Otherwise you would destroy previous layer

[@uchiha203]

Bro what kind of color did you use on the beard? Can I ask what is it called? It's like some kind of powder when I saw it at ur video. I'm new to this

[@3DPainting]

Dry soft pastels, link is in video description

[@adventuretime19781]

Hi Freddy Ireally enjoy ur series. I have arthritis and can only paint several minutes before I have to stop. I waste a lot of paint this way and a project can take several months. Do you do commission work? If so how can I reach u?

[@3DPainting]

Hey man, thanks. I am trying to keep my painting as a hobby, so I don't do commissions. However I'll be happy to help you out if possible. You can reach me on [e-mail] and we can talk. Have a great day.

[@FreeMind4492]

Which program do you use to resize eye decals and put them on a sheet to print? Thanks.

[@3DPainting]

Hey, Microsoft Word.

[@FreeMind4492]

@@3DPainting Thank you very much sir

[@rolindets47]

Do you let it dry in between washes? And also do you put a seal after every wash? Im asking because my paint gets ruined everytime i put on a wash.

[@3DPainting]

I use a hair dryer to speed up drying. Then seal with varnish to not ruin previous progress. I am almost sure I said that in the video :)

[@rolindets47]

@@3DPainting thank you!

[@aymezemouri2942]

i'm a beginner how can i know the color rev to mix to get this color flesh tones

[@3DPainting]

Not sure what you mean, I used just a bottled skin tone in this one and little bit of "mixing" is in the video

[@alaciadavis4287]

Does dealing between layers keep the paint from pulling and moving around so that you get a cleaner finish or what exactly do you mean by “saves your work”

[@3DPainting]

Well, imagine you work in layers. You do a wash, or sprinkle "dots", then you seal with varnish. You do this lets say 3 times. Then when you make a mistake and want to clean that mistake with a thinner, it would also destroy your other layers if you are not sealing it each time. I use a lacquer varnish which is fast drying and more resistant to acrylic thinner.

[@3DPainting]

By the way feel free to check other method I posted recently. It's even easier and quite efficient 😊

[@alaciadavis4287]

Thanks! My husband 3D prints and I JUST started attempting to paint 1:12 scale and it’s been… a learning process to say the least! I will take all the help I can get

[@aldozanella9017]

what thinner did you use?

[@3DPainting]

I use Vallejo airbrush thinner

[@georgemartinez1720]

What Brand of paint and Brushes you use

[@3DPainting]

Vallejo, Revell, Citadel, Createx. Brushes: Kolibri, DaVinci, Citadel. You can find in video decription.

[@Pie-oz9zd]

Did you mix the color with water?

[@3DPainting]

Nope, I use Vallejo airbrush thinner. Water only for washes

[@mikek2824]

But how do you seal the pastels?

[@hollyingraham3980]

With matte clear coat.

[@psmk6574]

What's the paint for the skin tone please?

[@3DPainting]

Revell - Flesh

[@mrhumanspider]

What do I need to do, If I want to make custom figures on marvel legends? Do I need a technique before and after painting tips? Cuz I just have tried to paint on figure with model color paints and after drying the paint comes easily off. Did I did maybe something wrong? Or the paints are not good enough for plastic? I want to know!

[@3DPainting]

Clean the madel with alcohol, then use primer from spray can. Apply in two thin layers. Paint. When you done with painting seal the paint with varnish i.e. Army Painter Anti-Shine. Enjoy your figures.

[@mrhumanspider]

@@3DPainting So you suggest to buy army paints? And this primer spray do I need to use before painting or after ? What about if I want to color only the hair on a figure. Becasue I have buyed the new jonah no way home figure and the head is bold has no hair on. And i tried to make with proxy plastelina. And after that I need to painted. And after painting all the color comes off like a gum. But I have used only colors paints no prime stuff...

[@3DPainting]

No, I said varnish. But if you are not familiar with terms like priming and sealing I can ounly suggest you to go and watch painting tutorials like what is what and how to start.

[@hollyingraham3980]

If you used plastalina, you have a problem. It is made of wax and oil, with clay flour. Paints don't adhere and it is designed to never harden.

[@heatherbishop6526]

Technical question. Do pastels get sun bleached? I paint outdoor statuary.

[@3DPainting]

No idea, but try to use varnish with UV filter to protect your paint from sun. I.e. I use Mr. Hobby UV Cut.

[@heatherbishop6526]

@@3DPainting thanks for the reply. I used a UV finishing spray but the paint I used still faded. The owner of the statue had it in full sun all day every day🤷🏻‍♀️

[@3DPainting]

Oh well, you cant prevent that from happening, sun and weather destroy everything eventually.

[@heatherbishop6526]

@@3DPainting I know. I just wanted to prolong my work as far as I can. Thanks again

[@hakeemjapan]

dude what type of printer did you use to print the eyes? please share a link for it🙏🏻

[@3DPainting]

HP DeskJet from 2600 series. It's a common cheap ink printer

[@hakeemjapan]

@@3DPainting Many thanks bro, really appreciated

[@barndoorbangers4364]

Whats the purpose of sealing the base coat with varnish?

[@3DPainting]

Good question. First of all because you might destroy it applying the washes, its quite harsh process for the paint. Another reason is to prevent washes to "bait" into base skin tone and if it does or you will make some mistakes you can remove it with acrylic varnish without damaging the base.

[@barndoorbangers4364]

@@3DPainting What do you mean "bait"? Also, does it matter if I use acrylic varnish or polyurethane varnish for this process? Thanks!

[@3DPainting]

@@barndoorbangers4364 It just stick to base and you wont be able to remove it which is not desired. Not sure about your varnishes, I just use synthetic varnish on water based colors, so its durable to it's thinner. Either something like Super Clear III from Mr Hobby or spray can like Army Painter Anti Shine.

[@barndoorbangers4364]

@@3DPainting I have both water based varnish with airbrush and lacquer based varnish from spray can. You are using lacquer based spray can over water based acrylics?

[@3DPainting]

Only varnish, not paints. I have also lacquer varnish and paints for airbrush.

[@georgemartinez1720]

Whay color for the white of the eyes

[@3DPainting]

It's mix of ivory and bluegray, recently I add transparent gray too

[@georgemartinez1720]

What is transparency grey Os that like water color

[@captainroz5227]

How about darker skin

[@3DPainting]

Maybe in the future

[@jackdifiori7480]

Senza barba sembra rocco siffredi

[@jerionchism5809]

Great tutorial but add better music man. Video was a tab bit boring with that music. Just a small suggestion.

[@3DPainting]

Thanks for the feedback 😉

[@spawn666reaper]

great video, to bad you didnt paint the eyes.

[@3DPainting]

I plan to make one just about eyes, no eta yet tho. Thanks.

[@margonbr]

Great work. It's a shame i`m a stupid talentless person :(

[@3DPainting]

Talent has nothing to do with it bro, practice, dedication and patience.

[@vstar7196]

Too much repetition of washes. You can get the results with half of the work. And decal for eyes is the chicken-shit way to do it.