How to Paint Dark Skin Tones - HC 360

[@zaworudo3918]

As someone with a brown or tan skin tone I always appreciate videos like this because a lot of painting vids are useful for learning to paint white skin tones but I don't often see darker ones. Videos like this are very useful for newbs like me still learning the hobby lol

[@shankley_has_a_brush]

Gotta love Larry.

[@Singeslayer1]

Larry cannot be stopped. He will continue to teach us, if we like it or not.

[@caseyfrechette]

Just want to take a moment to thank you this morning Vince for the insane breadth of hobby cheating content. No matter what the painting task is on a given day, even if its something I have painted before, and even if I have already seen your video on the subject a dozen or more times, I look up whatever hobby cheating video/s pertinent to the subject and watch them before I get to work. Sometimes, there ends up being hours 1+ hours of content, and I review it as I work, frequently multiple times to really absorb it. When I think about the sheer amount of time I have spent learning from you, it might honestly be more time than I have ever spent with another teacher, whether it be in the context of k-12 school or my substantial time with the professors I studied the most with in college. Thanks for being one of the greatest teachers in a life time of them, and for the insanely comprehensive FREE online education in miniature painting. It is one of the greatest gifts I can imagine having been given, and the gratitude I feel for it is beyond what I can express.

[@VinceVenturella]

Wonderful to hear! Always happy to help.

[@ArtworkByBoneless]

I recently started drawing, and from all the stuff I have learned about lighting from your channel through mini painting... Your videos have made me a better artist in more than just minis. Thank you.

[@dominicparker6124]

Vinceyv calmly demonstrating why he's the best tuber in the hobby.

[@briarsandbantams]

Another absolute technomantic masterclass. I really appreciate you showing both methodologies. It helps me understand WHY certain paints work and not just how. Thank you.

[@Mikey__R]

Let us get to the technique and learn it Vincie Vee style.

[@hairoku]

As Always the perfect balance of straight up good advice mixed with an exacting understanding of the fundamental principals underlying not only the look of the finished product but also the tools used to achieve it. This not only answered my immediate questions about how to achieve the look of dark skin but also illuminated my understanding so as to allow me to wing it myself and know what to expect to the extent that I can really play with the ingredients and be pleasantly surprised by the results. Truly the perfect tutorial. Thank you again Vince.

[@sirbobulous]

Thanks for this! Painting with a mix of skin tones across an entire army adds a bunch of visual distinction across otherwise very similar models so is very useful.

[@dennisfoulds3941]

You still amaze me. Thanks Vince

[@jeffreyyin4817]

Fantastic video! As a follow up, maybe a video on making darker skin tones dead like zombies would be neat, as it's not the same decay pattern as for lighter tones and I feel like we never see darker skin tone undead.

[@Wijkert]

06:03 very true. Burnt Umber from the Vallejo Model range is very desaturated and also very oxide (earthy pigment) looking and thus has a more matt finish compared to other colors in the range.

[@Winterydee]

Thank you very much for doing this video. I know that I requested this topic a while ago and it is nice to see it made. Plus it's always great to see Larry the Ogre getting his time in the spotlight, yet again!

[@magnus0017]

great video. I really enjoy a bit darker skin tone in general, and my favorite model ever has a really dark skin I got from the AP skin set, but seeing the how and why really helps clarify things. also, you should probably show off Larry, with an explanation for how many layers are on there. you can paint things and not lose detail, and you can paint over it again and again.

[@angelozaccarin9130]

I strive to see the day when Larry the Ogre will be encapsulated in so many layers of paint that he is going to look just like a sphere

[@DFloyd84]

Then Larry can share a spot on the shelf with Veteran Trooper Smik.

[@jameskyle7943]

Looking good Larry!

[@moodyminis9896]

Brilliant thanks I've literally started practicing skin this week.

[@Curran_Kleen_Brown]

This is incredibly helpful, as I am currently painting a lot of darker skin tones in my Fyreslayers army, and have been asking around on this very topic. Great video as always.

[@MarketResearchReading114]

Thank you so much. I want to use a more diverse cast of role playing characters and have that reflected in my modeling choices. Thank you for empowering that.

[@RyanEdwardsVA]

Awesome stuff, been waiting for this one. Got some chaos cultists (a lot of skin) that I intend to paint up in all colors of the human skin rainbow, so this will be awesome!

[@notnubilous3804]

Just a heads up Vince, the airbrush vid link didn't appear in the vid @5:56

[@jasont5427]

Smooth looking dark skin tone! Poor Larry carrying around his single nunchuck lol

[@redrooster7371]

As I'm all about mixing at the moment I really like the first approach for mixing the skintones.

[@quahodron2756]

Wonderful video. I really liked this kind of montage style, where you have the names attached to the colors on your palette. Just a word of caution: Golden Calmium Orange (and other Golden Cadmium [Color] Colors) have real Cadmium in them, which is pretty dangerous to ones health. So I hope, you skip Brush licking at least when you work with these colors. This aside: Another masterclass video. 👏

[@petersaczko6192]

That last step, the orange glaze, the highlight light (commonly a white yellow/orange) is desaturating and removes colour from the fleshtone. The shadows are dark obviously, (typically blue/green). In the middle is the goldilocks zone where the highlight light isnt so brilliant that it removes the colour so this is where the richest values will appear and a magenta PR122 or the orange in this case work wonders to reveal the richest colours of the skin.

[@cyagen9782]

Larry, unsung hero of this channel. You should weight him and compare him to a similar Oger....

[@spacedock873]

Yaaay! Larry's back! 😃 Another really interesting video. I thought that the initial value blocking was way too coarse so it was very instructional to see how these were brought back together with "futzing". Really reassured by your little aside about deciding how much time/effort to invest in a piece and what level of end result to be happy with. It takes a lot of stress out of painting when you realise that you don't have to paint every figure to Golden Demon standard - especially as a noob!

[@swhitebull]

Hi Vince Another great video. Quick question. How would you (or what paints would you use to ) shift the darker skin tones to represent a zombified version of the mini? I can do caucasian zombies pretty well, but other ethnic-based zombies likein The Walking Dead walkers? I have trouble getting it right. Add a bit of Deck tan? Can you help? thx Scott

[@Rosarosa106]

Love u Vince! Another awesome vid ✊🏽

[@VinceVenturella]

Appreciate it!!

[@rescuecan]

For the Fluo Orange glaze - could you also use an Ink? My other alternative would be Transparent Orange from ProAcryl.

[@VinceVenturella]

Absolutely.

[@Kittenmarines]

Just what I need for some of my Haqqislam dudes!

[@markgnepper5636]

Great stuff friend 👏 👍

[@NeoNaiche]

YOU'RE A WIZARD, VINCE!

[@Leviticushateford]

Did you get a new 📷. The video looks super clean. Thanks Vince

[@the_sigil4340]

Thank you Vince, another banger from the technomancer. I actually bought the Infinity airbrush, it’s great though I’m far from your skill with it for the moment

[@EArkham]

How many layers of paint will it take before Larry the Ogre becomes Larry the Giant?

[@gutssubz8232]

I remember watching someone else painting dark skin tones and doing it via a picture. Was surprised at how much yellow is actually present. On another note. Do you have a specific formula for varnishing models? Like 3 drops ultra matt to 1 drops of satin varnish? This seems to work for me by Matt varnish isn't the most durable and doesn't protect nearly as well as say gloss varnish.

[@VinceVenturella]

Yep, that’s actually exactly my ratio. :)

[@gutssubz8232]

@@VinceVenturella do u find it protects enough for tabletop miniatures? Or do you do a gloss later and then the mix on top if they're being handled

[@VinceVenturella]

@@gutssubz8232 Yep, works just fine.

[@bridgestudios4705]

Bang on video

[@MentoliptusBanko]

At one point Larry looked like a chocolate candy. I'd probably eat little chocolate ogres :)

[@Mikey__R]

Larry's lost his cricket bat? I hope he finds it soon.

[@dangschwind5232]

Do you have anything on Albino skin Vince?? I wanna try to do my Trogg boss.

[@VinceVenturella]

Not specifically, but the vampire skin would work

[@paulausten5786]

Great video Vince, this one’s going into my saved library. Will you being doing a Asian & Latin skin tone videos?

[@VinceVenturella]

Yep, In time I want to cover everything

[@Erikjust]

Question if you where to paint albino like skin (a little like how they are shown in various hollywood movies), would you use your pale skintone recipe or would you move towards Vampiric skin tone?

[@VinceVenturella]

Probably more vampiric (for Hollywood)

[@AVS_uk]

Still got a Hobby Cheating out even with all the Zerø content launching. Vince, you are a machine. Hobby cheating on space station bases please

[@christosvozikis881]

The major problem I had since ever, was that I cant do it consistently. I mean I mix a certain colour, paint x number of models and when I need to do that I again, I rarely get the same tone of colour. Not just skin but in general :(

[@VinceVenturella]

It can be a challenge, my best advice is “who cares” - what I mean by that is that slight variation, especially with something like skin is good. With uniforms or armor, that would also be natural, as long as we aren’t talking about big deltas, no one will notice when they’re all together. Now the other option is if you find a combo you like, just mix a large amount of it in a new bottle so you can always reproduce.

[@GoldenRogueMinis]

Great video as always Vince. Skin is the thing I struggle with the most I think. Nice to see Larry again! Q. Which AOS army do you think has the best lore ?

[@VinceVenturella]

Flesh Eater Courts is great, as is Cities

[@dustaone8521]

Love all your videos Vince, you've been a bottomless pit of info. Any chance you can leave the airbrushing out of the "hobby cheating" series? as much as I'd love an airbrush, living in a flat makes it impossible. My neigbours would hate me, and a vent hanging out of my window my bring dodgy questions!

[@VinceVenturella]

I will often use an airbrush, if it's the right tool for the job, but I do certainly keep in in mind that not everyone has one. That being said, you don't really ned a vent, a 3' x 3' space, a mask and a booth is all you really need (I don't have any vent and I work in a relatively small room).

[@12pigeons-in-a-trench-coat]

lets go larry!

[@dannythompson9642]

👍👍

[@kingkongdong7042]

Demonstrates how to paint dark skin tone Picks Ogre Damn

[@Winterydee]

Yeah he used the same Ogre, named Larry, which he's used for dead flesh tones, bronzed skin tones and even caucasian skin tones... how dare he!