Model Forum / General / Models / August 2005

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Paint the whole leg(s) flesh then use thinned Tamiya Smoke or similar
product?

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Chuck Ryan
Springfield OH

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Are you referring to the nylons?  Paint them the sameway that figure artists
have been painting for ages, things such as the old Phoenix Phollies
figures.  Paint the flesh parts.  Then, mix in a bit of your nylon stocking
color with your flesh color, and paint the stocking-covered area.  For the
areas in shadow, add more stocking color to the mix.  For areas of
highlight, add more flesh color to the mix.  Make sure the blending between
the shaded areas, the "normal" areas, and the highlighted areas, is subtle
(Using oils is recommended).  When you think about it, it is not much
different than the art behind painting "five-o'clock shadow" on the face of
a male figure.  The idea of using the airbrush, in order to get the
translucent quality of the stockings, has merits...but really would only
work on a full scale figure.  In this small scale, you pretty much have to
also paint in the shadows and highlights, so using the above-mentioned
"tricks" is the way to go.  Just look at a typical Sorayama painting, and
see how he has mastered "nylons" using opaque colors.  What he does in
two-dimensions, you can do in three-dimensions.