African American Figure Skin Color

[Coreyeagle48]

Greetings:

I picked up a "Bunnie" but it does not have the pilot. I figure the easiest thing would be to paint an existing P-51 pilot to be African American so I have an appropriate pilot for the aircraft

Those of you that paint figures, have you ever done this? What is a good color to use to get African American skin on a figure?

Any help is appreciated.

Corey

[Jay]

You may find this page of some help:

http://www.missing-lynx.com/articles/fi ... bblack.htm

The fifth paragraph down has a "simple" explanation and the various colours used. It isn't an out of the bottle colour though, and the explanation involves the use of highlights and shadows. I think you could start with a Burnt Umber colour, and just lighten or darken it to achieve the wanted skin tone if you wanted to stay with a basic overall colour.

EDIT: Vallejo do a "Model Color 941 Burnt Umber" Acrylic.

[tmanthegreat]

Corey, you'll want to be sure to use acrylic (water based) paint. An oil based paint will not dry properly and remain sticky on the plastic.

[dannyc]

Corey, you'll want to be sure to use acrylic (water based) paint. An oil based paint will not dry properly and remain sticky on the plastic.

i second this i made that mistake and ruined a great figure