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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

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.

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.

tmanthegreat wrote: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