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

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

@@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.

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

@@samehbijo spit

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

Happy to hear that

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

Thank you very much for this positive feedback.

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.

@@3DPainting oh okay thanks you sir 🙏🏼

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

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

@@3DPainting Wow, thank you so much!

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

@@3DPainting hi

@@3DPainting how much water u use?

Hi, at that small scale its about 0.7mm and I don't think its technically possible, either print and also cut and place

Yeah, it can be messy but not too hard with a bit of practice. But I don't have any local access to good hair and its also a bit too pricy so I don't doo that.

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.

@@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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Thanks. You simply scale it down from average human size

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

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.

@@3DPainting Thank you

Maybe in the future

With matte clear coat.

Revell - Flesh

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

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

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 :)

@@3DPainting thank you!

Ebay or aliexpress. Search for 1/6 head sculpt

I use Vallejo airbrush thinner

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

@@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🤷🏻‍♀️

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

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

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.

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

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

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

No, I bought them

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 fredyscustoms@gmail.com and we can talk. Have a great day.

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

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.

@@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...

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.

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.

Dry soft pastels, link is in video description

Hey, Microsoft Word.

@@3DPainting Thank you very much sir

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

@@3DPainting Many thanks bro, really appreciated

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

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.

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

@@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.

@@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?

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

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

What is transparency grey Os that like water color

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

Thanks for the feedback 😉