![]() The locations where shadows fall on faces are pretty consistent. ![]() The typical lighting scenario for a painted miniature is that the light is coming from above (the sun, ceiling lights) or from above and to one side (the sun, gas lights on walls, street lights). I painted an example of a slightly cool dark skin tone on a male face in this earlier video, but there were some technical difficulties. In this video, I discuss the specific challenges of painting darker skin tones and demonstrate a cool and a warm dark skin tone recipe on female faces. There are videos that accompany this article, since I did the bulk of the painting on some demonstration figures on my Beyond the Kit stream on the Reaper Miniatures Twitch channel. I recommend reading that article first, as it has additional information on lighting and contrast that is relevant to painting all faces. I discussed where to paint shadows on faces, and the importance of shadows to faces, particularly with lighter skin tones, in a previous article. ![]() I am also including recipes and suggested paint colours you can use to paint darker skin tones. This information is applicable to all skin tones, but since highlights are the key to painting great looking faces with darker skin tones, my examples focus on those. In this article I outline where to place highlights when painting faces on miniature figures. Patreon supporters receive PDFs with high res photos.
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