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PAINTING·WHITE DWARF 350

Eavy Metal Masterclass: Painting Faces

February 2009·pp. 96–101

THE SHORT VERSION

The Eavy Metal team treats the face as a miniature’s focal point and explains how thin layers preserve its expression. Basic skin recipes expand into hair, eyes, stubble, scars and a more elaborate character-face method, with separate green-skin approaches for Orcs and Goblins. Diagrams show where shadows and highlights belong, while the examples stress subtle changes in colour and placement instead of a single universal flesh recipe.

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Every named colour below is searchable across the archive.

Tallarn FleshOgryn FleshBleached BoneDwarf FleshScorched BrownChaos BlackGraveyard EarthVermin BrownElf FleshSkull WhiteCodex GreyFortress GreyBadab BlackCalthan BrownDesert YellowSnakebite LeatherRed GoreLiche PurpleHawk TurquoiseDark FleshRegal BlueScab RedOrkhide ShadeKnarloc GreenGoblin GreenThraka GreenGolden Yellow

Only explicitly named Citadel paints and mediums are indexed; unnamed colours and third-party products are not guessed.

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