Hobby Hint

Japanese Skin Tones by Phil Kessling

To get a Japanese skin tone, I mix a little more Mars Yellow into my normal skin colors. To get some ideas a good reference to pull out is National Geographic magazines with photos of Japanese. This is always a good idea when painting ethnic faces.

When I painted the Amati 75 mm Samurai, I used:

Base: Cad. Yellow + Mars Yellow + Aliz. Crimson + Tit. White

Shad: Mars Orange

Dp Shad: Mars Brown + Brown Madder

High: Base + Cad. Yellow + Mars Yellow + Tit. White

Lt High: High + more Tit White

Phil Kessling is a graduate of Tulane University and a former F-14 Tomcat RIO. He is a critically acclaimed miniature painter, author of Osprey Publications Battle Honours, and a contributing editor to Historical Miniatures magazine.