Painting Gundam Pilot Skin Tones with Vallejo Mecha Color

This is part of my Painting Gundam Pilots with Vallejo Mecha Color Part 1 at Youtube. 

The Priming Blog article is HERE. 

I decided to paint the base color of the skin tone as I did not want my Youtube video, to just have the Zenithal priming. The 10 minute video is now at least filled with information from Zenithal priming with Vallejo Mecha Primers to painting the base skin tones with Vallejo Mecha Colors.

I think I will no longer mention paint and thinner RATIOS here in my blog articles, as my videos will show and try to explain how I miss Vallejo Mecha Colors for airbrushing. 

I use Vallejo Mecha Colors mixed with Vallejo AB Thinner and Flow Improver for airbrushing. 

I clean up my airbrush in between spraysduring painting. My Harder&Steenbeck Silverline airbrush is the easiest airbrush to clean that I ever had ( I have other brands of ab, but I no longer use them ). 

THE COLORS

I used Vallejo Mecha Color Pink for the base color of the skins of all the 3 Gundam pilot figures. I sprayed in thin even coats ( 3 times ). 

I then highlighted the base color with Vallejo Mecha Color Light Flesh mix with a bit of Off White. Thinned the misture with thinner and V Flow ( Vallejo Flow Improver ). I then sprayed on the upper right side of the figure to simulate lighting. 

I like subtle lighting with anything I paint these days. Flat painting is... errr... is fine, but I like models and figures with simulated lighting. 

THE PAINTING

Always test spray on a piece of paper ( I use thick vellum cardboard ) before spraying on the actual kit. Add paint if you over thinned, and add thinner if the paint is too thick. I can write thin lines of around 1mm before attempting precision airbrushing. 

CONCLUSION

I love Vallejo Mecha Colors! LOL

Seriously tho, this was my first time painting skin with the Vallejo Mecha Color paints. I usually paint skin tones with my Vallejo Game Air "Skin and Leather Set" for my miniatures.

Overall, I think the painting went well. Albeit I had to add paint on the highlight colors as I over thinned them. I could have painted deeper shadows with my airbrush and more highlights, but decided against it. Including a complete process of airbrushing skin will make my video too long and difficult to upload already.

Anyways, I hope you found this blog article and my Youtube video informative or at the very least inspiring. 

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MY PARTNERS

I only paint my Gunpla, Miniatures and Action Figures with Vallejos - Acrylicos Vallejo official website

I only use Harder & Steenbeck airbrush - Harder&Steenbeck Silverline Airbrush

I get my tools only from HobbyMate Singapore - HobbyMate at Facebook

I get my Vallejos and Miniatures only at Neutral Grounds - Neutral Grounds Philippines at Facebook

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