Darklining Question

[twiztidjuggalo78]

Im currently painting the 72mm Sophie for my brother and have a question about the darklining. I know I need to darkline between the skin and clothing and areas of metal but should I darkline the skin and fingernails? Im thinking that I should but when I look at the reference photos of her I dont see any. BTW my brother wants the piece painted to match Anne's version as much as possible. So im trying to copy the color scheme so those are my reference photos. Thanks all.

[eastman]

I know I need to darkline between the skin and clothing and areas of metal but should I darkline the skin and fingernails?...

 

...BTW my brother wants the piece painted to match Anne's version as much as possible. So im trying to copy the color scheme so those are my reference photos.

 

To me, it looks like Anne's Sophie has been darklined around the fingernails, so I think that you should do it that way.

[Vaitalla]

Darkline any place where one surface meets another. The surface of the fingernail is different from the skin, so yes, I lined 'em. It's also permissible to line between fingers and toes but otherwise I don't line skin per se; sometimes I'll mix a little medium brown into the darkest skin color and use that to make a slightly stronger shadow if necessary instead of lining.

 

Hope that helps! If there are particular places on the mini you have questions about, just ask.

 

--Anne

[twiztidjuggalo78]

thanks eastman & anne im gonna do my best to try to match your work I know i cant replicate the wing patterns that you do but hopefully Ill still be able to get everything else to work out!