Faceups Tan resin

no clue if this is the right forum for it tbh.

ive never a face up on a tan doll before, but ive done it with grey and attempted on a purple. i feel like with the color problem your best bet would be to do some rigorous testing on the head cap and maybe some of the body parts like hands and feet to see how the shadows might affect the colors your applying. and record the ratio of color mixing on a paper to look for what you might like.

color theory wise, im not sure if the tan your working with is a warmer or cooler tone, but which ever, try blushing with a coler of an opposite temperature. also avoid anything too close to yellow if you are trying to blush with more tan colors.

 

I just finished a mnf tan head. Initial blushing via airbrush then more with pastels. My advice is to make sure the colors you are using are saturated. I used a very saturated red-brown, and red to blush primarily. If you could post photos of what you don’t like about your own face ups it might be easier to give advice, hope this helps a bit ^^

 

Oh also, when airbrushing colors I use watercolor mixed with a matte medium for transparency, so the paint is both highly pigmented and transparent. My ratio is something like a teaspoon or two of matte medium (depends on how transparent I want it), rice grain size glob of watercolor, then enough water to get it to a slightly thicker than milk consistency.