Core recipe used on my Flesh Eater Courts army. Underpainting first to get battle ready with colourful minis. Then painting the flesh tones to finish everything properly.
Underpainting
Ocean Blue from below. Preshading the darkest shadows as a blue, and any fabric.
Deep Purple from above and from all angles. To give a bright environmental light
Pastel Pink zenithalled from above. Just the focal area (face, wings, banner, weapon, etc) and any metallic surfaces.
Midtones
70:30 Deep Purple + Vampiric Flesh glazed on all raised flesh areas. More at top. Less at bottom.
Vampiric Flesh glazed on smaller area, focused on top half of the model
Offwhite on edges of face, ears, focal area like front arm.
Wings
- 50:50 Vampiric Flesh + Magenta glazed up in overlapping layers
Add Offwhite to the above mix and glaze some stripes and details into the wings
Subsurface Scattering
Magenta glazed in areas of thin flesh. Ears, bottom of wings, in between fingers and palms of hands
Shadows
50:50 Tenebrous Grey + Deep Purple glazed in shadows and to create separation between areas