Skin Tones | The Hobbinomicon

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Jun 27, 2026 / #building

How to make terrain glue

We're finally about to be done with the glue stage on this thing.

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May 11, 2026 / #skin-tones

Another easy way to paint faces

Yesterday's face was underpaint and glaze. Today's face is Sunny Skin Tone, one Army Painter Dark Tone wash, and a couple of dots for eyes — about ten minutes start to finish.

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May 10, 2026 / #painting

How to speed paint faces

Speed-painting an uncanny vampire face for tabletop: Sunny Skin Tone sketched over a Bad Bruise undertone, one watered-down glaze to blend it together, and dot eyes for the creepy stare.

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Apr 26, 2026 / #painting

Painting some infinity models

Crunch week on the Infinity commission — building, priming, and base-coating the whole force in a day. Airbrush over zenithal for the alien centerpiece, then a hard pivot to contrast paints for the troopers.

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Apr 20, 2026 / #painting

Highlighting black

Glazing up from Tenebris Gray to pearl gray for the dark panels — plus a sink ripping off the wall, another bout of sickness, and thoughts on a new Army Painter wet palette.

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Mar 5, 2026 / #painting

Painting Creepy Cartoonish Skin

Working up the final skin layers on my custom sculpt with stippling and scratchy highlights for a creepy cartoonish look, plus naming him the Keeper of the Pale Stone.

Painting Purple Daemon Skin With Scale 75

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Mar 4, 2026 / #painting

Painting Purple Daemon Skin With Scale 75

Painting creepy purple flesh on a custom daemon sculpt using Scale 75 paints—wet blending, glazing, and leaning into mistakes to create a cartoonish grim dark skin effect.

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Nov 9, 2025 / #painting

Easy Mode Goblin Faces

How to make goblin faces really pop in about 8 minutes—teeth, gums, lips, and noses using just a busted up brush and basic techniques.

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Nov 8, 2025 / #painting

Goblin Skin Recipe

Quick tutorial on my goblin skin recipe—Shamrock Green speed paint over yellow and black, finished with Scale Color highlights.

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Oct 25, 2025 / #orcs-and-goblins

How to Paint Pale Orc Flesh

No-nonsense guide to grim dark pale orc skin using Pallid Wych Flesh, Bugman's Glow, and streaking grime—plus the spit effect secret.

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Oct 25, 2025 / #orcs-and-goblins

How to Paint Pale Orc Skin

No-nonsense guide to grim dark pale orc skin—Pallid Wych Flesh, Bugman's Glow, streaking grime. Plus the spit effect secret: UHU glue.

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Oct 23, 2025 / #orcs-and-goblins

I Finally Painted a Goblin

After 12 different test goblins and shades of green, finally found one I love—Alizarin Green plus Lime Green doing all the work.

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Oct 14, 2025 / #glazing

How to Glaze for Fun and Profit

Late night glazing session finishing Mangler Squig skin—the consistency secrets, why you paint from shadow to highlight, and knowing what to focus on for army painting.

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Sep 22, 2025 / #trench-crusade

How to Paint Trench Pilgrims Fast

Two methods for 15-minute Trench Crusade prisoners—oil paints vs streaking grime. Using an envelope as a palette because that's what was on my desk.

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Sep 21, 2025 / #trench-crusade

How to Paint Trench Crusade Communicant

Grim dark painting made easy—oil washes, modified Zorn palette, and blue-tinted skin that looks undead. Whole model in 20 minutes.