Argonian Body Paint
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Well, I decided to do an Argonian from Skyrim! It was so much fun but let me just tell you this took me FOREVER! Haha. I painted for about 6 to 7hrs. Worth it! Hope you enjoy, and please check out my youtube page Youtube.com/msmaomaoz
First
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I sketched out my look with a white eyeliner. (as always)
Lines
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Taking a yellow body paint (Mehron) I added a line down the center of my face then drug it to the sides where some big scales will be going.
Scales
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I took a light green body paint (mixed Mehron paint in yellow, green, and white) and put it on the big scales.
Then I took a darker green body paint (mixed Mehron paint with the same colors just less white) and put it all around the scales.
After I took a lot of different shades of eyeshadow (from BH cosmetics) and shaded all over.
Eyebrow Thing?
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So I used the light green body paint to fill in the brow.
Nose
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Next I skipped to the nose and added some more scales that flowed with the top of the head the same way I did the other big scales.
Shadowing and Stuff
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I took dark greens and blacks to shadow around and ontop of the brow. I took yellow body paint to highlight as well.
Back to the Nose
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I did so some more detail work on the nose with eye shadow.
Nostrils
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Then I filled in the nostrils with black body paint. (Mehron)
By the Eye
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I filled in by the eye with the light green body paint.
Eye
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Then I used a small brush and black body paint to outline where the eye will go.
Highlight
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I used yellow body paint to highlight around that section.
MORE SCALES
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I added more scales under the nose the same why I did the others with light green body paint, put dark green body paint around it, then shadow with eyeshadows.
NEXT
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I filled in the next section with a mix of dark and light green body paint and even some yellow and I drug it with my finger to get a streaky texture.
Chin
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I filled in the chin with the dark green body paint then I used a brighter green on top. l
Then I went in with more shadows to detail on top.
Lips
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I took a yellow body paint to fill in where the lips should be.
Details
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I went around the face with dark green eyeshadow to add more details and also shadow the nose.
Eye
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Finished the eye by filling it in with white.
More Scales
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I used the brighter green to add scales on the chin then when around them with the eyeshadow.
Stipple
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I used a stipple sponge with black body paint on the chin then I used yellow under the eye.
Black!
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I used black body paint to cover the parts of my face I didn't need.
Horns
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I used air dry clay to make some horns, then I placed them on my face with spirit gum, then I painted them brown (mehron)
Body
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I painted my neck and part of my chest with the light green, then I painted the rest with brown. I swirled it around with my brush to give it texture.d
Even MORE Details
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I painted red on the outside of the brown and I used a stipple sponge with black on the brown.
More Details!
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I used green eye shadow to bring out some neck lines, then I used a stipple sponge with green and yellow on the green.