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them! For all these A Fistful of Kung Fu models I decided  to do a concrete paving trompe l’oeil effect base, to reflect  a bare urban environment.   EYES Whites are AP-WP1102 - Matt White The irises are pure AP-WP1124 - Oak Brown  FLESH 1. AP-WP1122 - Fur Brown 2. AP-WP1127 - Tanned Flesh mixed with AP-WP1121 - Desert Yellow 3. plus AP-WP1102 - Matt White 4. plus AP-WP1102 - Matt White 5. plus a tiny bit of AP-WP1104 - Pure Red  (for the bottom lip)     The Protagonist: Heroic Cop Tee Shirt 1. AP-WP1128 - Alien Purple plus AP-WP1105 - Dragon Red 2. plus AP-WP1102 - Matt White 3. plus more AP-WP1102 - Matt White 4. plus more AP-WP1102 - Matt White
PAINTING The figure painting follows my well known method of  working from dark to light shaded up from a black  undercoat. This three, four or more colour painting  method uses successive tones of colour (shade, middle  and light) which are added to the model in layers,  working up from dark to light. This creates a bold three  dimensional effect of shadows and highlights, the layers  of colour giving greater depth and subtlety to the model.  For the facial detail and for the eyes I used an Insane  Detail brush. For the rest of the model I used a  Warpaints Detail brush.  THE SAME COLOURS These models fell in three groups for paint, the  plainclothes cops, the SWAT team and the uniformed  cops, but there were colours that were the same on all  the models, which I have listed below in this preamble. I  did most of these colours first and all together, to try and  speed up the painting process a bit.   EYES, FLESH The flesh and eyes on all these models are in the same  colours. This is Hong Kong after all so I wanted  them to  have a noticeably different skin tone from Europeans so  planned my painting accordingly, the skin tone is slightly  exaggerated but I think it needs to be so that it is  noticeable, on such a tiny model on the tabletop. The  black is the also the same on all the models, but  obviously some of the models have a lot more black on  
AFOKF01 - Kung Fu Squad: The Cops AFOKF01 - Kung Fu Squad: The Cops