How to put on face paint?
03-30-2007, 10:01 PM
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How to put on face paint?
For you guys that use face paint; what technique do you use?
Do you just put vertical stipes? Or mix it in? What colors?
Anytime I use face paint my whole face ends up being black or very dark.
Do you just put vertical stipes? Or mix it in? What colors?
Anytime I use face paint my whole face ends up being black or very dark.
03-30-2007, 10:06 PM
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RE: How to put on face paint?
Green first as a base.
Then brown.
Then black.
Usethe darker colors [brown and black]around your eyes, nose, forhead andcheek bonesto make your face look sunken in. You're wanting to use the paint to break up the outline of your face.
Don't forget to cover your ears and neck. You don't have to completely cover every part of your skin, but you want to remove as much of your natural skin color as possible, unless you're naturally dark complected.
Then brown.
Then black.
Usethe darker colors [brown and black]around your eyes, nose, forhead andcheek bonesto make your face look sunken in. You're wanting to use the paint to break up the outline of your face.
Don't forget to cover your ears and neck. You don't have to completely cover every part of your skin, but you want to remove as much of your natural skin color as possible, unless you're naturally dark complected.
03-31-2007, 06:14 AM
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RE: How to put on face paint?
While there's obviously no "right or wrong" technique in applying face paint -- especially for something like bowhunting where it's not a life-and-death matter, we in the military were/are taughtsomething different than what Dan said...
You DON'T want to accentuate the sunken in areas of your face; just the opposite. You want to make the "high" areas of your face look sunken in, e.g. your forehead, nose, cheeks and chin. You want to "bring out" the sunken areas with lighter colors.
That way, from a dimensional perspective, your face sort of melts into one plane and leaves no distinguishing characteristice such as over-accented eye sockets or other recognizable features. Think of it this way: we as deer hunters often notice a deer first by the horizontal "line" of its back contrasting against all the vertical lines of trees and such in the woods. It's sort of the same concept; you don't want to accentuate the things that make our faces look "more human."
Having said that... Do I think it will matter for bowhunting? Heck no.
You DON'T want to accentuate the sunken in areas of your face; just the opposite. You want to make the "high" areas of your face look sunken in, e.g. your forehead, nose, cheeks and chin. You want to "bring out" the sunken areas with lighter colors.
That way, from a dimensional perspective, your face sort of melts into one plane and leaves no distinguishing characteristice such as over-accented eye sockets or other recognizable features. Think of it this way: we as deer hunters often notice a deer first by the horizontal "line" of its back contrasting against all the vertical lines of trees and such in the woods. It's sort of the same concept; you don't want to accentuate the things that make our faces look "more human."
Having said that... Do I think it will matter for bowhunting? Heck no.
03-31-2007, 07:12 AM
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RE: How to put on face paint?
Yup, what Greg said, had to do the same thing in sniper school...or be seen.
Personally, I don't like black, to distinct of a color, unless operating in the night...which we're not doing in this case.
Don't forget the tops of your ears and the back of your hands if not wearing stuff to cover them.
We used to cover everything just in case we got caught at an inopportune time and didn't have the time to put something over the exposed areas.
It's all personal preference in the end, anything is better than nothing.
Personally, I don't like black, to distinct of a color, unless operating in the night...which we're not doing in this case.
Don't forget the tops of your ears and the back of your hands if not wearing stuff to cover them.
We used to cover everything just in case we got caught at an inopportune time and didn't have the time to put something over the exposed areas.
It's all personal preference in the end, anything is better than nothing.
03-31-2007, 07:58 AM
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RE: How to put on face paint?
I like to cover my face as much as I can ... ears and neck too.
I'll use black , grey , green and brown , black and grey on the nose , chin , cheeks and forhead , green and brown everywhere else.
Like in the picture you see below my face is coverd very well.
I'll use black , grey , green and brown , black and grey on the nose , chin , cheeks and forhead , green and brown everywhere else.
Like in the picture you see below my face is coverd very well.