Finished her up in time for the painting contest hosted by @setsneedtofeed@lemmy.world Good amount of detail but easy to pick out and bring to a satisfying level.
Lol, I had to force myself to give up helmets to need to practice faces.
It helps a lot when the heads can be painted separately so I focus only on the face. Plus I just don't do eyes unless the model really needs them because I found eyes are most of the difficulty so I only invest in it when I really need to.
Flesh contrast, flesh shade, flesh highlight is the basic recipe. Just different combinations and colors each time.