need help with faces

[weak latch]

Hey guys!
This is for my w40k adepta sororitas project. I just got back into the hobby and im struggling with faces, especially eyes.

Any feedback, tips and tricks are much appreciated!!

Ive watched a couple of tutorials and tried to shade and highlight, but it all comes out as looking muddy and the eyes dont work at all :/

[rare cave]

Hi! I’m still pretty new but I would suggest the following:

1. Thin your paints more.
2. Wear magnifiers, and use a fine detail sized brush like a 0 or 00.
3. Paint the eyes first, then you can make them smaller when doing the skin / there’s less pressure to nail it on first try.
4. At this scale, place only a few bright highlights on the nose and cheekbones, and maybe the chin. Then glaze some midtone colours over that to tie the highlights into the baselayer.

The nice thing about this size scale is you can get away with less is more - a bust for example requires more subtle transitions. For this scale just do a bit of highlighting and then glaze that brightness down into the midtone/baselayer.

[obsidian egret]

For eyes it's best to do lines for pupils rather than dots, it's a lot easier to align them that way

[graceful gust]

Besides the other good tips, don't use pure white for the whites.. It's a little unnatural and will make the eyes stand out too much.

[weak latch]

Ive been usinh pallid wych flesh. Is that still to white?

[weak latch]

Thats a good tip, thanks!

[graceful gust]

I don't know that color, so can't comment on that specifically.
I usually go for something from my flesh tones, like Sunny Skintone.

[low jolt]

Also a tip that might help. Putting the eyes looking to the side is easier to make them " look good"