1st full effort Attempt at a custom

no offense, but you totally just ruined that figure. wow!

i painted the torso because there was absolutely no paint to match the torso at all.

Bro, try going slower. Also add some water to your paint, it looks thick. You can prime the fig with gray or white and then do a skin tone, so it looks cleaner. Ur color also could use some yellow n red, coz it looks more gray that the original skin tone. Not too much tho.

totally true

Skintones are tricky. Especially for those just starting out customizing, not the starting point I would have chosen but I definitely commend your spirit! Doesn't look horrible, your skintone actually is pretty smooth in parts but the tone is off and chunky in other parts.

In regards to the chunkiness, watering down your paint is one way to prevent this. I find that laying down several very thin coats of paint instead of one or two thick coats usually creates a smooth finish. Additionally, once you have a pretty solid foundation you want to start watering down your paint further for the next coats, that way the watered-down paint will seep into the brush strokes and create a smooth finish.

In regards to the skintone, I would abstain from using black to darken skintones. It makes sense in theory, but it's far too "harsh" even in small amounts. Use white to lighten and brown to darken. I've used several "fleshtone" paints from different companies and I find that none of them capture fleshtone that well, much too red/pink. I suggest grabbing a tube of "Caramel Candy" paint by Apple Barrel, as it already has all the colors that make a good skintone. (white, yellow, and brown) You can even mix in some of that fleshtone paint to give it a subtle red/pink tint, but usually I just add a little more white paint to the Caramel Candy base and it matches Jakks skintone well.

Keep on working at it! Skintones are difficult, but you're trying and that's what matters!

Don't use black to darken your skintone. Practice mixing primary colors n use alil white for opacity. White n red will make a pink. Then add alittle yellow to get a peach. Then you add a little blue to tone it down. If you need it to look more brown, use some red n yellow. Remember to add in little amounts. Look up a color wheel pic on google. It will help too.

No offence. But your crap sack of a post didn't really help.

Bravo good custom, 7/10 please stop now