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I mix and match whatever. Really doesn't matter to me. Although I will admit I lean more towards flesh, but that's 'cause when I was younger themed sets was about all I bought (particularly Star Wars).
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But I don't have a yellow head and skin hands.
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yea, and it'd look funny, I think I know what he means though...
Unless a film is super serious and has extremely good animation...
Well, I don't really see how that has something to do with using yellow or flesh.
I'd go for yellow, but I can't say why. Maybe it's because it's the classic colour of lego, and I grew up with it so I feel more attached to it. Flesh doesn't attract me, probably because I'm not used to it or because I feel it was unnecessary to change colour skin. It coul be an advantage though, if you want three human civilizations to meet, and you want it to be clear that they're different: yellow, flesh, brown (I don't see lot of brown people in the sets, though).
It just goes for a licensed theme to look "realistic".Yellow just fits lego's normal color.
I will use whatever face looks the best for whatever character I have, so yellow or flesh. 
Yellow. For Harry Potter films I wil use Flesh.
Depends what I'm doing but i never use them in the same film.
Flesh, because before when Lego only had yellow, I always wondered why they were yellow, and disliked it. Then, flesh coloured skin Lego arrived, and I was relieved. Plus, yellow makes the scene...I cannot find the right words, so I will put it like this: Yellow skin makes the scene feel 'un-fresh' and 'un-vivid'. I mean, just look at the lego man here > 
I use a mix of Flesh, Yellow and Brown minifigures and it works just fine.
Yellow.
I have noticed that flesh toned faces have more unique and interesting faces
(example: Hagrid's head, every time I look at it I break into insane laughter)
but yellow faces, being produced for a much longer period of time have much more variety. lego faces were originally yellow to represent no culture I kinda like that feeling.
Also to have flesh toned heads you need to purchase lisend (< ohh miss-spelled) themed sets, and those are just so darn expensive.
I will use flesh toned heads in more serous films or Star Wars parodies, (I'm not really into Indiana Johns or batman)
the problem I often run into is the flesh bodies have a design that fits a caricature better then a yellow colored one. but I just switch the hands around and I'm fine.
but I will defenetly never use them in the same film. it annoys me every time I see them together in a brickfilm. unless they are representing different species of creatures which is all right they look very sloppy together (in my opinion)
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but I will defenetly never use them in the same film. it annoys me every time I see them together in a brickfilm. unless they are representing different species of creatures which is all right they look very sloppy together (in my opinion)
There are some films where having both in one film don't detract from it. mobiledeli's Egyptian Holiday is a good example of this.
There are some films where having both in one film don't detract from it. mobiledeli's Egyptian Holiday is a good example of this.
well that isn't really the flesh color I had in mind. brown and more tan skin like that is alright. sorry I hadn't thought about flesh tones in between yellow and flesh Indiana johns' 
Yellow. They're neutral, and they are easier to get.
I have noticed that flesh toned faces have more unique and interesting faces
Oooookay, time to bring this up again.
I'm contemplating using a mix of yellow and flesh heads for some Marvel brickfilms...thoughts? Would it look to awkward? My problem is that I don't have a wide range of flesh heads, but I do have a huge number of yellows. That said, I can't use entirely yellow because some printed superhero faces have flesh tone elements.
Oooookay, time to bring this up again.
I'm contemplating using a mix of yellow and flesh heads for some Marvel brickfilms...thoughts? Would it look to awkward? My problem is that I don't have a wide range of flesh heads, but I do have a huge number of yellows. That said, I can't use entirely yellow because some printed superhero faces have flesh tone elements.
Well, the Lego Movie did it very well, and if you can pull it off, go ahead. I personally like both. Yellow is classic, whimsical, and can be used in a lot of themes. I think the flesh work particularly well in fantasy films (although squid makes some very good fantasy with yellow), I think it would look weird if people like brotherhood workshop did yellow heads. But I really hate the clone faces, they are really disproportionate and ugly.
Anyways, that being said, I think it might look odd with yellow-headed Marvel heroes, especially since they have a trademarked look. You know? Maybe you could pull off mixing, or maybe you should invest in some flesh heads.
The Prestigious Pie speaks the truth, what he says is all I would have said except ONE thing.
You could totally make all the flesh heads look yellow with a highlighter. Pritchard mentioned that tip to me a long time ago, and I did that with one head in The Shrouded Past and the Elf ears in Perpetual Twilight. It actually isn't noticeable if applied evenly, but you'll have to continue reapplying it fairly often. It doesn't stay on (it'll wipe right away) so anytime I bumped it I had to put more.
It's not very convenient, but it is doable.
Anyways, that being said, I think it might look odd with yellow-headed Marvel heroes, especially since they have a trademarked look. You know? Maybe you could pull off mixing, or maybe you should invest in some flesh heads.
This is the real issue I see with using the highlighter, it may just look wrong.
But yeah, you could try a test with that at least and see how it goes.
This is interesting. Normally I'd use yellow heads for anything that isn't Licensed, but I actually think flesh can work well in certain non-licensed settings. For example, the book 'Lego Space: Building the future' (which I highly recommend, it's brilliant) uses flesh along with the classic space uniforms, to great effect.
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My current problem is that I want to make a bunch of licensed theme characters but don't have enough flesh heads. I still don't think I can bring myself to mix the two in the same brickfilm - it'd look a bit odd.
Then again, filmyguy did a brickfilm a while ago where the minifigure skin difference was actually part of the plot. I think it was called The Chase.
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