Vegan person is the native American term for “He is to stupid to hunt.”
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Are you modelling Trump? 
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Yeah, but good armor is pretty standard nowadays. Even if you don’t go full IBA with all of the accessories, at least a plate carrier… anything else would be negligent…
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In my time a plate carrier would be someone on KP.
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I’ve tried a variety of ready-made flesh tones and like some of them. But my tried and true formula that I’ve keep going back to is a base coat of tan, with a few drops of orange and brown in it, depending on how sun beaten I want the person to look. For a paler northern person, put in some white to lighten up the tan. Back in the day, I would mix up my color and then paint a little bit on my hand or arm and check the authenticity. Naturally, that varies depending on the time of year. Having been out in the garden a lot lately, I’ve taken on a kind of pinkish caramel color of my skin. And if this year is anything like the previous decade, I will get a little bit darker before my skin settles down to its summer look. I really don’t tan per se like people do explain out on the beach.
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Oh yeah, and using oils, sienna and burnt sienna are about the only modifying colors you need over a tan color.
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I have seen several tutorials on YouTube about figure painting and all I can say is good luck. I’ve been building for a long time and just recently decided tackling figures more actively. What I’ve found is The base color. Several people use a couple methods for a base. Most of the Tutorials use black followed by whiite. The black is done all around. Then the white is sprayed from above. Check out Sprues&Brews tutorial.
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I am sure these are authentic Japanese Sumo wrestlers in this Weezer video. Good way to see various skin tones obviously.
Pale Green - I’m doing Zombies… 
Cheers,
M
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I found Tamiya XF-93 does look like one proper darker flesh color and painted some Asian figures that way. It may sound easy to find colors that look proper but it was harder than I expected. Tamiya’s Flat Flesh doesn’t look like anybody’s natural skin tone!
I use a commercial flesh tone for the base colour of the skin on my figures and that’s the only time I use it. When dry it immediately gets a reddish brown wash, almost just a stain, to provide the shadows of the face, followed when completely dry by a very pale dry brush for highlights, then I start in earnest with mixed colours to suit, blended to take out the starkness of the initial treatment.
I have, however, found that it can be useful highlighting natural wooden components.
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