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>it looks too much like paint without the luminosity blocking the clear lines
I know, keep Luminosity at 90 or above and reduced the brightness in the color chooser itself. You'll want to find the sweet spot where its bleeds enough to still hide details but not wash out 2/3rds of your face. Just remember the base hues have differing brightness's to account for.
>And his look just isn't possible from the testing I've done
Use a voucher for the character creator and manually shut the eyelids, then find whatever makeup works the best to look like the pinhole eyes.