Subsurface scattering in 2.9

[Thacro]

I can’t seem to get the subsurface scattering to work in blender 2.9.

Its the human head part and in the example when vertex color is applied it turns the head into a wax like texture in rendered mode.
Problem is that there is only color and alpha settings under vertex color node. If i connect alpha to subsurface i get the wax like texture but when i follow the example and paint some of it black there is no change in texture. In the example the black parts change back to the texture it originally had.

Tried a few thing but can’t seem to get it to work.

[yo_johann]

I had the same confusion. I ended up just plugging the vertex color attribute into base color to see, painting white and black like the example, and then switching it to the correct nodes.

[Thacro]

After trying some more i ended up with something that was similar but not exactly how it was done in example, i was able to move subsurface scattering amount with a slider but i think colors were reversed.

Zero subsurface scattering was same as at max amount and when i made it stronger everything that was painted white stayed the same but black parts got darker.