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It has been weeks since I did any actual painting. I’m really not sure this effect on the pointy bit’s working, or even in keeping with the rest of the model, but it is ultimately more acrylic-on-plastic so I’m calling it a win!

An attempt at a beaten-up but still shiny Space Metal on the sword, reflecting brighter blue light from above and some off-stage possibly-firey orange from below.
An attempt at a beaten-up but still shiny Space Metal on the sword, reflecting brighter blue light from above and some off-stage possibly-firey orange from below.

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Six macro shots of the lower leg of a Little Man™️ showing different stages in an attempt at blending a curved volume. The first shows nine discrete bands of colour with a bright ivory as the main central highlight, falling off to dark brown for the shadows. The successive images show attempts to blend these stripes together. The final image still shows quite a scratchy, streaky transition.
Little Fancy Man ™️ now has additional paint up to his kneecap, the start of stippled approach to blending applied to knee and foot. It lends a high-contrast but dingy look to his armour.
Continuing the stippling effect across both legs of the mini, trying to give a sense of age or tarnish rather than damage, trying to keep the contrast established on the first boot.
Slowly moving up the mini, picking out more of the armour. Its gauntlets now have the same stippled ivory, with a slightly brighter highlight.
The front of the mini now has the majority of the ‘bone-coloured’ armour sketched in… we shall not speak here of the rear. I think I’ve gone a step too bright for the upper half, but it can be filtered down.
As grim and dark a posterior as John Warhammer ever could have dreamed. I’m trying for a beaten-up pearlescent effect rather than a metallic. I think the secondary reflections on the underside of the pauldrons are doing the heavy lifting at the moment.
Fancy Lad’s skirt and… tiara?… are now picked out in purples, while ‘metallics’ are picked out in grey. They really need more of a contrast jump to read as metallic, but they currently have a stone-y vibe that I don’t hate.
An attempt at a beaten-up but still shiny Space Metal on the sword, reflecting brighter blue light from above and some off-stage possibly-firey orange from below.
Some careful poking and sweaty blending and finally the mini is now almost indistinguishable from the previous shot. Except that he seems to have something in his right eye? He’s not crying, _you’re_ crying.