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I'd only hihglight edges of the head plate with white to make them look striking from a distance. nice unit. simple paintjob, but pretty effective colour combo

Hi guys,

wow has it been a while since I've posted any WiP here. I am currently working on a Secret Santa mini for somebody on another website. I am miles behind and it looks like I am definitely going to miss the christmas deadline. I really want to do a good job on this one and to that end I'm fairly happy with how things are going so far. But in saying that I would love some feed back from you guys how stuff to improve.

So this is the mini I am painting.





The things I consider finished:
The Gold
The Blue Tunic
The Leather Overcoat

The things I have to finish:
The Hat
The Sliver Items
The lapels of the coat (cream areas)
Gloves
Boots
Gasmask, tubes and filters
Scarf
Holster

I have really struggled with the lapels to be honest and I still feel like I'm struggling. I'd love to hear suggestions you guys might have for improving them or the mini as a whole.

Hope the guy I'm doing this for does not use this website.

Having looked through your WIP, your painting is really coming along, too. I'm sure whoever is receiving this won't mind if it's late - it'll probably be one of the nicest models they own.

I look forward to seeing more of your work.
H

Asfor the finished elements, why is the cloack so glossy?

It's not really that glossy in real life. I take my photo's with the light shining from directly behind my camera. This may be the reason I think my photos come out over exposed and glossy. The whole mini will get a coat of Matt varnish when I finish so if there is any gloss effect that should get rid of it.

Back again for an update.

I got a couple of hours done on this guy over the weekend and as I mentioned I was really struggling with the lapels on the jacket. I've finally gotten something that I am happy with and I think they look like nice soft leather now. I also did work on the scarf around the waist.



Think the photo might be shocking again. I really need to improve on this!

maybe not shocking, but surely making it hard to see what you have actually achieved