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zenthrus
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02/05/2006 11:01 PM
Here he is. I'm also adding an explanation regarding paint steps (at least how I calculate them) for a comparison to the CRD's rumored 300 paint steps. I calculate "Tiny" as having 100 paint steps. This calculation is derived as follows: 1) Prime coat (in this case Black) 2) Bright prime (white primer coat over the flesh areas-I was trying something new) 3) Dark Brown basecoat for the flesh areas 4-12) Dark Brown mixed with Dark Flesh in increasingly lighter shades wet-blended 13) Dark Flesh color unmixed as highlights for flesh areas 14) Dark Blue basecoat for the tunic 15-20) Increasingly brighter shades of blue on tunic until highlight completed 21) Dark Brown basecoat over roping areas (only on the tunic/elbow joints) 22) Bright Tan highlights over roping areas (only on the tunic/elbow joints) 23-27) Shades of grey up to medium bright highlight on the chain belt 28) Dark Green basecoat over wrist covers and leggings 29-32) Increasingly brighter shades of green (jade hue) on wrist covers 33-36) Increasingly brighter shades of green (jubilee hue) on leg covers 37) Red basecoat over legging straps 38-40) Increasingly brighter shades of red on legging straps 41) Brown basecoat on bone areas (Skulls on belt and weapon) 42) Sandstone coating on bone areas 43-46) Increasingly brighter shades of off-white on bone areas 47) Brown basecoat over rope areas on wrist covers 48-50) Increasingly brighter brown/tan highlights on rope areas of wrist covers 51) Goldenrod basecoat on one of the skull's hair 52-54) Increasingly brighter shades of yellow on skull's hair 55) Brown basecoate over fleshy skulls 56-60) Increasingly brighter mixtures of Brown/Caucasian Flesh on fleshy skulls 61) Dark Red basecoat over bag 62-70) Increasingly brighter/more orange shades of red on bag until highlights finished 71) Dark Brown basecoat on ropes on skull head 72-74) Increasingly brighter tan highlights on ropes on skull head 75) Light brown highlights on belt skull's hair (the other skull with hair) 76) Dark Brown basecoat on toe-/fingernails and teeth 77-80) Mudstone and increasingly brighter highlights on toe-/fingernails and teeth 81-83) Red shading on tongue 84) Sandstone basecoat on eyes 85-86) Two shades of blue for eyes 87) Bright blue highlight dot on each pupil of eyes 88) Black basecoate on hair and eyebrows 89-92) Gray highlights to hair and eyebrows 93-100) Dark Red basecoat plus increasingly brighter highlights on handle wrapping of the weapon There you have it. 100 paint steps, no washes, no drybrushing. I probably could have brought the highlights up two or three stages on the flesh but I like the effect it has now. The only thing I'm not certain about is his hair and the chain belt. I only count each individual shade (meaning each time I have to mix a new color) as a step. I count steps for different features (bones as 1 set of steps, flesh as another set of steps) but I don't count each individual section of a feature as seperate steps (the flesh is counted as one set of steps rather than as one set for the face, one for each segment of the arms, etc).

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