I'll need to clean up the edges around it a bit, but I'm really happy with how it turned out. After weathering it's going to be even better!
I basically followed Vince Venturella's guide on how to do detail freehand. The first point is to just be brave and go for it; errors will happen but they are easy to fix. The second is to give all areas adequate attention in parallel, instead of focusing on one part at a cost of another.
In my case, it meant:
- Iterating on the sketch on paper
- Moving it to the model with a pencil
- Outlining it with a brush
- Doing base colors and transitions
- Fixing up things and making things more precise.
I used a fairly normal NMM gold palette - FW Sepia ink, Vallejo Game Air Leather Brown and Bonewhite, and white ink for highlights.
Anyway! Here are some additional pics I took while working on this. If you have additional advice to improve on it, it's welcome!
