Well, chalk that one up to experience. I’d finally picked up the paints again after months only to ‘ruin’ (slightly mar, to the point of minor but strongly-held annoyance) a mini while experimenting with masking fluid.
It’s barely visible in the image but there are small patches where it’s either inaccessible to get at and peel, or where it’s adhered in a crevice and stuck. I don’t want overpaint or I’m sure it’ll flake off at an inconvenient time later.
A quick blast of Ultra Matte seems to fix the mask layers well enough to paint over (h/t @Thebratdragon). It definitely leaves some unintentional texture at the boundaries but… it’s an Ork. It’s 90% unintentional texture. As long as the face detail isn’t obscured it’ll probably be grand.
Speaking of ‘yellow’ (so-called), let’s see if we can work out how to invoke that imposter again… (🥰 to @andrewroycroft for the beautiful birthday gift of a light box!)
Infinitesimal onward progress. The accidental boop of white paint on the forehead is making me think I may as well give skin mottling a try. Happy little accidents etc.
Remember everyone—if anyone asks, this is definitely yellow. Not ‘mainly reds’. Ignore the wet palette.
Looking significantly less yellow the more yellow is attempted. Lo, such is the path of yellow.
Starts to read a _little_ better with a strong highlight placed and a little bit of secondary colour replacing the surrounding primer.
Darren McGuicken
MiLk
The Tepid Emperor