Workbench: A bridge over the river paint

What started off as this... a silver surfer rendition of Col. Nicholson...

Became this!



Still, I'm disappointed. Particularly so with the ones that contain the bad primer job. They have become quite the struggle and mar what would otherwise be nice paint.

But with every iteration, the process gets easier and the product gets better I think. I'm also drifting from established British colors though I believe. This is in part effect that i've messed with the ink wash constitutions.
I'm favoring a dark ink and a thinned black ink. One for broad application and the other to fill in details.

Also, custom highlight colors are now the standard. The mini's look so much nicer in person with a few custom highlights. For the time invested (an extra minute each?) it seems to really make them work.

(Notice the Heineken bottle cap that still appears big, despite being in the background.)