My first OSL

[Palantirion]

This was a cheap resin kit from eBay, roughly 1/12 scale, hollow cast with no back. I used styrene to make the back plate, otherwise not much prep but sanding and re-boring the hole for the support rod. Most of the paint is drybrushing over a black primer, with some stippling and washes also. I have an airbrush, which would have been a better choice for the middle orange tones, but part of the purpose of this project was to work on new drybrushing techniques. I look forward to your feedback.

 

[urumomo]

That's cool , but I think you need to restore some shadow on the shade side of that lower texture . Up to the peaks of those folds .

 

[Palantirion]

That's cool , but I think you need to restore some shadow on the shade side of that lower texture . Up to the peaks of those folds .

-Thanks, I was actually wondering about exactly that! I may hit it with a colored LED around the upper section and see how the light falls, where shadow cores are, etc. and use that to refine the shadows.