Cool. I'm glad you liked it.

Thanks for the feedback. It was genuinely helpful.

Nice one CJ.  I love the colors in the display.  And I dont know where you learned to make Gorilla skin tone but it looks perfect.

Thank you SG. I painted it w/ Burnt Umber, followed by spot washes of black for the creases, then a heavy drybrushing w/ Raw Umber, followed by a lighter drybrush of Raw Umber mixed 50% w/ Dark Tan. His hair is Black, drybrushed w/ Panzer Dark Grey.

The whites of the eyes are Raw Sienna mixed 50% w/ White. Straight White would have been too strong.

FingersEddie:

Great piece of work. Overall, the paintin' of it and the shadin' of it is beautifully done. I would jus' like to see a few subtle highlights on his face and padded waistcoat, but thats jus' me. Its great, nonetheless.

Thank you sir. I've seen and enjoyed your work hereabouts. I'm flattered.

The highlighting is there, it's just perhaps a bit too subtle. It may appear as if there was an overhead light when I took the pictures. There wasn't. You may notice that there are no shadows under the figure, only behind it. What you're actually seeing is paint. The effect is most noticeable in the embossing on the front of the helmet, and in the front of the doublet down the right side, especially in the last picture.

I think I maybe overdid it on the bottom part of the doublet on the lower left, near the short sword, and on the edging of left side of the gorget. Oh well.

I also thought the highlighting on the sleeves was a bit too much. What do you think?

Great piece of work. Overall, the paintin' of it and the shadin' of it is beautifully done. I would jus' like to see a few subtle highlights on his face and padded waistcoat, but thats jus' me.

Its great, nonetheless.

Thank you gentlemen. Your comments were all very kind. Over the years, I had grown to hate this kit a little, y'all brought some joy back to it for me.

Bad kit? Try the Monogram (Aurora) Creature from the Black Lagooon. My wife is still working onseam and gap removal, then rebuilding texture and detail after sanding is done. Cheers Mike

Oh yeah, that sounds like exactly what I was looking for. Thank you (and good luck to the missus).

Dang, man. I'd say it was well worth the Milliput and the cursing. B-E-A-UTIFUL! Never thought I'd be saying that about a monkey, but what are you gonna do?

Superbly built and painted!

Bad kit? Try the Monogram (Aurora) Creature from the Black Lagooon. My wife is still working on seam and gap removal, then rebuilding texture and detail after sanding is done.

Cheers

Mike 

Very nicely painted.  Thanks for sharing.

Regards,  Rick

Excellent job on a tough kit...I love it