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Thanks for the help - I'll keep going with this one. Dave

I've just created a base for the Pegaso Crusader figure but am having second thoughts. My idea was that the figure would be on top of a pile of rubble from a destroyed building, perhaps during a siege. But would piles of rubble be lying about like that ain the 12th Century? Were building...

I don't use oils but what applies to acrylics might work with oils. I'd paint the base colour and get that shaded. Then paint a grid representing the square or diamond pattern. Fill in each alternate box to get the checkerboard pattern using a darker colour in the folds, lighter on the...

Here's some pictures. I think they show what I'm getting at. Dave A

I also use the basic flesh tone and put thin washes of flesh+plus cadmium red deep over the top until it looks right. I only paint the lower lip and put a very thin bright highlight (very pink) at the highest point. I'm talking artists acrylics here. Seems to work. Dave