This is without doubt still one of my favourite Hasslefree sculpts.

This paint job has brought it to life wonderfully. :)

I really like the look of the weathered armour, we see too many "clean" paint jobs on Elven miniatures.

5 Hours - Chapeau!!
Is it shaded true metal or NMM with metal-edges? I really like how it looks!!!
A question to the secret weapon washes u use (perhaps not on this mini).
Have you also got the problem of a very shiny finish, sometimes? I bought some of them after reading the article on MV and i like the different tones of color. When i thin them down they tend to get a very glossy finish and one of the blue tones (don´t know the name at the moment) is always shining.
....und da ich meinem eingerosteten Schulenglisch nicht so ganz traue - kennt Ihr auch das Problem, dass die washes von secret weapon glänzen (teilweise sogar recht stark) wenn sie trocknen und wie geht Ihr damit um? Bei einem Blau ist dieser Glanz ständig vorhanden bei anderen Farben nur wenn ich sie verdünne.
Schönes Wochenende und vielen Dank für Eure ständige Inspiration!!!!!!!

Loevly! I don't know drow you do that in just 5 hours ;P

Woaw, Iggy Pop in 28mm !!!
Great job btw

Yeah, he's got a lust for knife! LOL!!!

Really cool! This OSL is really sweet and subbtle. 5 hours, I'm really jalous

Thanks for your comments!

@Anonymous
It is shaded TMM, no NMM ... I think NMM Metal often looks like stone nowadays. Just using grey/black/white for it is not a good metal look in the end. My oppinion. So I planned to have a dark metal tone here, with mainly edge highlights and scratches before shading it.

I have the same "problem" with some of the SW Washes. Some are super, some are ok, some are shiny like a oiled pig's butt. My recommandation is to shake them properly, even more than properly, but still you will encounter some of those effects while using them. Get some experience with the tones and use them wisely for different material effects (for example: leather can be shiny, skin should not be, etc.) ...

@Zab
Drow it like its hot! Drow it like its hot! :D

@Pitlap
Like said elsewhere: It is just experience about light situation, brush control, colour choices and material studies ... Doing Miniature Painting since 8 years now for a living and spenting a lot of days of my year at the workbench with minimum 8 hours a day. So it is practice and training to achieve this in this time amount, no sorcery ...

Nice miniature, despite the face and statism of pose.