Apologies for re-posting this but I just wasn't happy with the quality of the freehand on the original posting, I felt it was far to white and jarring. So I spent some time blending it into the cloak with various layers of oranges and yellows, even a bit of red leather in places. So I hope you agree with me that it is an improvement and worth re-posting.
Also I think the colours are a bit truer to real life this time, the earlier pictures were a bit dark and severe on the contrast as well.
So thank you for looking again
For those interested I did a short step-by-step article on the base which can be found either on "OZ Painters" or "The Basement".
http://www.mainlymedieval.com/ozpainters/viewtopic.php?t=985
http://www.tbforum.co.uk/showthread.php?t=2036
regards.