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Right, here are the links to some Greenstuffing articles I've written for Steamforged.com:

Step-by-step guides for sculpting specific details and patterns:...

That is quite a lot of questions in one post:)

For starters I feel your palette might be a bit too homogenous, as in it revolves around black (and grays) and purple (up to pink). Especially if you...

Maybe this guy:
http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/catalog/productDetail.jsp?catId=cat440108a&prodId=prod1550008

I am using Lefranc extra fine or Winton oil paints, but I guess th brand doesn't really matter.
About the costs, they aren't really that high, since you basically only need 1-2 small tubes of color...

I am pretty slow as well:P
For standard rank and file troopers I spend roughly 4-12 hours depending on how many colors the scheme has (I generally limit my palette between 3 and 5, not counting...

I recently started experimenting with oil paints to achieve nice smooth gradients in my shades.
Basically I paint my model with normal acrilic colors from midtone (that is in this case the first...

Have you ever used or heard about using thinned oil paints to make the shades of colors? It gets some very smooth gradients without needing 5+ layers and if done correctly looks quite realistic...
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