Already have Alien Stars, just need time to read it! It's not that I don't have any free time, but that modelling & painting seem to have claimed all mine!
I've read your FigureMentors article a couple of times. It was one of the primary resources for my initial attempts at NMM. Could you maybe post a picture when you get a chance of how much paint you're applying as you work through the greyscale? Basically, when you talk about pulling paint in the article, how much am I hoping to pull? Could you maybe take a picture of a paint deposit on a paper towel showing how much you've got loaded before you touch the mini, as you mentioned before that you thought I might be flooding my minis sometimes? Similarly, as you make your way up through your gradations of highlight & shadow, how many applications are typically necessary to complete the 'move' from one gradation to the next? I know you can't give absolute rules, but I am just curious about the level of transparency to your paints as you paint NMM.
I'm now using your recommended size 2 W&N, so I figure I'll be painting perfect NMM in no time, right? You guys make it look so easy! Keep up the great work, however limited your time to paint.