Things are looking very good here, kurlandini. I\'m so very glad my tips helped your painting and your photography. It\'s always nice to hear that somethign you do inspires another. Thanks!
The glazing/wash really seemed to smooth those transitions out. It\'s amazing (especially once you do it for yourself) how such a small thing can have such a large impact. I wouldn\'t have too many more tips for painting - I would suggest few more things for your photography though.
The photos are coming out very yellow. Usually it\'s because of one of two things. You\'re not using color corrected bulbs and/or the paper you used for the soft box isn\'t of the bright white variety. Both will give an off white/yellow cast to the entire mini. Both are simple fixes. Use a whiter paper (hold up the sheet you\'re using now against other paper to see how \"white\" it really is), and get some color corrected, or \"daylight\" bulbs for your lamps. Both are fairly economical upgrades.
The other cause maybe the white point balance settings of your camera. This one is not so easy and will involve devoting some time to your camera and its manual. The basics idea is that your camera auto-senses the color ranges that it \"sees\" and decides what the whitest part will be. Sometimes it\'s wrong and the color it chose isn\'t really white but off-white/yellowish in nature. This will effect \"all\" of the other colors since the camera makes it\'s color choices based off this \"white point\". If it\'s yellow, everything else will have a yellow cast.
It may seem awefully boring and a bit confusing to start with but your manual should have a section on \"Setting White Point Balance\" or similar. Spending an hour (or even two) to figure this out with your camera will vastly improve your picture quality AND the colors that are shown are more true to life.
Again, great model, great paintjob so far. I\'ll be watching this one through.
Good Luck!
Sukigod
EDIT: p.s. I did a little color correction to one of your photos to show you what your camera should be outputting with the white point balance set correctly. I hope this helps!
