@gblair - Thanks George. I did a lot of oil painting in HS and College. I don't want to deal with the smell or the mess anymore. The wonderful part is the long dry times allow you to do amazing blending. The downside is also the long dry times.

@fiveten - Thanks Spiros... I appreciate it.

More updates to the face. It is going to be the overall 'centerpiece' of the project. I thinned the black lines around the eyes using a combination of flesh tones to the outside and I think it really helped. I've added some Reikland Fleshshade sparingly into the creases on the face as well as a bit of a very thin grey blue stabbed onto the beard area. I have thinned the eyebrows and hopefully added the feeling of individual eyebrow hairs. Gloss was added to the eyes... a very thin highlight was added to the raised areas in a bit of a hatch/crosshatch style. It's feint, but I know it's there as an homage to the old comics I read.

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@johnb - Thanks John. I am happy with how it turned out.

@gblair - Thanks George, I may actually finish this project by then too.

@fiveten - Thanks Spiros!

Looks great, Brian (@brithebuilder). I especially like the way the metallic areas look. Very convincing. Back in the Conan days, I think a lot of stuff was some form of brown leather.