4!

 Yay! Finished Gaius for April, with a couple days to spare! I actually finished him yesterday and the immediately broke the axe when taking him off the painting holder. Sigh. So I fixed that today, put some sealer on him, and he's good to go.

Gaius Pallidus: Vines

All I managed today was getting a base coat on the vines. I like the brown but will be adding in green, probably 50% or more.

 

Gaius Pallidus: Leather

Not huge changes today. I did the leather and wood bits on Gaius, which is just the axe handle and the straps on his armor. Now I'm at a point where I have to decide what to do with the vine/stick things on his left side. I was originally thinking I'd do green vines, but I think they're meant to be woody vines according to the studio paint job. Also, I think brown might go better with the rest of the figure. Right now I'm leaning toward brown with some green, but I'm going to think on it a bit.

Gaius Pallidus: Metal

 Got a base coat down on the bronze areas, then shaded and highlighted all the metal. TMM is not my strong suit. That being said, it's a little rough but I'm not unhappy with it. Next will be leather straps and such, then the vines.

Gaius Pallidus: Skirt, Metal, Skulls

 Today I got a fair bit of work in on Gaius. I finished his skirt, including the tassels, got the parts I'm going to do as steel base coated, and did the skulls on the base. 

Gaius Pallidus: Hair, Skirt

 More work on Gaius. I painted the hair and horns; those are done. Forgot I was going to touch up a couple areas on his skin. Then base coated his skirt.

Gaius Pallidus: Skin shade & highlight

 More on Gaius tonight. I've shading and highlighted his skin; it's pretty much done now. I might hit the highlights with a glaze to warm them a bit. Next will be hair. I'd like to do the vines after that, but I think I have to wait as they're also over parts of his clothing. I might also glaze down some of the deepest shadow in a couple places where it's a little too stark, like the back of his calf.