"The apparel oft proclaims the man" - Shakespeare, Hamlet (Act I, Scene 3) Hello one and all and welcome back to The Art of Caesura! Fasten your seatbelts for another action-packed, mammoth post about my painting competition piece from a few weeks ago.  We're closing in on the home stretch now, having looked at painting the NMM breastplate , hair and skin . Today were going to look at ALL THE REST! I started by painting the whole coat (inside and out) with a few thinned layers of Vallejo's Charred Brown.  Once the base coat was nice and smooth, I started the worst part of the whole painting process - and the part that I regret the most!  Using a mix of Vallejo's Charred Brown and Dark Fleshtone, I started stippling on teeny tiny dots ALL OVER the entire outside of the jacket. This was to provide a bit of texture.  Those past few photos literally took a week of painting time! And if you think it's hard to see in the photos above, imagine how it looks under norm...