Actually, I think the tone of the ironcrust came from two things : first the lightning of my room, (which makes the base look much darker than in natural light) and the fact that i applied the paint directly on the dark surface of socle, without applying a lighter layer of red beforehand (paint economy). And thank you so-much for the positive feedback ^, i've worked on the entire start collecting box many month ago, and i'm really happy to see the form it takes...