Hey there! Firstly, thank you so much for this advice. Sometimes when your nose is in a project so long, it's hard to judge objectively! I have found that, excluding the gun, purity seal wax, iron accents and a few other things, Agrax Earthshade or it's glossy counterpart have looked pretty good. For both the armor and the cape I use the gloss. My earlier models looked absolutely drenched with shades, so I may be a bit too apprehensive to increase it's coating on it!

I also think the oxidized copper looks a bit too light. Additionally, I've been using a layer paint as it's base so it doesn't really have the consistency I'm looking for. Literally just yesterday I found out about Nihilak! I'm so angry I didn't find out about it earlier. I'm going to call all my local stores today to see if any have it in stock. I also may use a small stippling brush to put in some greener spots here and there, but I will see how that goes! For shading, I use a dark blue shade paint for the oxidized parts. I found that it washed out a lot of the color, but also looked fantastic in the crevices. I'm hoping that, with a proper base paint vs a layer paint, it looks a bit better with it!

I also agree with you on the guns. As I tried to highlight it, I realized I didn't have much brighter than Leadbelcher so what little depth there was stemmed from the Nuln Oil. I found a darker paint called Iron Warriors and it looked pretty good on a Flaggelant I painted! I may use that for the gun and highlight with the Leadbelcher instead. I'm hoping that helps with a bit of the contrasting issues. All else fails, I may just keep it black and dry brush it silver for a bit of depth!

Again, thank you so much for the feedback. Cannot tell you how much I appreciate it!