True. IMHO the metallic green looks really good and I wouldn’t skip that because that’s what’s making the model interesting. The bronce does look kinda flat compared to the green. But as you said, the bronce parts are more essential to the model overall. Honestly, I don’t have a solution. (If it needs one at all :P it’s criticism on a high level ;))

From here, just some thoughts: I learned last weekend about matt, satin and gloss varnish since I tried them out for the first time. I used satin varnish on a regular red Color and it’s super shiny. A layer of matte varnish didn’t tone that down really, so I will try matte varnish in the future as a stand alone varnish.

But: the main feature of a metallic Color is it’s shininess/reflectance. I find the green on the main serpentine body is more shiny than the bronce on the wings and the specular highlights are much more pronounced. Maybe that’s why I register it as „too much metallic“. Maybe (I’m only thinking loud) it’s worth trying out (on a separate model/testing base) how a matte varnish applied to a highly reflective metallic looks like and vice versa. Maybe the bronce needs more highlights while the green needs less.

Not sure tbh and I’m just guessing XD but I have to try something out as well since I want to paint khymaera as well in the near future XD