I suspected that was so, and it was just the angle of the photo blocking most of the blending.

Hopefully, I should be posting three Terminators soon (as I really want to finish them up tonight). The dark red gems actually turned out pretty bright as a highlighted them up to fiery orange. I'm not sure if I like them or not, so I'll put them up for you all to look at and give me some feedback about whether I should repaint them green.

So who's next on your list?