Hi CLBenarius, good to see you around again. The ink does in fact come out very shiny, but that's just due to the ink I use. Once I hit it with a matte varnish, that should flatten it out.

I made some changes last night, so I have new pictures. After studying how Mostwanted, painted his eyes on his Terminator, I was able to go for the lens effect and I think it came out well. I also darkened the tip of the flamer with a series of washes, and I am very happy with the effect I was able to get. However, I didn't highlight the parchment up any higher (I agree that it came out too yellow and needs to go to some whiter highlights), because I couldn't highlight around the writing and didn't want to repaint all of that. We'll see how well I can mimic BW's technique on the next three Terminators.

So here are my updated photos. The first to show off the eyes:

http://i139.photobucket.c...er_Ignatius/IMG_0579.jpg

And the second to show off the flamer:

http://i139.photobucket.c...er_Ignatius/IMG_0581.jpg

What do you think?