Oh God, leave something for me to say! XD

I agree with all the awesome.

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I'd say add a bit more reflected light to the black portion of the figure to pick out details. :)

excellent, thank you ^_^

Also, also: I'd suggest a sharper gloss highlight on the smoother surfaces. What's the figure's main texture?

That's a good point, thought I was going for a matte black, I was considering adding scarred runes onto it. It'd take a fuckload of time, but maybe it'd be pretty cool

For matte black, you need to make sure that the shading isn't smoothly gradiated. As it is, it's looking like it should be glossy. Overlay a bit fo grainy texture into the midtones of the black portion, and add some rouch reflected light to pick out the details as I said above. Black is so hard to render! Gah, I need to give it another go, come to think of't. What's the skin like? Is it skin-y or scales? For scales, I scan in my hand, select some of the wrinkly bits of skin and overlay that as a custom scale texture. For skin, get some of the smoother bits and scale it down, maybe using it as a dual brush.

Hope this helps.

It's looking good, mind! Can't wait to see it finished!

Fabulous!! Though I am currently lacking a scanner as I am cheap and at School. However I am inclined to working at minor details so I think I'll take your advice to heart on the rendering. <3 You're too cool ^_^

If you like, I can send you over some scans of my hand and knuckles?

That would be lovely! I could always use them for stock, if I may. Since I'm looking to draw some Mage runes into her skin, entropy, prime, life, etc. But come to think of it, I'll probably use the "hand scales" as the base!

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Right-oh, I'll note you once I have them uploaded and shit. :)

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