writes:My next step was highlighting clothing. I do this in the same way as skin… basecoat, add a bit of white and paint, add a little more white and paint, etc. I usually aim for about 4 steps from base to final highlight. I used pure white for the worm, which I knew would not be totally opaque, allowing a hint of the yellow to come through. I also painted in the skeleton on the worm's back, using the same colors as the digger's clothes so they would unify the set visually. After the skelly dried, I gave him the same custom warm brown wash I used on the digger earlier. I began to work on the beast's teeth, painting them a dull yellow, followed by a series of highlights made by mixing white in the ochre color.
Most of the basecoats and washes were pretty much done at this point, so I started on picking out details. I painted some studs on the belt metallic gold; I painted the boots and shovel handle leather brown; the shovel scoop was painted with a thin gray; tombstone became gray as well; lastly, I mixed a bit of water into a few drops of Elmer's Glue and used the thinned-down glue to attach some sand to the base, making sure to leave the stones that were sculpted onto the base.
After this had dried, I finished off the digger's hair with a bit of Delta Spice Brown. I also painted the base, using Americana Soft Black for the dirt and a dark gray for the stones. I then drybrushed them with a medium gray followed by a very light, nearly white, gray. I did the tombstone at the same time.
The name of the poor unfortunate that the worm had been feasting on was now very clear.
