Way back in my college days, I took a stagecraft class, and actually did pretty well with it. One of the most important lessons I learned was the 3 colors rule. When you go to a play, those are not simple painted walls you see. It's not like at home, where you run a couple of layers of the same paint over the wall and leave it at that. In theater, the lights are a lot more intense and in order for the walls to look "normal" there are actually at least 3 colors applied to the canvas flats. A base color that covers the entire flat, and then, using either a splatter technique or a sponge technique, you add different colors to give the flat texture and life when the lights hit it.
I have found that technique to be useful here as well. Last time, I painted my basic color, the golden brown, on the bunnies. Then I took a darker color and mixed water into it to act as a wash that would seep into the sculpted crevices.
With the wash in one hand and a paper towel in the other, I began to apply the wash. Then let that dry.
I then took a lighter color and with a very dry brush, lightly loaded with paint, went over the bunnies. I made the grave mistake of putting white in the eyes. Zombie bunnies. This technique clearly did not work with these figurines.
Back to the drawing board.
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