Finally solved my acorn problem. I kept thinking I needed to go redder and then not liking it; turns out I needed to go the other way. Mixed the muted orange with Imperial Purple and used it to highlight the clusters. And apparently the leaves. Dammit.
Now I am stalling on the OSL. Pulled a dryad from the bones box and knocked together a 10-minute tester. I went more blue/teal on the Scions of the Flame, but I prefer the straight green this time. The fluor is no joke – a little goes a very long way. Nothing left for it now but to pull the compressor and see if the Eclipse kicks my ass.
OK, so that was pretty much exactly what I intended to do. I know, Gretchen’s shocked too. But can I do it in green? And then white again, and then fluor green, and then white highlights…
I think I’m going to hold him there for today and see how I feel after the paint desaturates.