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Old 04-21-2006, 08:50 AM   #1
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Originally Posted by Louise T. Dailey
The receiver of the gun is indeed a silver metal (chrome...nickel...???) that has engraving on it. I will knock it back, and implement everything else you suggest.
It may be (check your reference) that there are in fact reflected darks, or even oranges from the shirt, that could be worked into that metal to tone down part of it. A little bit of highlight will alone "say" metal more than painting the whole area "silver."

A cautionary note on the background -- don't go into it and create a lot of busy values contrast, or it will come forward and compete with your subject. A little bit of glazing or scumbling over an area, with perhaps a carefully placed highlight or dark accent, should work.
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