Thanks Mike J and DBHS. The reference images are great, I needed a decent shot of the belly for the next stage.
Tomorrow I will be changing the colour a fair bit with the next few passes over the beasty, hopefully to tone the blue down a little when seen in normal light, but still retain that high colour reflective quality when shot with a flash to get that intense money shot image going. Its a tricky balance keeping the pigments solid and vivid in a flash shot, but more subdued in sunlight. but its coming on as expected so far.
Tomorrow I will be changing the colour a fair bit with the next few passes over the beasty, hopefully to tone the blue down a little when seen in normal light, but still retain that high colour reflective quality when shot with a flash to get that intense money shot image going. Its a tricky balance keeping the pigments solid and vivid in a flash shot, but more subdued in sunlight. but its coming on as expected so far.