The progress continues...
Have done a bunch more painting, and now Suletta's lower torso, right leg and arm, left forearm, and both feet are more or less done. Today was all about painting the hair-- primarily to hide dark bits left over from trimming off the nubs. The final red-orange mix I came up with is damn near identical to the base runner's red, so I'm not going too heavy on the coats. I also figured out the dark blue for the headband, so that's in progress as well.
This evening, I tidied up a little and started decaling. The faceplates went a bit easier this time not only because I have a better idea of what I'm doing, but because for this kit, each brow and eye are attached as one piece. As I'd anticipated, the gold engraving stickers for the torso were tricky. They look pretty decent once they're set in place, but of course, it's the setting that's hard. You can't see it here, but the pointy back ends of the collar trim tore off during application. I've dabbed a little gold paint on both ends to try and make it look a little better.
As for the experiment I mentioned last time, check out the third pic. I finally tracked down Tamiya's Weathering Master sets for figure kits (G and H), and picked up both sets, along with one of set B. I also found a shop that carries individual AK Interactive weathering pencils, but haven't messed around with those much yet. I've been primarily focusing on the wrinkles in Suletta's clothes, with a little bit of shading on her skin. I can already tell that like with so many other things related to plamo, getting better at using weathering tools will take practice.
Not much longer to go now! Hopefully I'll have her done sometime early next week.