/ic/ - Artwork/Critique

Hmm. Can't be bothered with what other people said but I'll give my lazy response!

My best tip would be to look at things as they are. The metal is just another surface that reflects things according to its attributes. My suggestion is: Take a random scene from google and paint it from the point of view of the armor. Like what would this plate see? then just dim it down and it'll look like you knew what you were doing. The more matte it is, the more you want to mix the local diffuse color to your image... Tere are tons of ways to utilize this shit... Study 3d. Do drugs. I don't care!