RE: weathering
mikeyt-
Looking good on the armour! You have subtle technique. May i suggest picking up a copy of Shep (Shepard) Paine's Building Dioramas and Painting Armour. This guy is a world class modeller in static contests and shares his weathering techniques in very simple but thorough step. his use of washes and dry brush methods are truly 'par excellence'.
Cheers
Falke