Night Elf armor paint job progress (Patreon)

I usually do paint job in this order:

1. Base colour (black or white, depending of main colour of the armor). I often use a spray rubber as both foam primer as base color.

2. Add main colour of the armor with airbrush (mixed red and purple)

3. Add metallic colour to the ornaments by hand.

4. Highlight the main armor colour. Use black colour for shading between ornaments and the armor, and for battle damage scratches (scratches should be premade). Add reddish brown shading to the ornaments (optional) .
Highlight silver ornaments with Rub'n'buff.

I know it's look a lot of work between 3 and 4 but actually it's just 1-2 hours difference.