The Snakestrike Duelist is an older D&D Chainmail figure I painted as a side project back in 2009 ago. The sculpt itself is typical for the Chainmail line, relatively flat and almost 2D-ish compared with more intricately sculpted miniatures. Done mostly speed-painting, the skin isn’t as smooth as I’d like but is a solid tabletop piece.
![Chainmail-GrayElfSnakeStrikeDuelist-Dankel_1](/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Chainmail-GrayElfSnakeStrikeDuelist-Dankel_1-300x300.jpg)
![Chainmail-GrayElfSnakeStrikeDuelist-Dankel_2](/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Chainmail-GrayElfSnakeStrikeDuelist-Dankel_2-300x300.jpg)
Painting a strip of cloth like this made me concentrate more on how to place the shadows around the slow vertical bends. Shadow placement is still one of the skills I have to work hardest at but this was one of the first models I started trying to actively develop the skill.