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Bit of a practice piece, trying to keep my precision up. Thoughts on the tartan and sword in particular appreciated.

The tartan is great - really subtle. Might have been lifted by using some blue though.
Also I think the sword could do with a really thinned wash / glaze of blue ink - I find that this helps elven weapons look cleaner & newer.
If you did both it would 'pull' the model together, linking the sword, the arms & legs together.
But that's just my opinion.
Great to see a model from my youth as well! Must be around 25 years old.

Yeah, think I'll try with the blue on the sword. Good call.
Pretty sure I have some more old-school woodelves (other than 60 old plastic archers) kicking around, so I'll try blue in the tartan too.

Tartan looks ace. Bubber's unifying blue suggestion sounds great, thinking about the model more generally, but the execution of the pants in a vacuum is damned near flawless.

I think the sword is the weakest element on the whole model. I don't see much differentiation between the various faces of the blade - only between edges and flats. This gives (me, at least) the impression not of a smooth blade catching light, but of a rough blade with a somewhat odd pattern of wear. Correct me if I'm jumping to inappropriate conclusions, but I don't expect that was your intention. Not being familiar with the sculpt and viewing this on a less than optimal screen (computer is dead), I may also be missing contours of the blade that inform the current pattern of shading.

Nah, it's rough as a badger's arse here (it was not done slowly, lol). Needs to be smoooooooth. :-) I've had a fiddle with it, but I think it still needs more contrast.


Glad the tartan's worked though.

The handle/hilt on the sword could use something, but I am buggered as to what. It just matches the glove too much. Maybe a black wash? A medium gold highlight?

Honestly though, looking at your work makes me want to stop painting

Following on with the feedback, and also trying out some flower tufts (which believe it or not I've never used before):