I could then make scales simply by rolling the textured tool over the wet putty. An intermediate picture of the Dewback at this stage is shown on the left. Texture stampers can be made for all manner of textures, including cloth and hair. Study the commercial miniatures you have and try to figure out how the sculptor did what he did. Miniature chainmail, when you really look at it, is just a series of holes that can be duplicated with a fat needle.
Chains are really just oval balls of epoxy, pressed flat, with their center holes punched out.
Once these cure, a strip of epoxy is rolled out, laid over the holes, and cut to the length of the links. Once the larger details are in place, smaller details can be added one by one. Much the way a miniature painter will fill in large areas of color before drybrushing on texture, and will finish textures before adding details to packs, weapons and shields, so must the figure sculptor move from the general to the specific. I also re-sculpted the muscles and skin on the arms and neck several times until I got the effect I wanted. Again, I worked in layers.