I painted the helmet, boots, gloves metallic red and purple. Put a gloss coating on the helm and a satin finish on the gloves and boots. Did some slight shading on the body and finished with a matte coat. I used a mixture of brown and red to fill in the muscle definition. I've never been a big fan of shading with black paint, the figure just looks dirty to me, like it was dipped in grease. I filed down the face and painted black and added eyes. I've always liked the phantom look for magneto.