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For that fur, it might be easier to base coat light and let a darker colour flow into the recesses. Using thinned-down paint to building up the shadows slowly and mopping up any excess with a clean brush. I usually find you have to alternate doing shading and highlighting when working at that scale, slowly eliminating all the little errors. For highlighting, you can try using the edges of the brush, angled to pick up the raised surfaces, rather than trying to perfectly trace over the raised areas using the brush tip. Stuff you might want to buy to help painting in general: MagnificationHead-mounted magnification is a must. I use one for most of the painting and during building too, when cleaning up mold lines and small imperfections. I use this one but with the LED light and battery taken out to reduce weight ( LED not needed when you have a decent lamp). LampI use the Redgrass R9 one which is "hobby" priced (expensive AF), but its really good. There are plenty of reasonably priced ones recommended on reddit. BrushIts worth getting at least 1 really good brush just for doing fine details. I use a Winsor & Newton Series 7 Kolinsky Sable Brush - Miniature Painting, Size 00 - their "miniature" range has shorter bristles than the standard S7 brushes, so don't flex as much.. good for super fine details.. Again this is top of-the-range, highly expensive and there are cheaper alternatives. Worth getting one or two to sample if this is a hobby you will spend lots of time on. MediumsFlow Improver Medium, instead of water, can help when painting sharp lines. Vince Venturella has a video on this.