>>8944207Hey anon, I worked on a ridley recently (with a friend, mostly did the fitting and painting) and posted about it here. It ended up being his and I need to do up a second myself.
I ended up using a marvel legends female arm for the neck.
For paints I primer coated in grey, then did washes of purple/pink followed by another grey wash.
The eyes are yellow at the center and fade to orange/red toward the edges. As long as you thin your paints you should be able to get something nice and gritty.