Well I didnt satrip the paint, I used Reikland Flesh Wash to make the armor more bronze like, but anyway this time it's the cloak. I have tried to do thin layers for a smoother transitition from dark to light on the cloak. I still might add another light layer on the raised areas.

The base colour for the red is Red Gore and then I added black for the dark areas and then I just added more red to to make it lighter. For the higlighted areas I added Blood red to red gore to make it lighter.