I'm glad folks convinced me to go with a paint job based on the Averland province- the black and yellow came out great I thought. If you look closely at the General's coat you can see I painted in the yellow and black checks- I love how that came out.
The 'Averland' text I painted on the front armor plate didn't come out as nicely as I would've liked, but I'm nonetheless happy that I did (largely) manage to paint it in a particular font. That's something I've never pulled off before so there's that!
I had to put on my jeweler's binoculars to paint the eyes of the General- getting old I guess. I'm pleased with how the face came out and overall I'll be happy to enter this into the Hobby Forge contest later this month.
Thanks for checking this out, and your comment and criticisms are welcome. Cheers!