Trico Last Guardian ~ embroidery prototype

First attempt for this highly detailed pattern. c: It took me about half a day with all the colour swaps and refilling and watching the process like a hawk. But it was worth all the trouble despite the design not being perfect yet up close (which is hardly the case on the first try). Fortunately I know how to fix these errors so I expect the next one to come out cleaner. I'm also not fully happy with the colours  so I will drop by the embroidery studio during my lunch break tomorrow to pick up another shade of grey.

I've been struggling with machine's thread tension for some weeks so I'm glad to see one trip to the local here took care of that issue but I'll spare you the details  

This is a BIG embroidery by the way, taking up all of the 16 x 26 cm workspace in my largest hoop. I doubt I could make it any smaller what with all the feather texture crammed into it.