Then ready for more armor drawing, it's like a staple, though great that the ladies usually wears inefficient amount of them and make life easy lol
Again, armor drawing is another set of skills to acquire, the 'fades' comes in handy if it takes too much time to draw.
I guess it's inevitable that you have to include painterly strokes in your art if you are heading towards this path, but it's not essential. There are pros that still retain their clean crisp style in fantasy art, but few.
ImagineFX being a fantasy 'guide' mag will help you out if you still keep tabs on them
Btw, you should get a hardcopy of the mag if you can get it in your country, the CD included with the mag is always golden with educational materials in it