Gurkha Reinforcements

I wanted to bring my Gurkhas up to a full platoon strength so I ordered a couple more packs from The Assault Group.

I used my standard 14th Army method:

• Clean up figures and stick on 25mm round MDF bases
• Prime them with Halfords grey primer.

I then rough out a base coat as follows:

• Vallejo Gunship Green: Shirts, trousers, some hats, some webbing, some gaiters, some packs, some water bottles
• Vallejo Khaki:  Rifle slings, some hats, some webbing, some gaiters, some packs, some water bottles.
• Vallejo Chestnut Brown: Rifle stocks, entrenching tool handles, bayonet handles, some boots.
• Vallejo Black: Bayonets, Rifle fittings, some boots.
• Vallejo Saddle Brown & Vallejo US Tan Earth : Exposed flesh.

Once the figure is base coated I give the figure a wash of Vallejo Sepia Wash. Once dry I apply the highlights as follows:

• Gunship Green areas: Highlight with Gunship Green then highlight again with a mix of Gunship Green & Dark Sand
• Khaki areas: Highlight with Khahi then highlight again with a mix of Khaki & Dark Sand
• Chestnut Brown areas: Highlight with Chestnut Brown then highlight again with a mix of Chestnut Brown & Dark Sand
• Black areas: Highlight with Black Grey for the boots 
• Black areas: Highlight with a mix of Gunmetal Grey and Black for the bayonets and rifle fittings, then bayonets are then further highlighted in Gunmetal Grey
• Exposed flesh highlighted with US Tan Earth then highlighted again with Tan Yellow. The officer was done in Basic Fleshtone highlighted by adding Ivory.

Once the highlights are done then the detail is picked out with Windsor and Newton Peat Brown ink.

The bases are then covered in PVA glue and dipped in a coarse sand mix that is painted Vallejo US Field Drab, highlighted with Vallejo Dark Sand and then washed with Vallejo Sepia Wash then decorated with tufts and scatter.

Here are some extreme close ups.