Return to the Back of Beyond

As is often the case, the arrival of summer prompts a pause in AWI painting and lets me undertake a brief sojourn into one of the other periods that interest me. This week I have been continuing the repainting of my Back of Beyond/WW1 collection (28mm).

I have completed the last of my current British infantry, adding a section with a Lewis gun to the Borsetshires:

I have also made a start on repainting my Gurkhas, who will also be expanded to a full platoon. For now here is one section.

I experimented a little with the uniform colour for the Gurkhas, needing something a bit lighter and more yellow than British khaki. I settled on a mix of one-part middlestone to two parts iraqi sand (both Vallejo). Not sure if it is quite right, but it seems a reasonable compromise among several options.

The flesh also needed some thought. I used a base of GW ratskin flesh (with a wash, then a second coat) highlighted with Vallejo Game Colour: Dwarf Skin.

There are now three more sections to complete along with an officer and senior NCO.

I'm also finally working on some vehicular transport...