Copplestone Back of Beyond Warlord Chinese HMG

This was an excuse to paint up a heavy weapon team and use a larger base. It's like painting a mini-diorama. I might have to do more Chinese warlord figures after this one!

I have based them on a 50mm round straight edged base. The texture was build up using Vallejo Sandy Paste.

Now I haven't done this side with the loader. I figured I could paint him separately so I could get at all the detail. Here I've done a first layer with Tanned Flesh:
With more of the skin done up - a few more layers of Tanned Flesh, followed by a first highlight of Midlund Flesh:

Skin is finished (to a degree) and the uniform edges cleaned up with black. Ok I skipped a few steps in my photo taking here... so a short summary:

• Grey Uniforms: Cryx Bane Base mixed with Iron Hull Grey, highlighted with Iron Hull Grey and then further highlighted by adding Menoth White Highlight. For that nice greeny-grey look.
• HMG: Tin Bitz, followed by many many washes of Badab Black!
• Red: Sanguine Base highlighted with Blood Red, and further highlighted with Blood Red mixed with Fiery Orange.
• Skin: Highlighted further with Pale Flesh.
• Puttees: Foundry Drab A, B and C.
• White Socks: Astronomican Grey, highlighted Skull White.
• Black Shoes: Chaos Black, highlighted Chaos Black with Astronomican Grey.
• Buttons: Boltgun Metal with Badab Black wash.

The base was Palmer Raw Umber, drybrushed Snakebite Leather, drybrushed further with Bleached Bone, and a bit further with Menoth White Base. The rim of the base is Burnt Umber, to match my other pulp figures.

The grass tufts are my favourite as usual... Silfor.

 Afterwards, I added some more highlights to the uniform to make them stand out a bit more...

I think they're pretty much done. I'll take some better pictures later on!