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8th Army Indian Infantry

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From the Midlands to the Western Desert

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So here’s my first try on caucasian skintone in this project. May I introduce 2nd Lt. Gareth Lombscomb, a bank accountant by trade who – in peace times – lives in a small town set in the soft rolling hills in the heart of Albion. Now he finds himself on duty under the burning sun of north africa – for king and country.

For his skintone I used Basic Flesh as a base, then mixed in Pink Flesh (to give a subtle red(ish) touch – the sun and northern europeans, you know) and finally mixed in Pale Flesh for the last step – all colors Scale75.

The BD trousers are painted with English Uniform by Vallejo and highlighted by mixing in some Iraqi Sand (also VMC). The mini is a mash up made out of a body from the regular late war plastic British infantry by Warlord Games (please WG give us a new and updated box of these!!) and a head and arms from the new 8th Army box. C&C very welcome.

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civilcourage
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Looks great @shoop77, i was thinking of using the new 8th army stuff with the older Warlord British stuff as it looks so much better! This just proves it.

Im starting a sikh army soon and love the look of your minis so am getting my first scale75 paints. Enjoying the project.

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The whole mini looks great, I love the attention to detail. The skin tone is spot on as well, though usually, the English are lobster red if they go anywhere near a bit of sunshine 🙂

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