One Week Juiced Jarheads
If It Bleeds, We Can Kill It
I set out a few colors that could pass as skin tones, giving me some more variety within the squad. I could not live with the green, so I highlighted the speedpaint with a lighter shade of straight acrylic. I felt much better about it.
The heads and arms were painted on the sprue. The heads worked out great, as the connection point was at the neck, so it was hid and nothing to touch up. Also, the heads lack eyeballs, so after trying to paint a few eyes, I mailed that in. The arms were another story. I don't think I gained anything by painting them before assembly. The touch up needed after they were glued on was just another step. The skin was washed and then highlighted by adding ivory to the base color. One word of caution, watch were you put the pouches on these guys, they get in the way of the arms easily. I found myself test fitting everything before I could put them together. Tomorrow the weapons and details. 
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