Hello!
Thanks a lot for your great comments.
Stik - thank you for the photo references. Can you tell me more on the ODA 525? It's the first time I hear the name of this unit mentioned.
Gamera - I can use moral support, too! Welcome!
TB - a good boss is a treasure, in the military probably even more than in a civilian job where you don't need to put your life on the line.
I'm having a few days off between the holidays - so there's no better opportunity to clock some modelling time! Here's what I did with the face of my fig. First I put on some Tamiya grey spray primer, I let it dry and then I put on a layer of Humbrol 63:
This needs to dry well - 24 hours or more. Once this is dry I put on some dark brown wash made out of Humbrol brown paint diluted with airbrush thinner:
Now this wash doesn't need to be dry before I mix white paint with (very little of) the same brown used before, getting a pale pink shade, that I dry-brush on the face to create highlights. Here's the effect:
I've also tried to bend the colours a little by applying some acrylics. Those were the Games Workshop "Kislev Flesh" and "Cadian Fleshtone" (those names!) - they turned out to be almost perfect match to what already had been there:
Finally I took some more Games Workshop dark grey and painted the eyes and the moustache:
The lower lip was also painted brown - it's hard to spot in the photo but it really makes a difference.
Now I need to work on the cover - I'd be glad for some references. I'm especially interested in how the underside of the visor looked - or the correct name of the cap, so I can google for more references.
Thanks for looking and have a ncie day
Paweł