From Alexandros - Ghurkas - Absolute Noob - 55 Points

Happy New Year challengers.

This is my first post ever. I’m absolutely noob and feel like a rockstar in your first concert. In this entry will be a Gurkhas section. It's will a core unit of my challenge.

Gurkhas Section Front View.

 

Gurkhas Section Top View.

During World War II (1939–45), a total of 250,280 Gurkhas served in 40 battalions, They earned 2,734 bravery awards, and suffered around 32,000 casualties in all theatres.(info from Wikipedia)

  

This proyect is focus in far east battle. Playing chain of command rules. I already have a Japanese Platoon  plus reinforcement.

Section have a two team, (Chain of Command british Rifle section) Rifle team with six riflemen and Bren Team with Three men.

LMG Team

Rifle Team + NCO

Figures are made from Warlord Games, I think they are from the last metal boxes. There are 21 figures and they really are very well sculpted.
I bought them a couple of years ago but so far I haven't had time to paint them.

 

The biggest challenge for me is to paint these figures is the skin tone. Searching the internet for the best article I have found is that of the cool mini or not forum.

Chocolate Brown #872, Flat Brown #984, Orange Brown # 981, Beige
Red #804, Cork Brown #843

 
 I have respected the color palette, but I have created intermediate tones between Flat Brown and Orange Brown because the color jump was too large. In general I am happy with the skin tone, but I think I have been a little dark. The next figures I will try a lighter skin tone, with more orange and then shadows with a more purple color.

Welcome along to the challenge Alexandros - thats a fine first entry , i think you got them just right. So its a base 50 points , and an added 5 for an excellent first entry!