Great War Germans - WIP

I was pretty pumped last night as I finished off the first of my 28mm WW1 Germans...this of course being in preparation for my entry into the First World War with Battlefronts new line.  I have to admit I like the flexibility of taking pics with an iPad but my photos so far have come out decidedly yellow...my impulse is to suspect lighting but it seems to happen everywhere...

As for the mini, it is from the North Star Figures "Great War Miniatures" line from the stormtrooper blister...or maybe it was labelled trench raider...better minds will prevail.

I have a few pics, first, I took a page from Roundwoods World and painted the base first...I wanted to portray the fig as moving through some very muddy patches, complete with duckboards, etc.  I painted the base colours in 5 steps starting with burnt umber and finishing with Iraqi sand...the pic has the paint numbers...I am working on four figs so I painted each fig according to the order that I used the colours...the only colour not represented is the dry dry brush of Iraqi sand (buff would also work)...

Thanks as always, comments are always welcome.  Cheers.

Painting bases: 1) basecoat in black with the rest of the model 2) burnt umber 80/20 paint to water 3) flat earth 90/10 paint to water 4) dry brush with beige brown 5) very dry brush with tan earth...highlight edges and areas as desired...I chose timber edges and piles of mud/dirt, and then 6) very very dry brush with Iraqi sand...

 

Finished product...