Zulu! Speedpaint redcoats

First trial figure

HäT British Infantry. Prep and base to taste- after a soapy warm water wash mine were PVA'd to 20mm washers and then the bases were built up with some filler and sand. I didn't de-flash these figures at all. I use a bit of wood with magnetic tape on it to hold my figures for spraying- it allows me to easily get to all the underhangs. I believe I got this idea from an old White Dwarf, actually.

Natal Native Horse in the background

Colours used (Derivan Minis unless otherwise noted):

• Army Painter Skeleton Bone spray
• Vallejo MC 70.995 German Grey
• Prussian Blue
• Roman Red
• White
• Celtic Green
• Light Chestnut
• Flesh
• Silver
• Desert Stone
• Vallejo 73.300 Sepia Shade wash

These are your magical time-savers

1. Basecoat Army Painter Skeleton Bone
2. Boots grey; trousers blue; jacket red
3. Webbing, piping etc. white. Green to collar tabs and cuffs. I blocked in all of the epaulettes, then filled in the middle with red and did the piping on the trousers.
4. Rifle: brown with grey metalwork. Grey for the bayonet scabbard as well.
5. Flesh, sideburns, bayonet. Touch up the helmet with Desert Stone if required.
6. Sepia wash. I paint this on, and try to brush away any pooling.
7. Flock to taste

I've slightly refined the process since these pictures were taken. I do the boots at the same time as the rifle (Step 4), and I paint the buttons and belt buckle gold (Step 5).

PS: I was this close to having posts titled 'Zulu3', 'Zulu: Resurrection', 'Zulus vs. Redcoats', 'ZvR: Requiem', etc.