Once the flash was removed and the figures washed, Airfix Acrylic Primer was applied (see below, six boys, two new Phalanxes):  

Next step apply a Vallejo „brown wash“ (see below, a muddy brown „campaigning look“): 

Vallejo Game Colour „Dark Flesh“ (see below, small change – a darker brown on a brown background):  

An even darker Vallejo Game Colour, Charcoal/Burnt Brown for the wood bits (see below, everything is getting blurry now – help I need colour):  

 

I decided these boys would have a Vallejo Game Colour Imperial Blue as a „blue“ tunic (see below, not too sure how this will work out, but let’s see): 

The linen tunic armour gets a Vallejo Plague Yellow as a shade colour (see below, slow progress but getting there): 

Finally the armour, a dark bronze is needed, time to use Vallejo Model Colour  Bronze mixed [50:50] with Vallejo Model Smoke to get a lovely dimmed bronze shade colour (see below, looking sinister): 

Exhausting but I am going to push on. looking forward to the lighter base shades 😉