I spent all night overthinking did I paint my 40 troops the wrong colour.
Trick question- AFAIK there IS no correct color. I cannot find ANY colour photo of Australian troops in Libya in early 1941. The black and white ones just show a very dark colour with very light helmet and ammunition pouches.
All the reference book covers are drawn in pencil have different colours, as does every British Battledress 1937 on the Internet. I know this is probably accurate, but it does not help my overthinking about it.
I could mix colours, but I really do not want to do that for 40+ troops.
The Vallejo English Uniform I did as a undercoat is very dark and close to the Satchel brown, but I personally think that's too dark. I suspect my Zhenital highlight is too bright and should have been done from above and not 45 degrees to the rear.
I think the second one below is going to be closest, which is fortunate as that's what I'm going to do anyway. Army Painter Speedpaint 2.0 Strong Tone wash over Warrior Skin.
I did that and concluded the Great coat needs to be darker, so repainted all of them in Satchel Brown. So the battledress is mostly pants only apart from 1 Sargent with a SMG and 3 officers.
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