bolt action marines started

so I got the US Army FOO since they don't make a Marines FOO yet..I'm gonna start with these 3 to try and nail down the paint recipes.

Basecoat is as follows,
uniform: army painter army green
Skin: reaper tanned skin
belts and pouches: 2:1 Reaper Tanned Leather: Reaper Olive Green
Radio hardware : Reaper olive green
gun wood and helmet straps: oiled leather
boots and gun gun barrels etc: walnut brown

 Highlights
skin: blend 1:1 tanned skin , tanned hightlights, final highlight pure tanned highlight
Uniform 2:1 army green,tanned highlight .mid highlight 1:1 ratio of the same Final highlight 1:2 green to tanned highlight
Belts and Pouches used same but added bit of linen white to it..then more linen for last highlight
Radio Hardware I just added some alien flesh grey to the olive green and line/edge highlighted.
gunwood and helmet straps: 2:1 oiled leather and added tanned leather then final 1:1

boots : slight layer of blackened brown and then some small edge highlights of alien grey .
gun and clasps: a thin layer of gun metal

Used Army Painter Strong Tone and used a brush to apply the dip and used a cheap fine brush to wick out the excess.
Its still wet but I've found it really takes 48hrs to really dry and harden before applying a matt cote to it and flocking.


So heres wet dip effect till monday , got the next one primed and ready to paint.