Damned irregulars with proper uniforms!

[fsn]

Thank you for you sage advice. I have tried your method of defining appropriate female colouration.

I'll let you know how successful it was when I get out of hospital.

[Orcs]

ONE woman? What sort of scientific sample would that provide?

I agree FK. You are right, however I was erring on the side of caution. As we all know it would be best for scientific  reasons to have as many samples as possible.

Multiple samples coulld however be rather dangerous if they were to realise they were not the only sample. BUT it could be lots of fun ( sorry good research)  if you could find two or more who were happy to be sampled at the same time so you could make comparisons. 

[Ace of Spades]

What I tend to do is sort out all the different colours I want to use. For 16th/17th century troops I go as far as using 10 to 12 different shades; some reds, blues, a little bit of green and several shades of grey and brown. I then fix up to 60 figures on strips to hold them and start with the first colour. If I have let's say 10 different colours ( A - J) then for the first figure I paint his pants in colour A; I then count of another nine and paint figure 11's pants in colour A and so on with every 10th figure. I then take colour A again and paint the jacket of figure 2 with it, then number 13, 24, 35 and so on. Continue the process with all the other colours just following the colours on the coats up in sequence now (A/B/C etc. just skipping every now and then were you skipped numbers. Also, don't be afraid to skip one when you get a really bad colour combination!) to make sure you get no two the same combinations. I find it works quite fast and you don't have to think about the combination for every figure individually.
To tie them all together in the end I use Armypainters quickshade to get them shaded, varnished and tied together in one go (of course you need some matt varnish afterwards)
Hope it helps!

Cheers,
Rob