On To Beja Unit Two and Three

I'm now starting on the next two units of Beja, which I've just washed in a black / brown ink wash, with a splash of Future to help it flow into all of the corners. It's a bit weird to wash them before blocking in but I want to have a good key for the paint and also make sure that all the cracks and crevices in the figures were shaded in. I also don't want to overwash the whole figure once I've painted it, as it tends to dull down the lighter shades for which I use a GW Gryphone Sepia wash later on anyway. The next step, once the ink wash has dried, is to block in all the black areas including the hair, spear tips, swords and rifle fittings. I've chosen figures with a minimum of fiddly bits to paint so the plan is to get them done by the end of the week.