Day 180 of 182 & Day 154 for 2022: Picked out one figure from the intended as Hawkwood archers, and painted first color of gray on his padded armor, followed by a cream colored over brush of the high points, which is not really a dry brush, but instead a thicker coat. This has left the recesses in the medium gray. I'm contemplating doing this to his other clothing, and then use a different color on top of those as a way of doing color and a highlight in one stroke of the brush.
I did do the latter on a pouch and the over hood of his head, to see how that'd turn out, and might try this for the scabbard, maybe even the helmet.