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Im painting up some Flames of war british infantry atm and I was wondering if anyone had some tips on how to paint the faces. I want to do it in a way that gives a good impression of the face instead of it just looking like a blob of flesh. Any tips?

High contrast seems to be the way to go. The features are so small and the detail so shallow (due to scale, not necessarily bad casting) that you pretty much have to paint in any impression of depth. I'd skip the washes and be sparing with highlights, focusing on the base and midtone to give a pseudo-blacklined (not actually using black, just starky lining with a dark fleshtone) effect. Strong, sharp shadows defining the jaw, brow, and nose seem more effective, to me, than subtle shading and an attempt to define them by the highlights.

A light flesh base coat, followed by a darker flesh wash - anything else is wasted effort.

I usually do a darkish brown basecoat followed by a wetbrush/overbrush of a fleshtone color.