The armies of Stollen and Zichenau include figures from the defunct range of Revell SYW plastic 1/72 figures, many 30mm by RSM95 (ex-Pax Britannica, currently marketed and sold as 25mm), and a unit of infantry from the sadly inactive 30mm Huzzah range, along with others by Spencer Smith, Holger Eriksson, Minden Miniatures, and a few from Miniature Figurines plus some staff, generals, guns, and wagons from Fife & Drum Miniatures. At some point, I hope to add a few more figures by Suren/Willie and Stadden/Tradition to the Grand Duchy of Stollen collection. Ah, buying and painting more figures. . . It's like a sickness. Cover your eyes! I'm hideous!
Arrrgh! Gotta go back into camera settings on my iPhone to bring all of the frame into focus. Blast! Painting is underway on the 60 or so Minden Austrians, which are slated to become my version of the Anhalt-Zerbst Regiment of AWI renown. More or less indistinguishable from Austrians of the era really, right down to the red facings and turnbacks, but the eventual flags (already in my files) will set them apart. I went ahead and based-coated all of them over a couple of days lthe last week of August, using a mix of light gray and white acrylic gesso, before next applying my usual basic alkyd oil flesh tone to the faces and hands. In a day or two, I'll hit that with Army Painter Flesh Wash to tone things down a bit and bring some definition to the faces and hands. As usual, the plan is to focus on about 20 figures at a time, splitting the regiment roughly into thirds along with the color party and regimental staff. Depending on ...