I recently bought a few painted FPW Zinnfiguren for German eBay. They were painted but were a bit rough around the edges. I quickly over painted the 32 figures in a few days and have now finished basing the first stand. These are a mixture of manufacturers (engravers is the correct term) and mixed together on these large bases (75 by 50mm or 3 by 2 " for non metric viewers).
These figures have a certain charm and the feeling on movement and action cannot be bettered by full round figures.
Form the side or an angled view the base is packed with action and looks like a dense formation of infantry. Looking straight on or from the rear does not work with these figures
A closer view shows how a simple single shading brings the figures alive. In fact these were a lot easier to paint then I thought. But then I am a wargamer and not a flat collector. I have some more figures kindly donated to me from Roy Boardman (British flats figure society) and I will be stripping these factory paints off using Dettol and painting from scratch.
My plan is to use these figures for some 1866/1870 gaming use a range of rules including Donald Featherstones the War Game with additions rules in his War Game Campaigns book in the re fight of the battle of Spichern.
Hey ho isn't this hobby fun.
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