Some more Swiss

I'll add some more images of my Swiss army soon - I need to do some additional touch-up washes on them and also get a better camera, it seems. My iPhone camera is just not up to the task - I have a better one, but don't use it much; I'll have to see how well it can handle close-up shots.

For my initial batch of Swiss, I wanted to keep things simple; i.e., easily recognizable Schwyz contingents with lots of red and the obligitory white crosses. Many of these are Tumbling Dice metals, which mix in perfectly with my 1:72 plastics, including some LW Swiss Mercenaries. I base most foot figures 5-to-a-stand [3/2] 60mm x 40mm - offset so as to look denser from the front. Also saves me a singe figure per stand. Skirmishers with crossbows and handgonnes are in looser order with 3 to a stand. This feels right to me, since I think they would need a little more room to load and operate.

I haven't really even started getting into my MiniArt Swiss Pikemen and the boxes of Ultima Ratio Swiss that I picked up last year. I'll be sure to get them painted up in the colors of some other Cantons to make things look a little more varied. As for my painting style, it's pretty basic - I wish I could paint as well as is done on Paul's Bods http://paulsbods.blogspot.com/ but I have not the time or inclination; if it looks good from a couple of feet away, that's good enough for me. I may add a dark wash to bring out some detail, but I'm not doing dry brush highlighting on small scale figures like these.