Here is the first unit off the line for my French Napoleonic army. Painting figures on this scale is actually fairly easy, and it's wonderful churning out 24 figures in a couple of evenings. If you look closely you'll realise that the paint jobs look a bit rough, but remember these things are 6mm tall! On a tabletop they look just fine, and the mass effect on the table top is something you can't get in any larger scale.
It's always tempting to jump straight into painting the generals and guard units, but it's a good plan to try knocking off a number of the basic units first - it let's you "get your eye in", and tests your ability to churn out large numbers of these things! Each infantry unit has 48 figures, and with over 12 of these in an army, that's a lot of figures.
Despite the number of figures, they're fairly easy to paint when you set up a production line and it's quite feasible (even for me) to turn out a unit in a week. That's something I would struggle to do with 5-6 32mm figures.I'll try to take some in progress photos on the next lot, and post some details of what it's like to paint these guys.
