Next big game

Our next big game is set in the European theatre of the SYW. Five of us went for Austrians just to be different I went for the Hungarians as I think they are more colourful.
Here is a pic of some nearly finished. The 2 bases on the left are for a client and the 2 on the right are mine.
After all the talk about Army Painter I thought I'd give it a try. I was lent a tin of Soft Tone by a mate and started off by spraying and undercoating white. For the basic job I blocked in the minis instead of drybrushing as I normally would but found that I had to go over the black a couple of times and any areas that were to be gunmetal had to be painted black first, while gold/brass were best painted Vallejo flat brown.
then a coat of AP was applied before varnishing.
For my Hungarians I followed the same procedure but used a base colour with Devlan Mud over the flesh then AP then a drybrush of the final highlight before varnishing.
While others may find AP quicker I think the basic paint job lacks some of the depth a black undercoat would have acheived. Also it took me longer especially over the Hungarians. Not sure if I'll try it again but it may be that my technique does not suit AP.
When all the boys are finished I'll post more pics.
The minis are from Crusader and lovely they are too. Thanks to Nick at North Star for the speedy delivery.