Anker: Apartmenthaus

One more unusual, challenging building from the CVA booklet with building plans for GK-NF 10 to 14, the Apartment Building for GK-NF 12.

As always, click on the pictures to see a larger version.

One of the unusual features of this building is that it includes a basement level with several rooms and a fully built out stairs leading down from an ground level entry on the outside of the building.

Building rear with back entry and the balconies 

These balconies were the hardest part of the construction, In particular, the middle stones of each balcony floor are only held by the weight of several stone layers above, so they have to be added as late as possible.

Nevertheless, because I didn't think about a proper sequence of placing stones, this building was the first where I had a partial crash when half complete the 2nd floor balcony came down.

Side view

One of the creative aspects of the building is how it achieves a very regular, symmetric three floor outside with many variations in the height and thinkness of the wall layers.

Building front with main entrance and stairs leading down to the basement

Kurmainz Grenadiere

Here is the first combined Grenadier unit for the Zinna Reichsarmee OOB. It has four companies from the Kurmainz Infantry which I already painted earlier, and two from Ernestinisch Sachsen where I haven't done the basic unit yet. 

Kurmainz Grenadiers with Austrian style bearskin caps

The fun thing about "obscure" Reichsarmee units like Ernestinisch Sachsen is that they combined a mix of smaller units each with their own uniforms. In this case, the first battalion had Grenadiers with Prussian style mitres as seen in the front rank below (officer still missing...), and the second infantry battalion had companies with three different uniforms which I also reflect with a mix in the second rank of the unit shown below.

On the left, the two Ernestinisch Sachsen grenadier companies with their mix of four different uniforms, and even Austrian and Prussian style hats.