Steve - I did a bit more work on the face last night, and he's safely in the cabinet this morning. I've got a Bonaparte's Military Coldstream Guards officer bust to do next - a bit of a rough sculpt, so we'll see. I've also lined up a whole set of Young Miniatures busts to do - I've come to realise that my eyesight has got worse and that smaller scales cause too much eyestrain. Very hot here in Kent, but manageable.
Andy - I do feel uncomfortable painting Nazis, especially after watching documentaries on the Holocaust. I was shocked to realise recently that the personnel rounding up and shooting Jews in a well known bit of film taken in one of the Baltic states, were Luftwaffe men - the insignia clearly visible. Still, as you say, all armies are oppressors to someone, and soldiers are just ordinary people in the end.