I am just starting a GNW Russian army and am looking for suggestions as to a suitable shade of green for their coats. Also any suggestions on the best painting techniques for this scale - black undercoat and drybrush over, solid colour and highlight or solid colour and wash would be a great help as it has been over 25 years since I last looked at this size of figure. Many thanks.

I've used Vallejos 'Uniform green' for my Russians, and at times mixed in a little bit of yellow or white to highlight or vary the colour a bit. Personally I didn't find the drybrushing technique to be a very useful one for miniatures this small, I prefer to do little lines and dots of relatively bright colour, and leaving a black undercoat in less pronounced places like between an arm and the body, or a horses underside, to create and illusion of a shadow. Horses I give a brown, red, or black wash to, but I've found that uniforms get a bit too muddled by inks and washes, though I know many others wash infantry as well. 

Oldun:

At the time of the GNW the Russian army was still wearing various coloured uniforms. Not just green but red, blue and a few other colours. Plus the exact shade of green varied from unit to unit, etc.Similarly later on the units usually had red cuffs, facings, etc, with their green coats but at this time these things could also be other colours.

They are quite a colourful army.

Thank you both for the information and comments. The first infantry unit is now being painted - black undercoat then uniform green follwed by blocking in the remaing colurs. They will be based for Twilight of tThanks once again.he Sun King. Basing will be Baccus system. Flags wil be from the Tacitus web site. 

Thanks once again.

Sounds wonderful!