Guess the Swiss uniform - part 207...

Morning all! can I enlist your help to identify/guess the Swiss uniform?

My feeling is the fellow in green is an army officer and the chaps in blue a kind of railway militia guarding the tracks and tunnels etc.What do you think...

p.s I am tempted at raising a unit if I can glean enough info

Further prints...

Morning all! I have posted another two plates,this time of cycle troops. The plates come in pairs -one with uniform details and the other an atmospheric scene of troops in a background landscape. As I have still got no info regarding the plates I shall be asking you all to help identify some interesting but unusual Swiss uniforms here. Sufficient to say that they will add variety to my units for the games of 2013 and before...

A plate and update...

Blogger has deigned to allow me to upload a sample image today- my beloved mountain troops...
As you can see the plates are both inspirational and also excellent as a painting guide and reference...

Still no word re the Swiss Lake warfare book - I do not wish to hassle my contact in Austria so I will wait patiently...

Re the wooden ships- they are ensconced in a dry part of the garage and have had no work done upon them yet. We are at the stage of thinking what we will do regarding the garden in the light of a forthcoming new garage,subsequent landscaping changes in the vicinity and a desire to extend the veg plot in order to have more room to grow veg and fruit. In the light of the current fluid state regarding the Green Waters" the ships will be in dry dock at present...

A generous retailer...

My long awaited CD arrived from Europe yesterday. It is filled with mouth-watering paintings of ww1 Swiss uniforms. However ,when I was using it , I could not locate the accompanying text on the plates...
I enquired about this from the vendor who said ( to cut a long story short) as it had not been advertised as not having text on it he would give me my money back. I,of course, replied I would return the CD first. In the intervening time I took to write an email I got an email back -I had been notified of a refund in full and told to retain the CD as a goodwill gesture! A most generous gentleman indeed...
P.S I was trying to upload a plate to show you but Blogger is playing up again- I will post one here when I can!

Update re Army Red/White etc...

Morning chaps!
On my summer hols here in Tradgardland and this is the vibe one attempts to create...

Much thought but little practical work done in the realm of FLW recently. I have not started the wooden ships - inclement weather and other matters have caused this.

I have sent off for a series of prints of the Swiss army in WW1- looks like a definitive work as far as I can see. Certainly they are more detailed than anything else my robust searches have come up with. They were expensive by my hobby standards but will be well worth it. They will guide my painting ,planning and preparing for the Padre's 2013 fest...
Hopefully the plates will help Army Red/White to have as wide a range of uniforms as possible and add colour and interest to the army. I will tell you more when the plates arrive. Well that is all for now...

High Summer...

It is high summer around the green waters that form the lake seperating the hiemat of Army Red/White and San Martino. The respective fresh water navies still lie in a polly bag in the garage untouched. The foilage has grown up around the shores of the lake and the lake itself could do with a mow I fear...
However I would like to start at least one vessel this week. The Swiss book has not been forthcoming and I am a tad tired due to the 4.00am smoke/heat alarm false alarm this morning- it took 45mins to get the noise to cease!!!!!!!!!!
Off to have a cuppa in the garden on my new Ikea chairs with Jan...