Great stuff, if the Lardies are Arnhem buffs they'll both enjoy some of the other stuff too.
Painting the big lads, number one difference, is being able to see the little bastards. As for painting, due to galloping old fartdom, my standard of painting is really crap these days. The big chaps get block painted then a bath in strong tone, cop out I know but seems to works well on WW2 figures, I want 'em fighting not poncing about on a cat walk!