Very cool. Good to hear you're doing figures. Ausf is out of my league, but if you ever want to trade labors, I can do stuff for ya in exchange for figures, like maybe the fuel drums I make or whatever else we can trade and haggle for. Maybe a hopped up smoker or something. I'm always on the lookout for figures (and any other accessories I run across) and I'm still trying to come up with a few decent tank commanders. I actually do that with a few guys here and the $6 USPS flat rate box makes it pretty easy to swap stuff. Since you just joined I'll be interested to see where your talents lie, and you can see most of mine at my youtube channel.
I've always been mainly a static modeler myself, and I like WWII fighter aircraft in 1/32 and larger the best, any area or scale you prefer?