Zinn

Zinn is an alloy (98% tin, 2% lead, antimony, and other elements including a trace amount of either Polar Ash or the Green Powder used in the Plattnerizing process) that is highly resistant to acids, poisons, fungi, mold and to some extent even the milder forms of Black Smoke. The exact formulation of Zinn was long ago classified as a state secret by the Pruztian High Chancellery and knowledge of the formula was strictly limited on a need-to-know basis for more than fifty years, during which time it was zealously guarded by the descendants of the Baumhoffer family until some agent or agents unknown managed to steal the notebooks, records and original test samples from the Baumhoffer family vault. The Pruztian Imperial Laboratories have never been able to successfully duplicate the original formula for Zinn, though they have come up with a number of other useful alloys and compounds. The use of an inferior grade of zinn is one more factor in why the Pruztian New Model Zinn Soldiers and Fyters are somewhat inferior to the Old Model Zinn Soldiers and Fyters produced in Wermspittle, despite all assertions to the contrary issued by the High Chancellery.