A fter two days, the hat and saddle cloth lace is done. Whew! I also highlighted the visible facings/turnbacks with Army Painter 'Fur Brown.' Probably lighter than the actual coffee brown described, but artistic license and all you understand. Next up three more tiny details: the gold loops holding the white ribbons onto the hats, mustaches, and the cuirass waist belts. After that, gunmetal and brass on the carbines and slightly lightened 'Leather Brown' highlights on the shoulder belts and gauntlets. Somewhere in there any visible buttons [and sword baskets] as well. The trumpeter and his mount will be two of the last things to tackle before final touch-ups and eventual glossing. I'm aiming to have 'em all done by month's end, just two weeks and a bit more away. Can he do it? Stay tuned to find out. -- Stokes
A pplying brown highlights to the carbine and pistol stocks where visible this (Saturday) afternoon, and thought I'd continue by tackling the yellow lace on one of the troopers. You know. Just to see what that might look like. As I have tended to do in the recent past, I used Army Painter 'Basilisk Brown' to avoid anything more garish and glaring. Must admit I kind of like the results. Much more businesslike than, say, a bright yellow that might have been more at home on the sets of The Bugaloos, H.R. Puffenstuff, or Sigmund and the Seamonsters . Showing my age there you understand! But I'm getting ahead of myself a bit. Or perhaps behind? Still quite a few bits of brown and brown highlights to attend to first. Back to the salt mines as my grandfather used to joke once the (reheated) coffee break concludes. -- Stokes