Jaegers zu Fuss at the Gallop!

I managed to get in another couple of hours painting last night. Only six figures left waiting for their light blue turnbacks to be finished. That was a tedious job and my hands were not particularly steady last night. Too much coffee after dinner? Hmmm, I wonder ;-)

So, I changed tack and moved to something larger and easier. I decided to complete all brown shoulder packs, followed by the khaki-colored haversacks hanging just below the shoulder packs.

Well, the Jaegers zu Fuss look very nice now. Most large areas requiring color of some kind are finished. Here’s a rundown of the remaining areas in need of paint:

1) Turnbacks on last six figures

2) Musket stocks

3) Musket Barrels

4) White Shoulder Straps for Shoulder Packs

5) Khaki Shoulder Straps for Haversacks

6) Small White Straps on Brown Should Packs

7) Brass Plates on Cartridge Pouches

8) Brass Pommels on Swords and Tips of Scabbards

9) Small Dashes of Yellow Lace on Cuffs and Exposed Right Side of Coats

10) Brown Colonel’s Horse and Black Reins/Harnesses

11) Any Necessary “Touch-ups” (to cover mistakes as the result of tired eyes and hands)

12) Clear Coat (or two) of Future Floor Polish

And that’s it! I’ve got my test figure sitting just to my left right now, and I think these 12 steps will do it. If I complete a little work each evening through this next week, it’s attainable.

I’ve got some incentive to wrap things up too with the Jaegers zu Fuss. My wife is busy preparing this week for a four-day conference out of town, beginning this Thursday. So, I’ll have a bit of extra time in the evenings. More pressing is the LOOMING next batch of about 50 student essays, which will swamp me as of Friday. Reading and grading those will absolutely suck up all available time the week after, so I’d really like to finish my Jaegers ASAP. Finally, on the other side of the essays, I have some 25mm MiniFig cannon and Revell Austrian SYW artillery figures waiting to become the first two-gun battery of The Grand Duchy of Stollen’s small army. And then there are those six mounted MiniFig and RSM95 general and ADC figures. . .

Presenting the Anspach-Bayreuth Kuirassiere!!!

Here they are, with the rearmost nine figures still drying, three squadrons of the Anspach-Bayreuth Kuirassiere, now in the service of the Grand Duchy of Stollen. And now, it's onto that artillery!

Keepin' an Eye on the World Going By My Window . .

'The Nap at the Palace' by Jose Triado Mayol N ot much in the way of hobby-related activity happening here in the Grand Duchy lately. Sigh. And no surprise there really since there are only so many hours in the day, only so much mental and physical energy to spare, and you sometimes simply just have to give in and know when to say, um, "When!" A glass of wine and/or evening yoga by the hearth with the Grand Duchess (who has practiced for over 20 years), and then off into la-la land. Zzzzzzzzz. More immediately, I'm recovering, mentally speaking, from a grueling Friday in which I was involved with three (online) conference sessions, one right after the other, followed by a 90-minute meeting at the end of the day. Also virtual. My brain has been mush ever since, so an easy, completely unproductive Saturday watching intermittent snow fall outside (no accumulation however) and drinking coffee while the visiting handymen completed some repair work down h...

Having a "No Day". . .

F or the almost 20 years that she lived in Mexico, one of my late mother's Irish friends frequently mentioned having a "No Day." A day with no social obligations, chores, tasks, or other work that interfered with whatever personal interests took one's fancy on the day in question. Since today -- a gray and chilly Saturday -- is Mom's birthday, the Grand Duchess is out with friends, and the Young Master is ensconced on the sofa in the TV room with a cold, yours truly is taking his own such No Day. I think Mom would approve of my decision to make the world go away, as the old Eddie Arnold song intoned, even if only for a little while. So, I will spend Saturday afternoon focused on that first squadron and small regimental staff of Eureka Saxon cuirassiers. These have stood waiting untouched over on the painting table for almost three weeks while we skied and otherwise gadded about with snowy, winter outdoor activities. I hope to share a painting update Sunday...

The Grand Duchy of Stollen

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