T-minus five days and counting. . .

Here's the 1st Squadron of Zichenau's 11th (Prinz Albrecht's) Hussars, galloping behind their newly appointed colonel, "Frieherr Adrian von Muenster" (atop the lively bay steed at front) and their newly issued guidon. Except for two coats of Future/Klear acrylic floor finish, they are ready to take the field this coming Saturday, if "Herr Major Wolfgang von Hirschbiegel" chooses to include them in his advance guard, which will attempt to seize and hold the small village of Pickelhaubewicz, along the postal road to Krankenstadt, the Stollenian capital. The second squadron of the regiment is reportedly on its way from the Zichenauer frontier and should join the 1st squadron by midweek.

Comments

Fitz-Badger said…

Dashing fellows! Your blog is always an inspiration!
Maybe I'll try my hand at a solo battle this upcoming holiday weekend...

8:28 PM

Bluebear Jeff said…

They look great, Stokes. For Stollen's sake I hope that they don't fight as well as they look.

-- Jeff

12:38 AM

tradgardmastare said…

Huzzah for the hussars- they are fantastic! Like Fitz-Badger I fancy a solo game- I will work towards the Christmas hols I think. Thanks for the offer of the playsheet.
Alan

12:54 PM

Captain Brummel said…

Sir!
I arose early this morning to read the latest despatches from Zichenau and Stollen. Imagine my joy at being appointed commander of Hussars. I can only hope to prove worthy of this honour.

Sir, I remain your obedient servant
Adrian Freiherr von Muenster.

superb stuff Stokes, looking forward to the forthcoming fisticuffs. Swords and roses, swagger and dash, this is what wargaming this period is all about.

all the best
Adrian

1:12 PM

old-tidders said…

Nice hussars, superbly painted. I like the guidon.

--- Allan

6:49 AM

A Little More Brushwork. . .

A little more brushwork on the first batch of (my version of) the Anhalt-Zerbst Regiment yesterday (Saturday). Taking a different tack this time and addressing many of the details first before the white coats and other larger areas of uniform. The eagle-eyed among you will notice that I've painted the (dark) red stocks of the enlisted men. Always a difficult and frustrating item to paint, it made sense to paint from the inside out as it were and get that particular detail out of the way first rather than try to paint it in later after much other painting has been accomplished. Trying to reduce the need for later retouching of other items on the figures you understand. Hopefully, I will be able to get back to these later today after a second trip back to the Apple Store for help with a couple of new iPad issues and, following the return home, some revision of Google Slides for tomorrow's meetings with my students. -- Stokes P.S. And according t...

Basic Reds Done at Last. . .

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It's Early Days Yet. . .

M aking some early progress with Batch A of the Anhalt-Zerbst Regiment over the last several days/evenings. Nothing terribly exciting just yet, but the basic black, brown, and flesh areas are done as are the green bases, and gray undercoat. The latter two areas needed some careful retouching early in the week. Next up, the neck stocks. I might just do these in red for the enlisted men although some of my source material suggest they were black, but I always look for an excuse to shake things up a bit. Any errant splotches of red (or black) can be covered with another application of light gray before I move onto the next step. "Giddy up!" as one Cosmo Kramer might have said. -- Stokes

The Grand Duchy of Stollen

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