It's like that sleigh scene in Dr. Zhivago!

At the moment, 6:57am, it is -19 degrees Fahrenheit here in Bloomington, Illinois with (wait for it) a -41 degree windchill! This is Minnesota cold!!! My classes for today have been canceled by my college, so at the moment I'm finishing my mug of coffee before returning to bed. Princess Rannveig, our steadfast kitty, has had the same idea and headed there already to warm up the foot of the bed. Look for some remarks here on those wargaming books I ordered a few days ago from Amazon.com. They arrived yesterday, and I spent last evening poring through them and making a few notes. Early verdict? Interesting, but definitely not The War Game Companion by any means.

Comments

Capt Bill said…

Few can compare to the War Game and the War Game Companion...Bill

11:28 AM

Martin said…

Hi Stokes,

Good Lord man! That picture looks like it was taken on the Ice Planet of Hoth!!! Get yourself back inside and get to painting!

Martin

2:39 PM

Der Alte Fritz said…

A light sabre and a Tauntaun might come in handy about now.

Stop gloating about your day off and get thee to the painting table 8^)

6:16 PM

Fitz-Badger said…

My first impression was "a seal in the frozen north!"! lol
It was only in the uper 70's here today... (ducking!)

7:56 PM

A J said…

...and may the Force be with you! 8^)

5:37 AM

Anonymous said…

And I thought it was cold here in the UK. Brrr...
(Rather you than me Stokes).

Steve

9:35 AM

justMike said…

Well painted Stokes...

7:29 AM

The Eventual Anhalt-Zerbst Regiment. . .

The Anhalt-Zerbst regiment musters in the drill square to sort themselves into platoons and companies during the coming weeks Fall maneuvers if you will. A large dose of real life the last few days with the start of classes next Monday, various preparatory meetings, and finishing up a few other things this week. But, I managed to sort out 60 or so Minden Austrian infantry from the pile and get 'em stuck to temporary painting bases. Must carefully drill out the hands of several NCOs for flagpoles and pole arms this weekend before the usual basecoat. I'm thinking of mixing the usual white gesso with the usual light gray to kill two birds with one stone so to speak. Applying both base- and undercoat in one fell swoop as my grandmother used to say. In the meantime, the recently finished squadron of Saxon cuirassiers has been placed carefully in one of the clear acrylic boxes on my shelves until I have the suitable flag to affix. -- Sto...

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!

Continued Regional Map Revisions. . .

F ooled around a bit more with the revised map just before and after dinner this evening, using the Fotor app to reinsert missing text . I also removed a few other things using the 'Magic Eraser' function, which works surprisingly well. Now, we're getting somewhere. I just have to figure out how to ensure that the text is all a uniform font style and maybe figure out a way to add a few bunches of trees to suggest forested areas, Ninja AI is not always entirely cooperative to the tune of "I'm sorry Dave. I can't do that." -- Stokes

The Grand Duchy of Stollen

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