Sent to the painting/radio table last evening by my wonderful wife (Yes, it's true!), I had a blissful 90 minutes or so, to work on the second batch of RSM Austrian cuirassiers. Nothing much to look at yet, but the nine horses are now drybrushed with dark blue, and I began undercoating the tunics with tan as part of the usual tw0-step process for white uniforms. And later, Sir Paul actually let us sleep for almost two hours straight last night before summoning everyone for a change of diaper and another round of feeding in the wee hours of the morning.
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...
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