5.1 A Dark Blue Undercoat Underway. . .

A rather Citizen Kane angle, but it shows off the regiment nicely, I think. Six horse grenadiers are on the way from Minden, but I'll tackle them as well as the officer and trumpeter at left in September once the initial 36 are finished.

Snatching a few minutes here and there as and when spare time presents itself. As planned, I finished basecoating the last twelve figures yesterday evening before turning in, and I have begun applying the very dark blue undercoat today, three after breakfast before starting work for the day, and another four a little while ago after lunch before returning to work and the world of real life. It ain't all it's cracked up to be, is it?

-- Stokes

Comments

David Morfitt said…

Those are coming on very nicely! And real life - yes, very overrated... ;-) Hobby life is so much more fun.

All the best,

David.

12:24 PM

Jonathan Freitag said…

Good start! I hope to see more regular progress updates on these fine troopers.

2:15 PM

WSTKS-FM Worldwide said…

Thanks men! 44 strong once the in transit horse grenadiers, regimental C.O. and trumpeter have been painted. Slightly unbalanced, yes, but at least I didn't opt for hussars. That would be certifiably crazy.

Best Regards,

Stokes

6:47 PM

Big Andy said…

Looking good there Stokes. Keep at it !

3:36 AM

Presenting the Anspach-Bayreuth Kuirassiere!!!

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