Almost There With the 3rd Garrison Regiment. . .

The figures are not quite this bright in reality. The autofix feature on my Fotor online editor makes things really, really bright, which helps small objects show up, but the colors are sometimes artificially enhanced. Still, they aren't half bad.

Happy to report that my work on The Young Master's 3rd (Prussian) Garrison Regiment is almost complete barring buttons, flags, gloss varnish, and permanent basing. Yes, you heard right. And we've only been picking away at them since January 2021!

But it is amazing how a couple of small things will suddenly brig a unit of figures in-progress to life. For these particular figures it was the addition of the light blue pompoms and white tassels on the tricorns. Except for a few touch-ups, followed by the many brass buttons, they are just about done.

Blogger access issues continue to plague me at home, so I am writing this post at work while taking a coffee break (Monday morning. Photo uploaded Tuesday morning). We got a new internet provider at the start of February, and this seems to be, as near as I can determine, when my problems with access to Blogger began.

The Grand Duchess, who is much more tech savvy than I (she began working with computers in the late 1970s as a eight-year old), maintains that I am crazy. It is a coincidence. She says.

I nevertheless wonder.

-- Stokes

Comments

Neil said…

Love it!
Neil

8:33 AM

David Morfitt said…

Great to see you working on your SYW troops again; looking very good. They'll look even more snazzy with their flags! ;-)

Cheers,

David.

10:22 AM

tradgardmastare said…

Splendid fellows, looking forward to seeing them in action…
Blogger can be a bit hit or miss I find. A tad annoying.

1:28 AM

Big Andy said…

Long Live the Shiny Dudes !

3:36 AM

Presenting the Anspach-Bayreuth Kuirassiere!!!

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