We're Almost There with the Jaegers. . .

A few incorrect details (Grrrr. . .), but my generic jaeger company -- based loosely on the Anspach-Beyreuth Jaegers, who fought in the AWI -- is almost ready for glossing. Just the brass details along with a few of the usual touch-ups here and there, and Bob's your mother's brother.

I hope to have these all finished for our planned Battle of Spargelzeit in about two weeks. The Young Master, in his guise of the tactically astute General Paul von Stollen, will have the honor of commanding them in their inaugural action.

In the meantime, it's onto the so called 'double blues,' a generic company of frei-corps infantry, which you'll observe waiting in the background. These have already had the basic Winsor & Newton Griffin alkyd oil fleshtone applied followed by Army Painter flesh wash to provide some definition and tone down the bright flesh just a bit.

Very eager to begin in earnest with these since I have wanted to add some to the Grand Duchy of Stollen for some little while. The project has been ongoing for 17 years now if you can believe it! Summer 2006.

The Grand Duchess still teases me about bringing along that first unit of plastic Revell SYW Prussian line infantry and a hobby knife on our honeymoon to the Black Hills in South Dakota. I will never, repeat never, live down that particular lapse in judgement.

In any case, different eventual uniform colors for the 15 frei-corps figures, of course, but equally striking.

-- Stokes

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!

Keepin' an Eye on the World Going By My Window . .

'The Nap at the Palace' by Jose Triado Mayol N ot much in the way of hobby-related activity happening here in the Grand Duchy lately. Sigh. And no surprise there really since there are only so many hours in the day, only so much mental and physical energy to spare, and you sometimes simply just have to give in and know when to say, um, "When!" A glass of wine and/or evening yoga by the hearth with the Grand Duchess (who has practiced for over 20 years), and then off into la-la land. Zzzzzzzzz. More immediately, I'm recovering, mentally speaking, from a grueling Friday in which I was involved with three (online) conference sessions, one right after the other, followed by a 90-minute meeting at the end of the day. Also virtual. My brain has been mush ever since, so an easy, completely unproductive Saturday watching intermittent snow fall outside (no accumulation however) and drinking coffee while the visiting handymen completed some repair work down h...

And It's the End of September!!!

Saxony's Ploetz Cuirassiers, an illustration lifted from the Kronoskaf website, which has thus far guided my spectacularly glacial painting of 30 28mm Eureka Saxon cuirassiers purchased all the way back in October 2016. A gray, cool Saturday here in Mid-Michigan with rain in the forecast. The Grand Duchess is away at a conference, so it's just "The Boys" here at home. The Young Master (almost 15) has retreated to his room for something or other following breakfast while I have stolen back down here to Zum Stollenkeller (masquerading as my office) with a second mug of coffee and both cats comfortably ensconced nearby. Enjoying the late morning and still in my pajamas! Not much planned for today beyond designing a couple of promotional flyers for workshops my department is presenting (small parties we will throw?) in October and November. With maybe a bit of on the next podcast script. More important, I am toying with the idea of returning for an hour or...

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