2023 Was Not a Complete Wash However. . .

The 15 Ansbach-Bayreuth Jaegers mentioned below and finished during mid-2023.

In a postscript to yesterday evening's post, and looking back at the year just ended, painting output was not completely abysmal it seems. I managed to complete the following infantry units:

1) 60+ Wied Infantry (Minden) -- Finished early in 2023.

2) 15 Generic -- Ansbach-Bayreuth -- Jaegers (Fife & Drum)

3) 15 Generic Frei-Infantrie -- Von Hordt --"Double Blues" (Minden)

4) Started 16 of 30 Saxon Cuirassiers (Eureka) in November.

So, not a huge output rolling off the ol' painting desk in 2023, but not too bad either given the various commitments vying for my time the last 12 months or so. The next post, will look quickly at planned painting once the Saxon cavalry have been finished.

-- Stokes

The 15 Von Hordt Frei-Infanterie all based and ready to go. Combined with the jaegers above, they form a 30-strong light battalion according to the rules -- Suggestions? -- outlined in Young and Lawford's Charge! But I do need to add a mounted officer to oversee the combined battalion now that I think of it.

the 60-odd Wied Infantry, which were finished in early 2023.

And the current project a couple of weeks back, in December 2023. Slightly more than half of these have had their flesh tone and basic black horseflesh applied ahead of Christmas. Time this evening to return to the painting desk and block in another basic color.

Comments

Neil said…

Sounds like a great year!

5:11 PM

Andy McMaster said…

Indeed. That's a good solid output for the year. Especially doing big units. And those Jägers are lovely.

A

10:13 AM

Stryker said…

That's more than I managed Stokes so well done!

2:40 PM

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