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The Eventual Anhalt-Zerbst Regiment. . .

 

The Anhalt-Zerbst regiment musters in the drill square to sort themselves into platoons and companies during the coming weeks  Fall maneuvers if you will.

A large dose of real life the last few days with the start of classes next Monday, various preparatory meetings, and finishing up a few other things this week.  But, I managed to sort out 60 or so Minden Austrian infantry from the pile and get 'em stuck to temporary painting bases.  Must carefully drill out the hands of several NCOs for flagpoles and pole arms this weekend before the usual basecoat.  

I'm thinking of mixing the usual white gesso with the usual light gray to kill two birds with one stone so to speak.  Applying both base- and undercoat in one fell swoop as my grandmother used to say.

In the meantime, the recently finished squadron of Saxon cuirassiers has been placed carefully in one of the clear acrylic boxes on my shelves until I have the suitable flag to affix.  

-- Stokes


A Next Day P.S.

Something was not quite right.  So, I looked again into one of my plastic compartment boxes of Austrians and found two standard bearers, who will replace the two NCOs pictured at the front of the regiment, and have added an RSM95 grenadier in bearskin, who will march with the color party at their head.  

A chosen man or a higher ranking sergeant of some kind.  A Zichenauer cousin of sorts to the fabled Oberfeldwebel Klatschen.  Longtime visitors to the Grand Duchy of Stollen might remember him.  The RSM of  my version of Brigadier Young's Erbprinz Regiment, painted waaaay back in 2007, using RSM95 Prussian grenadiers.  

Anyway, the current finagling of Minden Austrians brings the figure total to 62 miniatures if we count the colonel, and the horse he rode in on as a single figure.  I think I'll base-/undercoat the first company of 19 at left tomorrow night.  Seems like a good Thursday evening activity to calm the mind before co-facilitating a program kickoff Friday morning.

By the way, have a look at Phil Dutre's latest blog entry over at Tiny Tin Men.  He's doing something that will no doubt resonate with many of you.  It certainly tickled my old school fancy.

-- S

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pancerni said…
Colored undercoat, very modern & fashion forward.
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