Von Polenz Cuirassiers (circa 1733) Ready for Glossing. . .

After a week away from the painting table as real life and the approaching fall term encroach, I returned to the chair this afternoon and finished the various buttons on the trumpeter's coat. The squadron is now ready for the usual 2.5 coats of acrylic gloss varnish, which I'll start tomorrow (Monday) evening.

In general, I am very pleased with the way the figures and their mounts turned out. Some of the details are wrong, of course, but overall they don't look half bad. I'll see about the squadron standard in due course.

Looking ahead, I think a regiment of infantry is in order before I return to cavalry and a monster regiment (36+) of Minden Austrian hussars. I've found a unit that wore basically red uniforms with red saddle cloths and valises, so that should help move things along a a fairly rapid pace (he said). Watch this space!

-- Stokes

Comments

Andy McMaster said…

That's a splendid unit. I look forward to seeing them in all their shiny glory!

5:31 PM

tradgardmastare said…

Hurrah! A fine body of men, indeed.

12:20 AM

Anonymous said…

Very smart. What paint do you use for the bases?

1:43 AM

tidders said…

Lovely unit

9:40 AM

caveadsum1471 said…

Excellent looking body of men, they look splendid!
Best Iain

4:19 AM

WSTKS-FM Worldwide said…

Thank you gentlemen! I must admit that I am happy to have these just about finished. And after only (almost) nine years!

Kind Regards,

Stokes

5:14 AM

WSTKS-FM Worldwide said…

@ Anonymous -- I use a couple of coats of Citadel 'War Boss Green' as my base color for line units of cavalry and infantry. It is very close to the old Games Workshop 'Goblin Green.'

Kind Regards,

Stokes

5:18 AM

Anonymous said…

Thanks for the information on paint.

3:11 AM

WSTKS-FM Worldwide said…

Happy to assist!

Kind Regards,

Stokes

6:56 AM

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. -- Sto...

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!

Continued Regional Map Revisions. . .

F ooled around a bit more with the revised map just before and after dinner this evening, using the Fotor app to reinsert missing text . I also removed a few other things using the 'Magic Eraser' function, which works surprisingly well. Now, we're getting somewhere. I just have to figure out how to ensure that the text is all a uniform font style and maybe figure out a way to add a few bunches of trees to suggest forested areas, Ninja AI is not always entirely cooperative to the tune of "I'm sorry Dave. I can't do that." -- Stokes

The Grand Duchy of Stollen

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