Permanent Bases for the Anhalt-Zerbst Regiment. . .

Eight figures to each 60mm x 40mm base as laid out in Gilder's In the Grand Manner. The mounted colonel with two standard bearers, an officer on foot, and an NCO on the odd-shaped base in the middle. The three singles at the back are reserved for company officers on foot, NCO's, and musicians. My unit organization continues to follow, more or less, those outlined in Young and Lawford's Charge! Or How to Play War Games (1967)

When working on a large project with several different parts, it is sometimes helpful to change things up a bit and work on another part of the project for a while. Which is what I've done yesterday evening and for about 35 minutes mid-afternoon today (Thursday). Playing hooky from real life -- or sagging off from school -- for a few minutes you understand.

In any event, here are the Litko bases with their second coat of Citadel Waboss Green to match the actual figure bases once those are cemented in place. Now, many have asked over the years why I don't terrain the bases of my line units but instead opt for a bright "old school" green.

Well, the simple answer is that I like the way it looks. Kind of reminds me of the green metal bases of two old Britains sets of WWII German and British infantry given to me by my maternal grandparents for Christmas back in about 1975 or '76. Which I still have packed carefully away here in Zum Stollenkeller by the way.

Nostalgia for a simpler, somewhat kinder era I guess. . . with better music. At least to an eight or nine-year-old boy.

In the meantime, a few more small things to see to with the last batch of Anhalt-Zerbst figures. Flags to follow this weekend, and then we can let the glossing begin.

We're almost there people!

-- Stokes

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And We're Off!!!

Arrrgh! Gotta go back into camera settings on my iPhone to bring all of the frame into focus. Blast! Painting is underway on the 60 or so Minden Austrians, which are slated to become my version of the Anhalt-Zerbst Regiment of AWI renown. More or less indistinguishable from Austrians of the era really, right down to the red facings and turnbacks, but the eventual flags (already in my files) will set them apart. I went ahead and based-coated all of them over a couple of days lthe last week of August, using a mix of light gray and white acrylic gesso, before next applying my usual basic alkyd oil flesh tone to the faces and hands. In a day or two, I'll hit that with Army Painter Flesh Wash to tone things down a bit and bring some definition to the faces and hands. As usual, the plan is to focus on about 20 figures at a time, splitting the regiment roughly into thirds along with the color party and regimental staff. Depending on ...

Sunday Morning Coffee with AI. . .

A rmed with a second cup of fresh, strong coffee, I messed around a bit this morning with artlist.io using its image to image function in an attempt to convert my hand-drawn map from September 2006 to something that more resembles an old map from the mid-18th century. And just like my experiments with Ninja AI in June, the results are mixed. The above map is pretty good, but Artlist keeps fouling up the place names and has trouble putting a faint overlay of hexes across the entire area. Hexes, admittedly, are not likely to be found on any genuine maps from the era in question, but there we are. Frankly, I prefer the appearance of the Ninja map, but there were problems getting it to correct its errors. Grrrr. As is the case with so much having to do with the various AI's out there now, the output generated is a direct result of the prompts entered. For text alone, and when you develop a lengthy, highly detailed prompt, it is...

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

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