The Grand Duchess of Stollen Comes Through Yet Again!

Just a quick note before Christmas dinner is served. . . Among my wonderful Christmas gifts from the Grand Duchess Sonja today was a small package from the Dayton Painting Consortium -- US distributor of the RSM 95 range of figures. Inside the carton were over 60 Prussian Potsdam Grenadiers, drummers, officers, NCO's, mounted colonel, and a few extras. Enough figures to create my own version of the famous Erbprinz Regiment from Young and Lawford's Charge! And the RSM are not out of scle wth my plastic Revell figures or MiniFigs either. What a Christmas it's been!!!

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Bluebear Jeff said…

Ah, what a gem your lovely Sonja is!

As you may recall, I'm a great fan of the RSM figures. They are what I am using for my Saxe-Bearstein forces.

Take good care of your charming lady companion . . . she obviously takes good care of you.

Merry Christmas!

-- Jeff

2:42 AM

Anonymous said…

SUPERIOR from the Grand Duchess of Stollen!

Much praise for such a wonderful lady!

Cheers

1:46 PM

Anonymous said…

In twenty years of marriage I've never even got close to having my wife buy figures - let alone a complete regiment with staff!

you need to take really good care of the Grand Duchess because she is a star.

11:57 AM

Here's an RSM Painting Update

Here's a picture illustrating my (S-L-O-W) progress with the second company of Stollen's Leib (Grand Duchess Sonja's Own) Grenadiers. You can see I'm doing things a bit differently this time, altering the painting process to keep it interesting basically. This evening, I'll do the white gaiters and, if that goes reasonably quickly, and time allows, the red breeches. Still lots to do, but I like the way these fine fellows are shaping up along side the completed 1st company that's standing in formation just off camera, to the left here. Until tonight then!

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!

Having a "No Day". . .

F or the almost 20 years that she lived in Mexico, one of my late mother's Irish friends frequently mentioned having a "No Day." A day with no social obligations, chores, tasks, or other work that interfered with whatever personal interests took one's fancy on the day in question. Since today -- a gray and chilly Saturday -- is Mom's birthday, the Grand Duchess is out with friends, and the Young Master is ensconced on the sofa in the TV room with a cold, yours truly is taking his own such No Day. I think Mom would approve of my decision to make the world go away, as the old Eddie Arnold song intoned, even if only for a little while. So, I will spend Saturday afternoon focused on that first squadron and small regimental staff of Eureka Saxon cuirassiers. These have stood waiting untouched over on the painting table for almost three weeks while we skied and otherwise gadded about with snowy, winter outdoor activities. I hope to share a painting update Sunday...

The Grand Duchy of Stollen

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