RSM Figures Primed and Ready to Go

Finally, the first batch of RSM figures is base coated and ready for black undercoats this evening. Had hoped to do all of this passed weekend, but company Saturday evening and various things Sunday got in the way. So, things got a little bogged down here at Stollen Central.

Anyway, here are the current stars of the show in all of their unpainted glory freshly “gessoed” and awaiting their coat of black acrylic undercoat. Wednesday evening, I aim to paint faces, hands, white wigs, and perhaps green bases. Thursday evening, it will be the light blue coats. Maybe red breeches and small clothes Friday afternoon, but since I’m leaving town for a week very early Saturday morning, packing my suitcase will probably take precedence. L

By the way, when you have the chance, visit Phil Olley’s website, and take a gander at his recent updates for his own fictitious Pils-Holstein Campaign. Fantastic painting, terrain, and the beginnings of a wonderful ahistoric narrative for his own imaginary 18^th century combatants. Truly a display of modeling skills and imagination to which we all should aspire! Click on this link to be whisked over to Phil’s War Cabinet:

http://www.warcabinet.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/

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A Little More Brushwork. . .

A little more brushwork on the first batch of (my version of) the Anhalt-Zerbst Regiment yesterday (Saturday). Taking a different tack this time and addressing many of the details first before the white coats and other larger areas of uniform. The eagle-eyed among you will notice that I've painted the (dark) red stocks of the enlisted men. Always a difficult and frustrating item to paint, it made sense to paint from the inside out as it were and get that particular detail out of the way first rather than try to paint it in later after much other painting has been accomplished. Trying to reduce the need for later retouching of other items on the figures you understand. Hopefully, I will be able to get back to these later today after a second trip back to the Apple Store for help with a couple of new iPad issues and, following the return home, some revision of Google Slides for tomorrow's meetings with my students. -- Stokes P.S. And according t...

Basic Reds Done at Last. . .

S till quite a way to go with the current batch of 20 human figures and a horse (of course), but they're actually starting to look like something after all of the red distinctions. Quite a bit of painting in hour-long sessions the last week as and when time has allowed. Mostly applying the basic dark red to facing areas and turnbacks followed by the inevitable touch-ups to clean up wobbly edges and those misplaced, minute splotches of Citadel Khorne Red. They're looking like so many Austrian infantry regiments of the era at this point, but the eventual flags will turn them magically into the Anhalt-Zerbst Regiment, more or less, of the AWI period. But I'm getting a bit ahead of myself. One frustrating point (ahem) of sad discovery. I've started trying to use those Winsor & Newton 'Series Seven' brushes (#1 rounds) purchased last spring, and the blasted things simply will not keep a point. Very frustrating since I have heard over the y...

It's Early Days Yet. . .

M aking some early progress with Batch A of the Anhalt-Zerbst Regiment over the last several days/evenings. Nothing terribly exciting just yet, but the basic black, brown, and flesh areas are done as are the green bases, and gray undercoat. The latter two areas needed some careful retouching early in the week. Next up, the neck stocks. I might just do these in red for the enlisted men although some of my source material suggest they were black, but I always look for an excuse to shake things up a bit. Any errant splotches of red (or black) can be covered with another application of light gray before I move onto the next step. "Giddy up!" as one Cosmo Kramer might have said. -- Stokes

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