For Jean-Louis: Planned Stollenian Uniforms

Above: Von Hanzelwicz's Cuirassiers

Above: Turducken (Von Haubitzke's) Hussars

Above: Von Hildebeitel's Regiment (Allied regiment from Werben-Steinau)

Above: 15th (Von Flickenhoffer's) Fusiliers (Allied regiment from Tauroggen-Fiebus with pink facings/turnbacks)

Above: 4th Sappers

Comments

Snickering Corpses said…

I'll be really interested to see the Sappers actually, when they're done. I'm probably going to be using some of those Austrians you sent me to form a sapper battalion of my own.

9:30 AM

abdul666 said…

I support the "pink facings /turnbacks" for the 5th (Von Flickenhoffer's) Fusiliers regiment from Tauroggen-Fiebus: currently (with white) they look very 'Insurgents of the AWI'; not that I dislike the uniform, but with pink it will be far more 'original' / 'characteristic'.

Even if the drummers wera 'reversed colors' they would look 'decent': think that among the Napoleonic French cavalry in green, among dragoons, chasseurs and chevau-legers, some regiments had pink facings, and the trumpeters wore 'reversed colors': pink with green facings is the 'awful' combination always quoted as 'what creators of Imagi-Nations would NOT do'!

Cheers,
Jean-Louis

10:06 AM

A J said…

Excellent designs, Stokes! As Jean-Paul says, pink can be a dangerous color to deal with, but I think it'll work fine with von Flickenhoffer's regiment. As for sappers... hmm! I knew there was something missing from my own OrBat.

3:08 PM

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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