. . . Donald Featherstone. Yes, I had a second very nice letter waiting in the mail for me from Mr. Donald Featherstone this afternoon! And he is interested in learning more about the Old School Wargaming Yahoo group. So, I guess I’ll just have to send another letter, explaining some more about all of us to him and supply the weblink. Wouldn’t it be neat to add Mr. Featherstone to our ranks at OSW? Funny the possibilities that come about when one revives the apparently lost art of letter writing.
As far as painting goes, I managed to get in a couple of hours on those last nine Spencer Smith cavalry. Just the faces and green bases so far, but they look more alive now than was the case a week ago. Tomorrow, it’s on to the white wigs, gauntlets, shoulder straps, and saddle cloth edges plus the tape on the tricorned hats.
On a humorous note, our cat “Rannveig” sat at my right elbow early this evening watching my every move with the paint brush. At one point, she stretched out an arm and rested her paw on my shoulder, withdrawing it when I looked at her and quietly said, “No”. A little later, she put her forepaws on my shoulder and stood up, looking into my face as I continued painting. Another “No” from me. Again, she sat back. Finally, she got bored and went away somewhere. Who knows? Maybe she thought that she was assisting. What goes on in the minds of felines?
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Pete IS coming over to paint, so the time you suggested to call won't do . . . not that there's any great hurry.
I hope to finish "converting" the painting on one infantry and two cavalry units and . . .
. . . and to be tricky. Since Pete is getting more of his troops finished, he needs fewer of mine to flesh out his forces . . . so I'm going to re-flag some extra standard-bearers so that they have Saxe-Bearstein standards.
They will STILL have some Stagonian standards (which can serve in Pete's army as Norden troops), but they will give me some flexibility to field a large force for Saxe-Bearstein if necessary.
Later this year it will get warm enough to prime my RSMs and then I can start in on my "real troops" . . . but for now these give me something to play with.
-- Jeff
Failing to find it on two tries the cat chose to go back to the TV remote....
My cat's favorite sleeping spot is my painting desk chair. There's no room on the desk itself!
I'm still looking for a copy of his Campaigns book at a reasonable price. I think the Japanese have a term called Living Treasure. Certainly in my book, Mr Featherstone justifies such a term in the wargaming community.
Regards,
Guy
A really nice man and finally getting the respect and admiration he deserves.
The letter can be used to over awe opponents in you wargames room for years to came.