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...
Here is a photograph, showing where we stand with the 3rd Company of von Flickenhoffer's (currently masquerading as du Lepp's) Fusiliers. I'm getting reasonably good at approximating creases and shadows in cloth with my two-tone tan/white approach to approximating clothing spun from natural, undied (undyed?) wool. The rest of the painting should fall into place quickly since all of it involves relative small areas of coverage: mid-blue facings, muskets, musket barrels, crossbelts, a few straps, and so forth.
And here is a close-up of the company NCO along with the next General/ADC pair, who hover impetuously in the background, awaiting their basecoat of black gesso. I'm thinking of giving them uniforms based on those worn by Russian generals of the mid-18th century just to shake things up a bit. In any case, these two figures will provide a nice break between the third and fourth companies of the 80-figure fusilier regiment, which looks like it will be completed by early May. That little milestone will mark the near completion of the Electorate of Zichenau's army, if I have figured everything (ha, ha) correctly, except for that third squadron of plastic Revell hussars. Charge!!!
Comments
And when can we get the game started?
-- Jeff
The fusiliers are looking nice.
and in light of Jeff's comment, above, I'm looking forward to the Stollenians (is that the right word?) beating the vile Stagonians and saving their sawmill.
Jim
(does undyed wool come from the Undying Lands? ha ha)
Excellent painting (as usual)! They will make an impressive display on the tabletop.
Yeah! Go for the Green Czarist look for the next pair of Generals.
Seven Hundred Thousand Russians can't be wrong! (Well...it they are wrong, we took a vote and YOU get to tell them! Ha, ha, ha.
I'm really looking forward to the clash at Sawmill Villiage, and I hope that this time Victory graces the forces of Stollen.
Looking forward to the Stollenian victory !
-- Allan