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New Year's Eve at the Painting Table. . .

Here is where things stand with the 6th (Luebecker Musketeers) Infantry, as of mid-afternoon, on December 31, 2011.

And here are the remaining figures that make up the balance of the unit.  New Year's Day will see me starting work on the final ten musketeer figures, leaving the colonel, two company officers, and the two drummers until last.  The January 16th painting challenge deadline looms just over two weeks away!

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marinergrim said…
Happy New Year to you and family, may the painting brush stah firm and not dry out.
5:31 PM
Der Alte Fritz said…
They are looking rather nice. Any plans to add a battalion gun or a light 6-pdr to support the unit?

I wish that I could paint this evening. :(
7:21 PM
Mosstrooper said…
A Happy New Year to you and yours
4:15 AM
Prince Lupus said…
Looking forward to more of the Duchy of Stollen in 2012.

Happy New Year
4:44 AM
Conrad Kinch said…
Happy New Year Stokes.
7:32 AM
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