A Few More Newly Cropped Photographs. . .

Here's a reprise of that Fife&Drum Continental Army command base I painted up during December of 2013.

Thank you for the very kind comments some of you have left about yesterday's new vignettes! Much appreciated, and I'll try not to let it go to my head. You know how funny I can get, though, when a few souls make the fatal mistake of bestowing a few words of praise on me. Listen carefully! Can you hear the sound of my already fat head getting bigger?

Anyway, home for an hour or so before retuning to campus for a late afternoon meeting with a colleague (sigh). So, why not kill some time by monkeying around with a few more photographs of vignettes painted last month and Photoshop Elements? This could be a dangerous combination. Very dangerous indeed.

Likewise, here are those four marching Continental infantrymen, undoubtedly sneaking off during the battle under the cover of powder smoke.

And here is a vignette that shows how nicely Minden (the Austrian hussar officer) and RSM95 (firing Croat) figures work together. For the record, the Fife & Drum figures are an equally nice match in size, proportions, and sculpting/casting quality.

Last of all, here are those Minden Austrian and French officers once again, which I painted as Saxons last month. Relative to most of 2013, the last 45 days or so have been highly productive at the painting table. May such industriousness and diligence continue long into 2014.

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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!

Taking Stock Part II: The (As Yet) Unpainted but Planned OOB. . .

Two companies of Reichsarmee grenadiers painted back in 2017 or 2018. Minden Austrians of course. A lovely early autumn day here in the grand duchy. Bright sunshine and a light breeze with cool temperatures will make for some very pleasant late afternoon lawn mowing in a little while. But first a bit more discussion of painting plans for the future. Last time, I looked back at the various and sundry units, support troops, and civilians that I've managed to paint in the last 17 years as the Grand Duchy of Stollen project has developed. So today, let's look into the seemingly bottomless Drawer 'o' Lead to my left for a clue to the new direction. Be forewarned, it's not going to be a quick job getting everything painted and based, but there we are. The following plans are based on the pile of unpainted figures already here. Any future purchases will be limited to small things that might be needed to fill out the envisioned units (the odd few officers mounted o

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 a

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