Here is where things stand at the moment.
Still messing around adding layers to hills and ridges this afternoon with the help of my small, blonde assistant. Happy Fathers' Day everyone!-- Stokes
A little more brushwork on the first batch of (my version of) the Anhalt-Zerbst Regiment yesterday (Saturday). Taking a different tack this time and addressing many of the details first before the white coats and other larger areas of uniform. The eagle-eyed among you will notice that I've painted the (dark) red stocks of the enlisted men. Always a difficult and frustrating item to paint, it made sense to paint from the inside out as it were and get that particular detail out of the way first rather than try to paint it in later after much other painting has been accomplished. Trying to reduce the need for later retouching of other items on the figures you understand. Hopefully, I will be able to get back to these later today after a second trip back to the Apple Store for help with a couple of new iPad issues and, following the return home, some revision of Google Slides for tomorrow's meetings with my students. -- Stokes P.S. And according t...
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What spires, what farms are those?
For it is the table of yon Stokes,
Where toy soldiers march in rows,
I am no hand at verse it seems,
and had best stick to prose.
Our friend and commentator, the estimable Conrad Kinch, proves that within every Irishman burns the spirit of the poet, if in ever so small a quantity! It was a pleasure to view your efforts in terrain design. Will you be draping a oovering over these or painting and flocking them? They should provide a wonderful venue for your table top battles when done.
May you have had a wonderful Father's Day and may you have many, many more.
Best regards,
Gerardus Magnus
Archbishop Emeritus