The details are starting to make the composite grenadier battalion come together really nicely.
For good measure, here is another photograph to show how they look from behind.
A rare nine hours of uninterrupted sleep last night resulted in clear eyes, an unusually steady hand, and the patience for a lengthy session in the painting chair this afternoon.
Some touching up to start, followed by lots of slow, painstaking attention to teasing fine lines of light brown onto canteen straps, white on cartridge pouch straps, and dabbing bits of more white carefully onto fur-covered haversacks and musket straps. My supply of hobby acrylic white is running out, so I made do for most of the latter with simple leather brown for the enlisted men. I also hit the shoulder straps on the left shoulders since I was on a roll and lots of these things came together very quickly. It is not always so!
Still a few things to do, but we're staring to see some light at the end of the painting tunnel! Time to stop for the time being before I start to make those annoying blunders that take so much time to retouch later. It has been an unusually productive day, though, so I am pleased.
Some touching up to start, followed by lots of slow, painstaking attention to teasing fine lines of light brown onto canteen straps, white on cartridge pouch straps, and dabbing bits of more white carefully onto fur-covered haversacks and musket straps. My supply of hobby acrylic white is running out, so I made do for most of the latter with simple leather brown for the enlisted men. I also hit the shoulder straps on the left shoulders since I was on a roll and lots of these things came together very quickly. It is not always so!
Still a few things to do, but we're staring to see some light at the end of the painting tunnel! Time to stop for the time being before I start to make those annoying blunders that take so much time to retouch later. It has been an unusually productive day, though, so I am pleased.
-- Stokes
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A productive day & a very satisfying I should imagine.
Best wishes,
Jeremy
Wish I could still get ceramcoat locally.
How do you find the marmalade mixes with the acrylics :)
A good night's sleep will work wonders for anyone. It permits the body to rest completely and for all the body's major systems to take the time to recover from the stresses and strains of the day.
It is so good to hear that you had a profitable and productive day at the painting table. Each brush stroke brings you nearer to being able to add another completed unit to your armies and to expand the size of your table top battles.
Wishing you continued productivity, I remain,
Gerardus Magnus
Archbishop Emeritus
Best Regards,
Stokes