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July Painting Challenge: Day #31 (11:44pm Eastern Daylight Time). . .





At 11:38pm this evening, just a few minutes ago, and with 22 minutes left of July, I rinsed my 000 sable 'spotter' and called this composite unit of grenadiers DONE.  The last item painted was/were the hair and wigs, the latter for the officers, NCOs, musicians, and sapper.  The rest got one of two reddish brown shades of natural hair.  

I'll fix the color on these three photographs and crop them tomorrow once I return home from yet another session with the periodontist.  For now, I am going bed.  I'm bushed.

-- Stokes

Comments

Congratulations on a challenge met and over come!
My Dear Heinz Ulrich, Greetings!

Congratulations on a splendid artistic achievement. I'm sure that I express all of your readers' sentiments that we will soon see these figures take their rightful place on the line of battle.

My very best to your noble family.

Gerardus Magnus
Archbishop Emeritus
Ed M said…
Rather like Fogg arriving at the Reform club just as 8:45 chimes: well done, old Bean!
Matt said…
I salute you Sir!

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