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Busy Boys at the Painting Bench. . .

 

The Young Master, some weird middle-aged guy, and the thumb of The Grand Duchess in the midst of base-coating figures.


Well, we finally managed to sit down together earlier today, to apply an initial coat of white acrylic gesso to the 40 or so Minden Prussian musketeers that comprise Young Paul's first ever batch of his own figures.  Contrary to my expectations, we breezed through 'em fairly quickly.  He is already a dab hand with the brush and did more than half of the figures himself.  

We plan to check 'em tomorrow (Sunday) to see if they need a second thin coat before pressing on with the initial dark blue under coats for the coats, waistcoats, and breeches.  I'll take care of the faces and hands before we move on to the black hats, gaiters and shoes as well as the cartridge pouches, and then we'll see what to address next.

Paul mentioned several times during today's session how excited he is to be doing this with ol' Dad, so I am hoping he might want to tackle a a pair of mounted generals next, or maybe a gun and crew.  We'll see how the wind takes us, but he is already "imagineering" his own small force consisting of these infantry, a gun or two with crew, a squadron of cavalry, and a company of Croats, or "Paulats" as he calls them.

-- Stokes

Comments

Ah, this is terrific seeing your son sharing in your hobby. Very encouraging and great job to you!
tradgardmastare said…
Lovely photo and post. Really enjoyed hearing of your wargaming adventures together.
Inspirational Stokes and well done to get your son joining in. You need to direct him to reading a couple of books to help him understand the whole wargames 'thing.' May I suggest you direct him towards a Grant or Featherstone book.
Neil said…
I was blessed with 5 Honorable Sons and it was always a pleasure to share my hobby with them. Now I have 3 daughter-in-laws that do the same!
Neil
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