Getting Caught Up. . .

A run of rainy, wet days has allowed me to catch up a bit with my painting. So, here are a couple of quick shots showing where things stand with the first 16 or so figures in my version of the Schaumburg-Lippe-Bückeburg Infantry. Just some cropping and a little brightening to help things show up. Really just detailing now to finish the first company.

Depending on how I feel later this evening, I might press on and apply a mix of acrylic gesso and light gray as an basecoat/undercoat to the next eight musketeer figures, three company sergeants, and remaining officers on foot.

-- Stokes

Comments

tradgardmastare said…

Splendid Stokes, coming along very nicely indeed!

1:18 AM

Marvin said…

I've said it before, I'm sure - lovely figures. With attention from your brush they are looking very smart indeed.

5:17 AM

Matt said…

Coming along very nicely indeed!

3:38 PM

Here's an RSM Painting Update

Here's a picture illustrating my (S-L-O-W) progress with the second company of Stollen's Leib (Grand Duchess Sonja's Own) Grenadiers. You can see I'm doing things a bit differently this time, altering the painting process to keep it interesting basically. This evening, I'll do the white gaiters and, if that goes reasonably quickly, and time allows, the red breeches. Still lots to do, but I like the way these fine fellows are shaping up along side the completed 1st company that's standing in formation just off camera, to the left here. Until tonight then!

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!

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...

The Grand Duchy of Stollen

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