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Nearing the Finish with Batch #3. . .

 



Having a "No Day" this Saturday, as my late mother would have put it.  Just saying no to everyone, everything, and enjoying some me time.  What better way to do that than to continue brushwork on the current batch of 16 figures?  I thought you'd agree.

This time around, I tried taking pictures with my iPhone.  I think they are marginally better than those taken with my now venerable Sony Cybershot although I am not quite sure.  In any case, PixlrX still is not cooperating and refuses to open any of my images, so these are the raw pictures without any autofix, adjusting for brightness, or cropping.  

Still, they provide a reasonable idea of where things are at the moment.

Remaining tasks include the queues at the back as well as highlighting visible hair and curls at the temples, mustaches, and metallics (musket barrels and firelocks plus brass fittings, cartridge pouch badges, and the few visible buttons), plus the inevitable touch-ups.  And then I will be free to forge ahead to the final 13 officers, NCOs, and musicians plus the ol' mounted officer and horse before flags, glossing, and permanent basing.  

With the start of school on September 1st for yours truly, maybe we are looking at another month's work on the current unit?  We'll have to see, but I am eager to finish these, so The Young Master and I can return to his battalion of Prussian garrison infantry.  

I'd also like to tackle a couple of mounted generals or perhaps a couple of guns with crew in time for Young Paul's 12th birthday at the end of October, or Christmas if time becomes scarce in the meantime.  The latter is probably the more realistic view if we are honest.  

Beyond that, another squadron or two of cavalry followed another regiment of line infantry, this time an Austrian regiment with some wonderfully striped flags is the plan.  But we're getting ahead of ourselves here!  Quite a bit in the planned queue before that particular project takes shape.

-- Stokes

Comments

Wellington Man said…
Your endless patience with these enormous regiments always pays off spectacularly, Stokes. These are looking fantastic.
I try not to think too much about what's lined in the queue when I'm painting, but usually fail!
Best regards
WM
1:28 PM
Matt said…
I do admire your "big battalions". They are coming along very nicely and I am very interested in your future plans. I have definitely developed a leaning towards the tricorne era of late but on a far more modest scale.
3:56 PM
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