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A Pre-Christmas Russian Battery and Crew Painting Update. . .

 

Said battery and crew.  The guns are basically finished and mostly glossed.  Still quite a bit to accomplish for the crew however.  Not my best painting, but they should still reasonably good at arm's length once painted and glossed.  I am, however, very pleased with the red coats, breeches, and waistcoats.

Hard at work in the evenings recently painting the Minden SYW Russian artillery for The Young Master's Christmas gift. At the fine detailing point now, so maybe I can get them done and glossed, carefully wrapped , and beneath the tree in the next couple of evenings.  Or three. 

Since these are imaginary troops after all, I am ignoring some of the historically correct details and going for the overall effect.  They are nevertheless looking pretty good to my eyes at this point.  Certainly far from perfect, but I think our Paul will appreciate using them against ol' Dad's troops during our Christmas Week game.  

On that note, I plan to set up the folding tables tomorrow and have a look at some possible scenarios.  Our usual reinforced brigade-sized game ought to do the trick, scratch the toy soldier and wargaming itch, and still enable us to finish in a few hours. 

Stay tuned!

-- Stokes 

Comments

tradgardmastare said…
They have painted up beautifully.
I look forward to seeing your game too.
1:27 AM
marinergrim said…
They look very nice all the same.
1:34 AM
Ross Mac rmacfa@gmail.com said…
Uh oh, Santa may have to pay the elves overtime to be ready in time!

They ARE looking good though and I'm sure he will treasure them for decades to come.
11:51 AM
Bluewillow said…
They look great, I must get back to a bit of imagination stuff next year.

All the best for 2022, Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

Cheers
Matt
French Wargame Holidays
2:34 AM
Bloggerator said…
Lovely Figures Stokes, painted I see to your usual impeccable standard! :)

Good show,

Greg
3:07 PM
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