Almost There With the 3rd Garrison Regiment. . .

The figures are not quite this bright in reality. The autofix feature on my Fotor online editor makes things really, really bright, which helps small objects show up, but the colors are sometimes artificially enhanced. Still, they aren't half bad.

Happy to report that my work on The Young Master's 3rd (Prussian) Garrison Regiment is almost complete barring buttons, flags, gloss varnish, and permanent basing. Yes, you heard right. And we've only been picking away at them since January 2021!

But it is amazing how a couple of small things will suddenly brig a unit of figures in-progress to life. For these particular figures it was the addition of the light blue pompoms and white tassels on the tricorns. Except for a few touch-ups, followed by the many brass buttons, they are just about done.

Blogger access issues continue to plague me at home, so I am writing this post at work while taking a coffee break (Monday morning. Photo uploaded Tuesday morning). We got a new internet provider at the start of February, and this seems to be, as near as I can determine, when my problems with access to Blogger began.

The Grand Duchess, who is much more tech savvy than I (she began working with computers in the late 1970s as a eight-year old), maintains that I am crazy. It is a coincidence. She says.

I nevertheless wonder.

-- Stokes

Comments

Neil said…

Love it!
Neil

8:33 AM

David Morfitt said…

Great to see you working on your SYW troops again; looking very good. They'll look even more snazzy with their flags! ;-)

Cheers,

David.

10:22 AM

tradgardmastare said…

Splendid fellows, looking forward to seeing them in action…
Blogger can be a bit hit or miss I find. A tad annoying.

1:28 AM

Big Andy said…

Long Live the Shiny Dudes !

3:36 AM

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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