2023 Was Not a Complete Wash However. . .

The 15 Ansbach-Bayreuth Jaegers mentioned below and finished during mid-2023.

In a postscript to yesterday evening's post, and looking back at the year just ended, painting output was not completely abysmal it seems. I managed to complete the following infantry units:

1) 60+ Wied Infantry (Minden) -- Finished early in 2023.

2) 15 Generic -- Ansbach-Bayreuth -- Jaegers (Fife & Drum)

3) 15 Generic Frei-Infantrie -- Von Hordt --"Double Blues" (Minden)

4) Started 16 of 30 Saxon Cuirassiers (Eureka) in November.

So, not a huge output rolling off the ol' painting desk in 2023, but not too bad either given the various commitments vying for my time the last 12 months or so. The next post, will look quickly at planned painting once the Saxon cavalry have been finished.

-- Stokes

The 15 Von Hordt Frei-Infanterie all based and ready to go. Combined with the jaegers above, they form a 30-strong light battalion according to the rules -- Suggestions? -- outlined in Young and Lawford's Charge! But I do need to add a mounted officer to oversee the combined battalion now that I think of it.

the 60-odd Wied Infantry, which were finished in early 2023.

And the current project a couple of weeks back, in December 2023. Slightly more than half of these have had their flesh tone and basic black horseflesh applied ahead of Christmas. Time this evening to return to the painting desk and block in another basic color.

Comments

Neil said…

Sounds like a great year!

5:11 PM

Andy McMaster said…

Indeed. That's a good solid output for the year. Especially doing big units. And those Jägers are lovely.

A

10:13 AM

Stryker said…

That's more than I managed Stokes so well done!

2:40 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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