After a busy morning filled with lots of little things on the dreaded end of semester/term 'To Do' list, I took a long lunch to dry-brush the bases with some cheap tan craft paint and then apply some foliage clumps with careful dots of superglue. To my mind, at least, the finished company of Slavonische Brooder Grenzer look like they are emerging from the edge of a wood to harass an exposed Prussian flank a hundred yards or so away.
A few days' break, and then it's time to apply the usual white acrylic gesso to those last 14 or 15 Eureka Saxon cuirassiers. I've been doing some research, and will paint them more or less in line with 1730s-era uniforms, which were a bit more colorful than later in the middle part of the century. I think. To be sure, I must check my sources one more time before applying brush to figures.
-- Stokes
An Early Tuesday Morning P.S.
Thank you everyone for your interest in the genzers and related question(s). These troops will make good opponents for the Anspach-Bayreuth jagers and von Hordt free infantry painted back in 2023 (?). They match nicely in style. But I'll "need" to rebase the first two companies of grenzers painted back in the 2010s to match these since they will form a large, composite unit of light troops for the Electorate of Zichenau.
On that note, I don't plan to replace my old school green base method for the line troops. The more realistic terrained style is reserved for staff bases, skirmishers like these, and a few other specialist units, for example all of those transport wagons, pontoon, and limber teams painted earlier in the century.
It might be time for a review and, perhaps, a tabletop battle or two to celebrate the coming summer holidays with that in mind. What say you? Sort of a project retrospective 'The Grand Duchy of Stollen at (Almost) 20.' Longtime visitors might recall that the project has its origins stretching back to early December 2005, with the first actual unit started during the late summer of '06. The '1st Musketeers,' consisting of Revell 1/72 Prussians in the marching pose. I think it took something like a dozen boxes to gather enough figures for that 60-figure unit.
But I digress!
This particular batch of figures has been fun to tackle, and I am relieved to check them off the ol' mental list of things to do. I've only carted them around in their unpainted state for about 15 years now, so it was time to get 'em painted finally.
Speaking of which, the Saxon cuirassiers await. Tally ho!
-- Stokes
-- Stokes
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Stephen
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Stokes
-- Stokes