Paintin', Paintin', Paintin'. . .

 

Must retouch the shoulder belts I notice.  This is what happens when you have three or four different bottles of 'Leather Brown' from different manufacturers and neglect to record which was used for the initial coat.  Grrr.

 

Keep those brushes paintin'.  Rawhide!  Or something to that effect.  

The 14 Eureka Saxon cuirassiers, taking shape as a squadron of the von Polenz, ca. 1733, are coming along slowly but surely.  Here's where things stand as the (Sunday) morning of July 6th.  Gotta finish highlighting the reds with Vallejo 'Flat Red' after the Army Painter red wash applied yesterday (Saturday) along with the off white wigs and queues.  And the mustaches of course.

Following that, the most pressing and tedious task is the carbines slung upside down, which need their barrels, firelocks, and at least some of the more visible brass metal work seen to after that.  And then possibly the sword blades and scabbards  Things will then get a bit easier.  He said. . .

It's an odd thing when you try to squeeze in a bit of painting on a more or less daily basis.  Typically burst of 45 to 60 minutes or so.  Maybe even a couple of sessions during the better days.  

For a long time, there seems to be very little progress from one session to the next.  But suddenly, you reach a point where everything begins to come together and light appears at the end of the painting tunnel.  

"The light!  The light!  Come to the light!"

Or something like that.

 -- Stokes