Here's where we stand on the morning of July 3rd. A tiny bit of progress yesterday evening with the primary belts across the left shoulder of most figures with a lesser strap across the right shoulders after about 70 minutes in the painting chair.
I did not manage the facings or black touch-ups as promised in yesterday's post, so some mockery and derision from readers is in order. But I will jump on that this evening. I know, I know.
The illustration I am using as a guide shows this particular unit with natural leather belts rather than whitened hence the "Leather Brown" from two different manufacturers. Once that is done, the next steps with be a return to the heads and necks of the troopers/officers and musician. Namely, mustaches, hair/wigs, and neckstocks.
Might as well get these tedious parts out of the way. To be fair, most of the latter already look reasonably good -- I think I tackled those back in May. -- but a few neckstocks need touching up, and the officers need light gray followed by a white highlight. I might highlight the black stocks worn by the troopers with a dash or two of very dark gray. We'll see.
Then I can return to the uniforms and various straps themselves in good conscience. Somewhere in there, I'll add some Army Painter red wash to red areas and brown wash to brown areas before retouching with the the original colors. Lots still to accomplish, and you'll notice a list just beyond the figures that I began making last night to make certain all of the various and sundry areas and parts of the figures are addressed.
Stay tuned!
-- Stokes
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