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A Little More Brushwork. . .

 


 

A little more brushwork on the first batch of (my version of) the Anhalt-Zerbst Regiment yesterday (Saturday).  Taking a different tack this time and addressing many of the details first before the white coats and other larger areas of uniform.  

The eagle-eyed among you will notice that I've painted the (dark) red stocks of the enlisted men.  Always a difficult and frustrating item to paint, it made sense to paint from the inside out as it were and get that particular detail out of the way first rather than try to paint it in later after much other painting has been accomplished.  Trying to reduce the need for later retouching of other items on the figures you understand.

Hopefully, I will be able to get back to these later today after a second trip back to the Apple Store for help with a couple of new iPad issues and, following the return home, some revision of Google Slides for tomorrow's meetings with my students.

-- Stokes


P.S.

And according to my stats page for the Grand Duchy of Stollen blog, 131,007 visits so far this month.  Ahem.  Probably more like 131.  This latest Blogger issue is almost enough to make me switch to Wordpress or some other blog outlet since I left Facebook in 2018 and have no plans to return to Chez Zuckerberg.  With 19 or so years of content here, though, the prospect of closing down this blog, migrating the content (beyond my limited technical skills), or some other solution gives me pause.  I have a Youtube channel, but that is for work related to my professional endeavors.  A real social media conundrum.

Comments

David Morfitt said…
Nice work, Stokes They are coming along well. :-) Yes, this sudden ridiculous increase in page views has hit many of us; where I typically had 150-200 page views on a post it's now several thousand. Like you, I have so much invested in my blog changing things would be very onerous so I suppose we just hope this lunacy is temporary and eventually goes away...
12:31 PM
WSTKS-FM Worldwide said…
Indeed, David! I hope the bots will soon grow bored with my toy solider content and move on to more lucrative targets.

Kind Regards,

Stokes
2:08 PM
Stryker said…
Coming along nicely! Like you I am too invested in Blogger to move and over the years most glitches do seem to go away so let’s hope…
3:58 AM
Steve-the-Wargamer said…
Stokes - ignore it - it's nothing to do with Blogger, or you, and it is not "an attack", and it's not causing your Blog any problems... keep on buggering on.... Google may address it (or not if they are causing it)
5:00 AM
WSTKS-FM Worldwide said…
Thank you, gentlemen! All I needed to hear. I'll keep plugging away then.

Kind Regards,

Stokes
10:51 AM
caveadsum1471 said…
Splendid work on your infantry unit, I hope you ignore the bots and continue!
Best Iain
10:43 AM
Conrad Kinch said…
I always think that Austrians were made to drive men mad. I have no idea how you can manage so much white old chap.
9:34 AM
WSTKS-FM Worldwide said…
Needs must, Conrad, old bean! Needs must. Looks like you and yours are well. Good to see it.

Kind Painterly Regards,

Stokes
2:03 PM
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