Playing hooky/sagging off from schoolwork this lovely sunny autumn afternoon and in the (very slow) process of building (or is that Bildung?) up layers of Vallejo red on this first squadron of my rendition of the Warasdiner Grenz Hussars. Using a very damp brush to facilitate one new layer blending into the previous two, three, or four.
It's an inexact science, but slow going nonetheless since I'm using a small brush (a #1 Cottman round) to allow some of the maroon and Army Painter 'Red Wash' to show through in the folds and crevices. We just won't talk about the hundreds of buttons and braid, or how I might handle those quite yet.
Not to mention the 40+ hussars and mounts still in the pile of lead. Why discourage myself by having ALL of them out and on the painting table at the same time? No, no. Far better, psychologically speaking, to keep the rest put away until these are closer to the glossing and basing stage.
Overall, though, the current batch of Minden Austrian hussars seem to be taking shape nicely so far glacial pace notwithstanding. There are, I've heard tell, model ship builders who move faster.
-- Stokes
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