Test 33

 

Trees. And then more trees.

Not much today (Thursday, 10:43 PM my time).  Just added more trees to my "new" tree collection started to better fit with 10/12 mm figures.  And now I am thinking with some additions and getting some color variety through varied means, these might replace my other "15 mm" trees.  We'll see how that goes.

Then again: 

Ran a Seven Years War game using Rank and File this past Monday with six players.  Above are two photos from before the action began.  Result was called a draw.  Austrians defending on the left of the lower shot, Prussians attacking from the right.

Second tranche of generals - the Prussians

And here they are, the other 20 generals for my 10/12 mm Seven Years War collection.  And with these painted, that is the whole lot painted - though still some improvements to be paid on the figures acquired painted.  But I can now run games with the whole lot until such time as the improvements are made, that will be an ongoing process.

Still working on getting better lighting, a better 'photo box' setup, and improving my photographs.  One step at a time.

 

My first tranche of SYW generals - the Austrians + 1

The lighting has given the white horses an unusually blue tint but I assure you they are white.   Same with some of the white uniforms.  Natural light on a covered lanai on the north side of the house with a skylight.  Odd.

The second tranche will be the Prussians with the same mix.  CinC with three mounted figures, three wing commanders with two each and eleven individual brigadiers - the back four being marked as cavalry.  However, all of the brigadiers can be used as needed.  I should have one extra for each side above core needs.  These are game ready, seal coated yesterday afternoon - as are the jaegers from earlier, seal coated a few days back.

For the +1, I figure Caramel Sugar, the Regal Rascal deserves equal time with the black and white cat.  He is much less tolerant and has a habit of biting and scratching.  But he is quite the hunter.  Again, neighbors cat who visits my yard regularly.

Jaeger zu Fuss, or something like that

Been a while since I finished painting uniformed troops but I finally got some done today.  Here are a couple of quick shots of two units of 24 figures each of Prussian foot jaegers for the Seven Years War.

Note that the flocking is freshly applied over craft paint - almost immediately after putting, hopefully, the finishing touches on the figures.

As a way to easily tell the units apart since they have the same uniforms was to paint the barrels of the muskets a different color, silver for one copper for the other.

The figures are the Magnificent Little Soldier Company figures as sold by Old Glory 25s.  Once dry in the morning, I will tap off the excess flocking and then spray with a matte sealer and the figures will be ready to go for a game soon.  Well, I will do one last look-over for any last bits of touch ups before sealing, just in case.  

 

Exciting post? No. Progress post? Yes.

Prepare to be, maybe, unimpressed.  But, hey, progress is progress.

What you see above are two hundred (two boxes) of fender washers primed on the underside.  These will be bases for my Star Wars miniatures - well, about half of them, need just as many more.  Once I clean and prep figures they will be glued to the unprimed side and when the glue is dry, I will prime that side.

This shows the bases stacked for 'units', seven bases to a unit or 28 units worth of bases with some extras.  With two more boxes of washers I will have enough for 57 units since there are four left over bases from two boxes.  Some of my units will include integral heavy weapons with crew or maybe a grav-bike so need extra bases.  And will also need bases for the individually based Heroes and Villains, will need smaller bases for them..

Units will be in groups of 20 figures, six bases of 3, and one base of 2 command figures.  

I really need to decide how I will texture the bases as I get closer to working on painting figures.

And this little fur dude?  This is my buddy who goes by the impressive moniker of "Mister" Mellow Mooch-Master Meows-a-lot.  He keeps me company when I am working outside or in the garage.  I am not his human, his humans live in the house across the back fence of my neighbors.  So, I get the benefits of a feline friend without any of the responsibilities of being a pet owner.  I figure worth sharing because I read an article in the Electronic Newspaper (internet, duh) today about the scientific validation of the value of having a cat in your life.  Besides, he is just cool - "You want to pet me?  Well, okay, I will tolerate it for an hour or two, maybe three.  And I won't even give any thought to scratching you, neither.  Pet away.  I can take it!"