AWI in Virginia

[paulr]

Made a start on the trousers, small clothes and facings

The advantage of doing all the mounted officers and cavalry at once is that you get all the horses done in one go
The disadvantage, particularly for the French, is that there are so many different uniforms, it is worse than painting irregulars

Gun carriages dry brushed, guns base coated Panzer Grey

[paulr]

Trousers and small clothes done
Most of the facings done
Hats base coated
Started detailing

Managing to keep track of the officers various uniforms, Brigadier General Armand-Louis de Gontaut, Duc de Lauzun's figure is falling a little behind (for reasons that will become obvious later)

[paulr]

Detailing continues to progress, if slowly

[paulr]

Good progress on the detailing

Some white edging and cords and silver highlights left to do
Then onto skin and hair

[paulr]

Detailing finished on Officers and Hussars

Nearly done on artillery crews

Skin base coated

[paulr]

Detailing finished on artillery crews

Hair and skin highlights done

Touch ups done

Wash tomorrow night after work

Sorted out the next batch; infantry of Lauzun's Legion and 76^th Foot (MacDonald's Highlanders)

[Techno]

Wash tomorrow night after work

Eh ?......Is it the yearly bath ? 

Cheers - Phil.

[Ace of Spades]

Eh ?......Is it the yearly bath ? 

[paulr]

Washed Officers, Hussars and front half of artillery last night, trails washed this morning

Prepared infantry of Lauzun's Legion
76^th Foot will be done after reading the forum over breakfast

[paulr]

Officers, Hussars and artillery have had their final dry brush and figure bases painted

Prepared 76^th Foot and all washed

Popped into the local club to see what was happening; 5 DBMM games (4 28mm, 1 15mm), 1 Flames of War WWII, 1 SYW in Hanover, 1 Warhammer something

Bases labeled for Officers, Hussars and artillery

[paulr]

Officers, Hussars and artillery sorted onto bases
They will be based later today

Chasseurs and Grenadiers of Lauzun's Legion and 76^th Foot now on painting rods ready to be undercoated
Weather not looking promising, windy and showers forecast
I may not get my lawns mowed

[pierre the shy]

Less time pushing the mower = more time for painting? 

[paulr]

Only if the weather is good enough for me to undercoat, otherwise there is the serious risk of nothing to paint until the weather improves on Thursday

[pierre the shy]

Look forward to seeing the latest batch, especially Lauzun's Legion when completed.

Started working out what to order for 10mm Scots W3K FK&P forces since the rule are coming out shortly, but need to look at base sizes and number of figures per base.

As we were talking about last night the first two months of 2018 are gone 

And I haven't even started working on the battle I want to run in May yet, though I do have the forces needed at hand - that should keep me busy till then.   

[paulr]

There was a brief lull in the wind so I got the next batch undercoated

The current batch should be based this afternoon / evening

Started working out what to order for 10mm Scots W3K FK&P forces since the rule are coming out shortly, but need to look at base sizes and number of figures per base.

As we were talking about last night the first two months of 2018 are gone 

And I haven't even started working on the battle I want to run in May yet, though I do have the forces needed at hand - that should keep me busy till then.   

I was thinking about using the same basing and numbers of figures we were thinking about for Baroque
12cm bases on 15cm grid, 40 foot or 12-15 mounted to a base...

I've got a scenario for the Battle of Jebel Ekteif, Northern Palestine, 20 February 1918 I was hoping to play on or about the centenary