It's always very satisfying when a unit is ready to march off the workbench and muster in. It's also pleasing to finish a unit in what, for me, is relatively quick time. I started painting these Foundry Prussian friekorps (Kleist's Green Croats) in late October and really bore down on the project, so as of today, all that's left is the flocking. Huzzah! As is always the case, when I hold up a figure I think "Wow, that's the best work I've done ever" and then when I see an enlarged photo in unflattering lighting, I think "ugh, I must have painted them with a stick". At such times it helps me to remember the cellist Pablo Casals. When he was in his eighties and he was asked why he practiced three to four hours a day, he replied, "I think I'm making progress". Anyway, when these fellows are flocked and sprayed with flat varnish I'll take some beauty shots of them.
Also ready for flocking are these three test prints of STLs from Piano Wargames from their Tyrolean rebels bundle that I backed on Kickstarter. These fellows printed reasonably well on my Bambu filament printer, and their single based for Sharp Practice. I think they'll fit well into my kleine krieg project, even though they're from the Napoleonic era.
Anyway, today was a good day for making progress, mostly a free afternoon following the cenotaph ceremony for Remembrance Day, and I think I put it to good use. Now I need to get back to the Battle of Karlseck as featured in my previous post here and see it to a conclusion.
What are you working on?
Cheers and blessings to your brushes,
MP+
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