Using a cheap synthetic brush for base coats and saving the Sable brushes for finer painting.

At the remote workbench cleaning up and shiming horses. I have an idea for a large mounted vignette down the road. The good thing about having a workbench away from my current projects, is that I can walk away any time, leaving a mess and manageable clutter.

Started painting...

Ready to paint!

Workbench of misfit stock figures. I can be a sucker for cheap, but appealing, commercial figure kits. There's not a figure shown that I paid more than five dollars for. Even the poor Poste Militaire/Elite French Infantryman from the Franco Prussian War, bought at a toy soldier flea market for five bucks.

Makin buttons. Picked up a neat punch set at the Chicago Show. Huge time saver when projects require several rows of them.

The grey army is slooowly dwindling. This fella is from New Hope Design, Prussian jeager 1813. I've had this figure for at least 15 years, and finally put color on him. The casting was about as bad as his ugly mug. Still a pleasure to paint and had fun putting some weather on him.

Working on Prussian Elector Frederick William's hat plumes and hair. It was only a brief period where this hat style was in vogue. Popular with armies of the time, particularly French soldiers, it can also be traced back to Sweden's Gustavus Adolphus, who wore a similar style with hat brim turned up front.

The helmet is taking shape. I may trim down the comb a bit more.

Working on a Burgonet style helmet for the Swede trooper. I let the dome cure before adding the comb. The comb is intentionally large to give some room to carve, file and sand to desired size.

Adding straps and such. Working from bottom to top. Letting each layer to cure before the next step.