Sunday, June 14, 2026

Weekend Update

This evening finds me watching Red Sox baseball as the evening prime time game on the television. Most unusual, especially considering how poorly my team is playing this season, but I'll take the chance to watch when I can. 

Despite a fair amount of yard work and cleaning in the garage, I still managed to get some things accomplished this week. 

First up, more hussars. This time for Freikorps von Schony. 


The lovely 25mm RSM figures remind my why I hate painting hussars...too much frippery! But necessary frippery to get the unit up to strength to fight either their fellow Hungarians in the service of Maria Theresa or those dastardly Russians (boo! hiss!) 


This chap for my Irish Civil War collection. To whom is he speaking and what is he saying....hmmm....

My friend Roger gave me some pencil sharpeners that were from historical sites, in this case something from Valley Forge. He plugged up the hole and have removed it from the original base and mounted it on a different base. It was primed all black when he gave it to me. 

 


Finally, I managed to (finally...) finish off two more units from my upcycled 25mm English Civil War collection. The finished Freikrops von Schony behind cheering them on.

Two more weeks until school starts up again and I've a project that's overdue for my National Guard unit...but tonight, it's time for baseball. 

Let's GO Red Sox! 


Sunday, June 7, 2026

Weekend Update

Well, the weekend I was planning for was not the weekend I experienced. 

Some minor unplanned for home repairs, relocating the air conditioner in the game room, and the kid visiting for the weekend sort of sent my painting plans onto the back burner. 

But I did manage to add a unit of 25mm Hussars to my Duchy of Arancia Napoleonic Imagi-Nation army. 


3rd (Tirrenici) Hussars heading out on patrol...


 25mm Minifig French (?) Hussars on 40mm by 60mm bases

It was nice to get some of the back log of figures off the desk. And moving the air conditioner did force me to clean a few things up in the room. 

<sigh> 

Well, we'll see what we can manage this coming week. 


Weekend Update

This evening finds me watching Red Sox baseball as the evening prime time game on the television. Most unusual, especially considering how p...