Workbench January 2022

Over the Christmas vacation I made zero progress on my tabletop projects. But my last  workbench update was long enough ago, and I did some small things since the vacation ended, so here are some small steps forward.

For my SYW flats, the 2nd batallion Ernestinisch Sachsen, with its mix of companies and uniforms representing several different small principalities, is now painted and ready for varnishing and basing. NB that the flags are pure fantasy, based on random internet finds of Saxonian coats of arms from the general region and from centuries before and after the 18th.

2nd bat. Ernestinisch Sachsen, top: 2 companies Sachsen-Gotha-Altenburg, bottom: one company Sachsen-Coburg-Meiningen ("C", white uniforms) and one company Sachsen-Hildburghausen ("H", blue uniforms). Flag designs are mine and completely ahistorical (the coats of arms are real, but don't match the time and territories).

The next batch is kind of the flag platoon for the 2nd bat., 2nd Moscovskii infantry regiment, now half finished: 

And after that I'll add some artillery and a first unit of Russian Grenadiers (the latter are my first minis not from Grünewald, but from KILIA):

And here's a late addition to this update: a snapshot of the bottoms of some bases, freshly provided with labels to identify each unit and the sources I used for painting it.

Although I'm eager to get Rapture on the table, all Rapture related activities are moving very slowly. I'm not yet happy with the new Angels and kept adding washes, a bit of rubble on the bases etc:

Angels #2 and 3 as they slept through the winter

Angels after another wash and painting the rubble on the bases. Next up: one more round of highlights, I hope I will like the results then.

Still in the works, needing at least some weathering and some decoration with posters, garbage etc., are the wall elements that I showed unpainted last October. 

One small thing is finished and ready for use: the first item from a small purchase of additional Rapture stuff I ordered while their online store was open for Mag-Con late last year, an MDF box for Rapture unit and mission cards.

These boxes are available with branding for each Rapture faction, I got the one for the human "New World Order" faction.

The inside of the box offers two slots for unit and mission cards. I didn't bother to do more than just gluing the pieces together, I think the dark brown laser cut edges and the wooden inside look acceptable as they are.