It's been a bit of a slow week or two for the hobby. Too much work, not enough leisure time. A familiar story for many. I have, however, found time to progress the Commands and Colors hex board.
I started marking out the hex grid on the first three sections of chipboard, which are now almost finished. I'll need six of these for a standard size 13 x 9 hex C&C map, so I'm about half way there with this part of the project.
It didn't take too long, once I got into a rhythm. It's not a terribly exciting task this - but strangely therapeutic at the same time.
I'm using white acrylic paint to begin with, but at this stage I'm undecided about whether I should leave the lines at that, or colour them some sort of green or brown shade. I'll probably do the latter, which is more work of course, but I think it'll look better (and less conspicuous) once the hexes are flocked.
As far as figure painting goes, I'm continuing to add extra bases to most of the units in both the French and Prussian collections. This past fortnight it's been mostly cavalry, and now I'm adding bases to boost the Prussian infantry. I did take some quick photos with my phone, but the light was awful, so not much point in sharing them. I'll add a few photos to the next blog post when I get a chance to photograph them properly.
Hope to show you a couple of finished sections of the board soon.
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