Wittebberg - Leib-Grenadier Garde on parade

The Leib-Grenadier Garde show off their new uniforms in an impromptu parade for the King and some of the court, in the parkland to the front of the palace.

The guards march in led by the drummers and fifers of the guard band....

 The guards form up into line ...

 The King and the Field Marshal make a closer inspection .....

[ new guards battalion: mounted officer from Jacdaw range and the Guards are Staddens from Tradition of London]

Some more furniture for the palace ....

I've made up a couple more items for the palace, a pair of side tables and a four poster bed.

These were made mostly out of plasticard and plus some some round sprue and oddments from my 'offcuts box'.

Some furniture for the palace ....

I've made up some furniture for the palace over the weekend; I've sourced a bed, mirror, dressing table, two chairs, tallboy and wardrobe from Petite Properties 1/48 range - these are bit fiddly to assemble but work fine with 28mm/30mm fig; shown below .....

 Also got out the plastic 1/48 furniture I already had already and did a quick comparison - good match selection shown below

the plastic sets are manufactured by Aztec Minaitures (one place you can buy from is here). Will be painting up the new furniture and also the plastic sets stuff as well.

Wittenberg - Plan of Palace, grounds and gardens

The King has commissioned a folio of designs for the palace grounds and gardens, the overview page is presented here for your perusal. The new plan shows the retention of some of the formal gardens and existing lake with new landscaping in the english style...

 

Wittenberg Palace - Exterior Improvements

The King arrived back from inspecting the uhlans at Faustenburg and found that the works to enhance the front elevation of the palace had been completed...

The King enjoyed a small concert from the massed guards band before dinner ....

[some decorative stonework has been added to improve the look of the palace - for its original plain look see earlier post. The changes were done using some carefully cut sections from Metcalfe OO/HO paving; I've also updated the banner picture at the top of the blog page]

Wittenberg - the Uhlans assemble ...

The Uhlans have been ordered to muster at Faustenberg, to the northwest of Heidelheim in the province of Upper Belgravia, where they will be inspected by the King before they take up duties patrolling the border with Monrovia.

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Uhlans from the red pulk have left their quarters and are heading towards Schwenk ...

 just outside Schwenk the red pulk converges ...

and then trot towards the town,

 

after clattering through the streets of Schwenk they join up with the blue pulk who had come a different route ....

 The Uhlans ride across the low hills towards their destination....

 They arrive arrive in the mid-afternoon, entering the valley in front of Faustenburg ...

 The trumpeter from the Kings escort sounds the assembly ...

 The Uhlans form up in front of the town of Faustenburg...

 The King and Field Marshal inspect the Uhlans....

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[New items: Kings standard+trumpeter vignette (Hinchcliffe figs); Refurbished items: Gallows; Uhlans Pulks - new lances, standards and bases]

Wittenberg: At the Palace ......

One of those jobs that never seems to end, cleaning all the palace windows .....

 

This job could take a lot longer; a group of architects are discussing the best way to re-design the palace exterior to meets the Kings request to up-lift the look of the palace as it is a bit plain - this could mean more windows, decorative stonework ....