Saturday 28 December 2013

tasselitious ....

Well tassels for flags that is. 

I noticed that the silver thread from a Xmas present tag would make a great material for doing my own flag tassels, a visit to a local emporium today yielded some gold and silver thread (about 1mm thick) - shown below with the tag thread in the middle...
 The trick is to tie two knots at the right point on a length, so used an simple reference measure see below
 it is a bit fiddly getting the knots correctly positioned but after doing a few I'm getting the hang of it. To affix to the flag pole requires another tie loop knot at the top of the flag - with a touch of super glue to hold. A couple of examples of my home made tassels applied to infantry and cavalry standards...


Monday 23 December 2013

Happy Xmas...

With the first snow having fallen in Wittenberg the King and Queen take a sleigh ride (with one of the Queen's cats having a ride too) through the palace grounds out to the old lodge where there is a small winter feast in progress ....
 the little winter feast starts outdoors while there is still light, they will all go into the old lodge for the evening ...
 

A Merry Xmas and a Happy New Year to All

Saturday 21 December 2013

40mm: Wittenberg - Garrison troops for Vanderhof

General Waldebeck inspects the newly raised garrison troops for the city of Vanderhof.....
[Garrison troops: Uniform based on that of the Waldheim invalid company of the Duchy of Saxony; Figs: are from Front Rank 40mm Hessian AWI range, with the standard bearer a converted Creartec homecast]

Thursday 12 December 2013

Monrovian Army - Hussars

The last of the reworked units for the Monrovian army, these hussars sport a unifrom in the style of the Hesse Kassel SYW Hussaren-korps uniform.

Tuesday 10 December 2013

Wittenberg - Royal Sleigh - work in progress

had a quick bash with some cardboard and wire yesterday to make a sleigh for the King and Queen, seen below with a spare driver and horse
still needs work doing to it to provide some more detail etc then it can be painted ready for a run on the snow (I'm building up some winter scenics - white blanket and some fir trees with a dusting of snow).