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...

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

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]

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.

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).