ITLSU 1917 Project

[paulr]

Another interesting thought

Finished the touch ups and painted two sides of the bases

[paulr]

Washed figures and painted figure bases
Just need final dry brush now

Finished painting bases and glued magnetic vinyl on
Just need to glue on the labels and then will be ready to base up

Remembered I need to make a table for the Division HQ stand; cut out, glued and base coated

[paulr]

Table now finished, except for final dry brush which the figures also need

While cutting out the labels I realised that I needed six 30x30 bases and all the ones I had cut out were 25x25 

Several rude words later I quickly cut out and sanded the six larger bases I needed and planned to remove and reuse the magnetic vinyl off six of the 25x25 bases

Then I had a more careful look at the number of bases and number of labels... 
I was short eleven 25x25 bases

More rude words followed by cutting eleven more bases and another sanding session

The only positive was I found out before I had taken the magnetic vinyl off six of the bases that I still needed

While painting the first side of the extra bases this morning before work I realised, six plus eleven is seventeen, I had forgotten the bases for the Ottoman Stormtrooper batttalion

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Oh dear! 

[paulr]

All sorted now and hopefully still on track for basing on Sunday

[paulr]

Final dry brush done on all figures, guns and table

Finished painting extra bases

Labelled first lot of bases and cut out remaining labels

I should get the magnetic vinyl glued on the extra bases this afternoon so they can dry overnight, label the extra bases tomorrow morning and base the figures tomorrow afternoon

[paulr]

I spotted the weather forecast for tomorrow; Occasional rain,... Northerly strengthens. Probably not spray undercoating weather

I sorted some of the figures off my painting rods onto the labelled bases freeing up three rods
I already had one rod spare, the four are enough for the first batch of my First Crusade project

[paulr]

Magnetic vinyl glued on the extra bases yesterday afternoon and dried overnight

Labelled the extra bases this morning

First lot of basing done

German artillery and Ottoman Storm trooper battalion left to do

[paulr]

Based German artillery and Ottoman Storm trooper battalion last night

Basing and edges tidy up to do then they will have to wait until the weekend for varnishing weather

[paulr]

Tidied up the basing last night, will give it a final check tonight once PVA is fully dry. Then tidy up any edges that need it

[paulr]

The basing needed a few final tidy ups where the sand 'flock' hadn't stuck properly so touched them up last night

I also added the maps and papers to the table on the Division HQ base

The edges will be done tonight

[Techno]

Huzzah !!

Cheers - Phil

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Horrah!

[Leman]

Be interested to see how those maps turn out. Enjoying my book on the Ottomans in WWI. I hadn't realised that the Dardanelles and Gallipoli campaign had started because the Russians had got themselves in an unnecessary flap in the Caucasus.

[paulr]

Base edges done 

Spent cartridge cases added to the artillery

So just the varnishing to do this weekend after the gale and rain blows through

Oh and of course some pictures

Based
695 Infantry, Gunners, Officers and Signallers
169 Cavalry and Motorcycles
24 Guns and vehicles
888 Total