Bourbon Cavalerie

In what I hope is a harbinger for an improvement over the past two months of activity (or inactivity) at the painting desk, trotting off the workbench are a dozen French cavalry troopers from Eureka Miniatures.  These twelve horsemen are mustering out as two squadrons of Bourbon Cavalerie Regiment.  

With roughly 50 figures painted over each of the last two months, time to try to pick up the pace a bit.  The relative painting lulls in April and May got my thoughts returning to the seasonal analysis I conducted on my painting tendencies in 2020.  Sure enough and true to form, Spring tends to see a trough in my painting productivity.  The encouraging revelation embedded in this analysis is that production begins increasing during the summer months before exploding to heights in late fall.  Will this tendency hold for 2022?  We will see.  I hope so.  There is much to paint.

Perhaps at year-end, I ought to revisit this analysis and add in 2021 and 2022 data.  I wonder if these tendencies will see a change over the 1996-2019 period?

Back to the work at hand, plenty more French cavalry are working their way through the production pipeline.  With a restock from Eureka on its way (I expect delivery today), more French cavalry and artillery will be added into The Lead Pile.   

Finally, Nancy and I took time out for a hike a few days ago.  We ventured out into Deep Creek Canyon.  One of Deep Creek Canyon's trailheads is about 15 miles from the house and within Riverside State Park.  This is only a quick drive across town, really.

Some of the basalt spires are 300 feet in height with avalanches of talus streaming toward the ground.

As an indication of scale, note the trail at the bottom of the creek bed.

No gaming this weekend.  Two games planned but both needing to be cancelled or rescheduled due to illness.  Not my illness, though.  Next game planned for Tuesday when Graham hosts an Indian Mutiny clash.