By poplar demand....

....or not, I present the finished poplars. These stand about 4cm tall, so 6 or 7 times the wee figures they're meant for. So in scale as mature trees. I'd prefer them a bit smaller. I stuck magnets onto the bases for storage tonight. It was a bit late to do a parade shot of the Piedmontese army marching in the shade.

Not totally happy with the colour, but I went with what I had in the paint box. Couple of different shades of green dry-ish brushed on black undercoat. Plus a couple of other odd colours to lighten them up a little. I've gone easy on the flock as they going to be primarily along road edges. Just enough to disguise the round metal bases and bit of 'verge'.

Oh, and I dabbed various dull shades on the 6mm civilians I had undercoated ages ago, and slapped some appropriate colour on the 10mm sheep and pack animals.

So that's tasks 1-7 off the list, and 11, 15, 16 and 17 on the way. Next up on the list (#8) is the French flags. This looks like a long, tedious job. Dozens of flags to cut out and stick in place. Not rocket surgery, but fiddly. Activity on the hobby front is a bit slow as I have some Real Life (non-serious) things taking up time at the moment. I'll be fairly chuffed if I can get the flags done this week.