JB4244 Posted December 24, 2011 Share #1 Posted December 24, 2011 Hello everybody,Modeling is one of my passions.I present you my first diorama which represent an installation of artillery battery during the Civil War, in 1/72 scale.The figures are hand painted and wooden fortifications are in genuine wood.I let the photos speak : Best regards EDIT: Only able to recover 3 pictures Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garandomatic Posted December 24, 2011 Share #2 Posted December 24, 2011 That's nice stuff. I built a diorama in that scale when I was in high school of the assault on Missionary Ridge. It wasn't near as nice as this, but it blew the competition in my Civil War elective class out of the water! I sure could have used some proper artillery and gun crews! Where did you find these pieces? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JB4244 Posted December 24, 2011 Author Share #3 Posted December 24, 2011 Hello Garandomatic, Thanks for your message ! There is an Italeri set where you find different guns : Parrott, Napoleon, Gatling machine gun. Another box is focused on Union artillery, but it tend to be the same that the artillery set. And most of the soldiers are from Italeri too. Only engineers are from Revell and it was Confederate soldiers normaly. Here are the links of these sets : http://www.plasticsoldierreview.com/Review.aspx?id=210 http://www.plasticsoldierreview.com/Review.aspx?id=213 Best regards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Meatcan Posted December 24, 2011 Share #4 Posted December 24, 2011 that's a really nice painting job on such tiny figures :thumbsup: Terry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabrejet Posted December 24, 2011 Share #5 Posted December 24, 2011 Fantastique! :thumbsup: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirk Posted December 24, 2011 Share #6 Posted December 24, 2011 Very impressive! :thumbsup: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willysmb44 Posted December 25, 2011 Share #7 Posted December 25, 2011 Gatling? :think: Those only got used in one place and not for very long. Your scenic work is great and figure painting very good as well, but the layout of the positions is a little off and you wouldn’t have so many different types of artillery in one spot like that. Certainly no gatlings… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JB4244 Posted December 25, 2011 Author Share #8 Posted December 25, 2011 Thanks for informations. I've not found a lot of documents about the Union artillery organisation. And I was not sure for the fortifications too. So, I did that with what I had. Regards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Custermen Posted December 26, 2011 Share #9 Posted December 26, 2011 Good job. You hid the figure's bases real well. Great close-up photos. I'd like to see an overall view---other than the aerial shot. Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JB4244 Posted December 26, 2011 Author Share #10 Posted December 26, 2011 Thanks Steve ! I will add the overall view this afternoon. Regards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JB4244 Posted December 26, 2011 Author Share #11 Posted December 26, 2011 Here are overall views :Regards. EDIT: Only able to recover one picture Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Proud Kraut Posted December 27, 2011 Share #12 Posted December 27, 2011 WOW - stunning! I wish my 1/35 figures would look as good as your 1/72 ones. Fantastic job! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JB4244 Posted December 28, 2011 Author Share #13 Posted December 28, 2011 Thanks Proud Kraut. Regards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirt Detective Posted January 3, 2012 Share #14 Posted January 3, 2012 Beautiful !!! Your time and effort is appreciated, I wish i had the skill to model dioramas like you. :thumbsup: :thumbsup: Thanks for taking the time to post pics of your hard work. By the way... I think your placement of guns look's fantastic! and would love to see other members models. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Marine Posted January 3, 2012 Share #15 Posted January 3, 2012 WOW, that really is a beautiful diorama! You have good eyes, the painting on those little figures is impressive. The cotton on the firing gun really works, that's very creative. Very well done! Dennis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panzer 3 Posted January 5, 2012 Share #16 Posted January 5, 2012 Hi JB, Great diarama i really like the civil war for the history, uniforms and weapons ect, the cannon and revetments are really good and defensive. I see you have the Redlegs there, i had an ancester in the 14th Brooklyn N.Y.S.M, Killed at Gettysburg on little round top. He was called Cpl, Albert Pendrill, the painting is really good on the soldiers very tedious i should think but you have done a great job. thanks for showing it. Dave. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bulldog13 Posted January 5, 2012 Share #17 Posted January 5, 2012 Fantastically done, respect!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JB4244 Posted January 10, 2012 Author Share #18 Posted January 10, 2012 Hello everybody, Thanks for yout comments, it's encouraging. I'm happy to see that you like my first diorama ! The next is about a B-24 ... Best regards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
labelkills254 Posted January 10, 2012 Share #19 Posted January 10, 2012 Very nice diorama! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Baker Posted January 11, 2012 Share #20 Posted January 11, 2012 I model exclusively in 1/72 scale and I think your figures are great!! :thumbsup: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
disneydave Posted January 11, 2012 Share #21 Posted January 11, 2012 Outstanding. I made my fair share of dioramas in 1/72 scale in my younger years but I never managed to get my men looking anywhere near as good as what you've accomplished. Great job! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirt Detective Posted January 11, 2012 Share #22 Posted January 11, 2012 Hello everybody, Thanks for yout comments, it's encouraging. I'm happy to see that you like my first diorama ! The next is about a B-24 ... Best regards. Fantastic...Love the B24. Can you give any clues what its going to depict? :thumbsup: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JB4244 Posted January 12, 2012 Author Share #23 Posted January 12, 2012 Hi dirt detective, Thanks for your interest. The B-24's diorama is almost done and it represent a photo. On this photo we can see a 8th Air Force's veteran. I have a pants which belonged to him. Unfortunately he is past away, but I discuss with his children ... Best regards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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