Completed...Confederate Grape Shot....Chancellorsville, May 1863

[Guest]

Simply brillant Ron!!

Fantastic, your dioramas are a reference!!

Polux

[spanner570]

it is a lovely job. well done. one thing... the rider on the right hand side, last picture ... he is having his sward in the air like beeing prepared to be engaged in a fight. can you place a oponent the other side of the trance just in front of the horse?it is just an ideea...

Good idea Catalin, but I couldn't put a Confederate Soldier where you suggest because I have tried to depict the instant the Union Cavalry were hit by the grape shot, so there wouldn't be any defenders by the breach.

I had the idea that the trooper in question has received some shot to his head and is reacting by raising his hand.

Thank you for the suggestion nonetheless.

Cheers,

Ron

[Guest]

I had so Manny time the same problem. Everybody are having a fiferent image in theyr mind, never your own image us a creator of the scene. I am agreed totally whit your point of view.!!!!

[eddiesolo]

I totally missed this one Ron, apologies for that. Utterly superb, great modelling but the feeling of action, movement and the smell of gunpowder mingled with the cries of the wounded and the whinnies of the horses really comes across. Wonderful piece and well set out. I really like this one.

Si

[tr1ckey66]

Hi Ron

Nice action-packed dio!

Those Master Box sets really are very good aren't they? That said it takes some skill to bring the best out of them and you certainly have.

I love the drama in this scene, you can almost hear the thunder of those horses hooves, fabulous!

This diorama actually leaves me wanting more, I'd love to see a large dio with say a dozen cavalry charging 20 or more Confederate soldiers with canon etc. At this standard that would be amazing.

Great stuff Ron and change from the usual.

All the best

Paul

[Guest]

Beautiful and unusual piece Ron, you get a real sense of action here you can literally feel the adrenalin and fear of the cavalry here. Very nicely done mate I do love it.

Scott

[spanner570]

Sorry for the late response boys....We've been off with the 'Blue Rinse Brigade' again!

Thanks for the excellent posts on my mini dio.

Paul, just doing these three figures near saw me off, so what you suggest probably would! - but you never know......

Cheers all,

Ron

[Ian M]

No idea how I missed this one, but there has been a regular Tsunami of posts of late.

That is brilliant, and not a drop of water in sight.

Very dynamic. Loads of action and the poses are, despite the situation, very natural. You know what I mean. lol Life like.

Great build Ron.

[tr1ckey66]

Paul, just doing these three figures near saw me off, so what you suggest probably would! - but you never know......

Yes, painting figures is a really painstaking process, but it is really rewarding. I felt the same as you way when I completed the Kursk dio ,'I don't want to paint any more bloody figures!!!'

However, I'm hoping to start I major dio this year with dozens of figures, possibly 50+! I think the effect will be amazing but I have to say I'm not really looking forward to the process (lol).

Obviously I'm won't pressure you into anything, and I'm sure you've got other exciting projects on the burner, but maybe exploring and expanding this kind of diorama is something worth pursuing. I know I'd be interested. I know you've been doing a lot of sea based dios of late and with great results maybe this is another avenue?

Anyway, have fun and please look out for a future dio probably entitled 'Eindhoven '44' this will be the scene with the cast of thousands!!! it will also feature my grandad!

All the best fella

Paul

[spanner570]

Thanks for the great comments Ian. You are right, there has been a veritable cascade of posts and finished models of late....I truly can't keep pace with it all.

Just to correct you a bit....There is water present. See the bloke on the right, he's just copped a bit of grapeshot and it's made his eyes water!!!!

Paul, I remember you 'Kursk' dio. that was an epic, but compared with your next intended build, it was only a day's work! Get it started and post plenty of pictures please.....

For my part, I'm getting together some stuff for a mega build in 1/72, which I'm starting in a week or so.....Rorkes Drift. I reckon about a cast of 4000!...and that's just the Zulus!......Beat that!!! lol!

[tr1ckey66]

For my part, I'm getting together some stuff for a mega build in 1/72, which I'm starting in a week or so.....Rorkes Drift. I reckon about a cast of 4000!...and that's just the Zulus!......Beat that!!! lol!

Now you're talkin!!! I can't wait...

Men of Harlech, march to glory,

Victory is hov'ring o'er ye,

Bright-eyed freedom stands before ye,

Hear ye not her call?

Fabulous!

Paul

[Adrian "Marvel" Reynolds]

Absolutley bloody marvellous!!!

Adrian

[spanner570]

That's to the point!....Cheers Adrian, I'm glad you like my mini dio.

Ron

[ojays]

Simply WOWWWWWWW!!!!!!

[spanner570]

Gregg, I like it, that's even more to the point than Adrian's post!

Thanks for posting.

Cheers mate.....

Ron