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Last stand of the Savannah Vol. Guards, Sailors Creek

Discussion in 'vBench (Works in Progress)' started by Bluesking, Nov 4, 2008.

  1. Bluesking Active Member

    Country:
    United-Kingdom
    This diorama depicts the last stand of the Savannagh Volunteer Guard at the battle of Sailors Creek, 6th April 1865 - 3 days before Lee surrendered.
    The diorama was inspired by the painting "Victory or Death" by renowned historical painter Keith Rocco, although no attempt was made to exactly copy Keiths marvellous work.
    Most of the figures are stock Shenandoah with heads and arms swopped about, the standard bearer is a limited edition figure (25 figs) by Soldiercast (I got mine from Military Miniatures Warehose) and the flag itself was a private commission produced by Old Dominion Flag Decals.
    The whole diorama is painted in oils throughout.

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  2. dannyk01 New Member

    Country:
    Australia
    Danm thats very nice. I don't know to much about the civil war (mainly because i'm Australian). This vignette does give the impression of movement and it does look convincing.

    Daniel :)
  3. billyturnip A Fixture

    Country:
    England
    Stephen, your dios get better and better!
    How long did this this one take you? Do you ever sleep?

    Roger
  4. Tommi A Fixture

    Country:
    United-Kingdom
    Very nice, so many figures, I can see the real effort and time you have put into this,
    Cheers
    Tommi
  5. Guy A Fixture

    Country:
    United-States
    Excellent work Stephen. Alot of work is shown there.
  6. megroot A Fixture

    Country:
    Netherlands
    Nice dio Stephen.
    Alot of action in it.

    marc
  7. Marcel Active Member

    Country:
    Spain
    Great and beautiful diorama!
    Well done!

    Marcel.
  8. Sambaman Well-Known Member

    Country:
    United-States
    Wow, Stephen, not only ambitious, but possibly your best work to date IMO!

    Jay H.
    OKc
  9. captnenglish Well-Known Member

    Country:
    United-States
    Very well executed, shows what can be done with stock figures
  10. Bluesking Active Member

    Country:
    United-Kingdom
    Thank you all for your very encouraging remarks, much appreciated I can assure you.
  11. petermh Active Member

    Country:
    United-Kingdom
    nice composition, shenadoah figures are certainly very useful for vignettes and dioramas its a pity they seem to have stopped producing any new ones
  12. Christos Well-Known Member

    Country:
    Greece
    Very good dio!!!!
    chris
  13. pkw4 Active Member

    Country:
    Italy
    Hi Stephen
    your best so far.Great work.
    Roberto
  14. DEL A Fixture

    Country:
    Scotland
    A very impressive piece of work. Must've been pretty daunting at times.
    Best wishes
    Derek
  15. John Bowery A Fixture

    Country:
    United-States
    Stephen,
    Great diorama and plenty of action.
    Cheers
    John
  16. caramba Well-Known Member

    Country:
    Poland
    Nice dio. Well done!
    M.
  17. Bluesking Active Member

    Country:
    United-Kingdom
    Thank you all, wait 'til you see my next one !!!
  18. georges64 Member

    Country:
    France
    Hello Stephen,
    Great and beautiful diorama! I like it much!

    georges.
  19. tonydawe A Fixture

    Country:
    Australia
    Hi Stephen,

    Very impressive and realistic. Those Shenendoah figures are fantastic and you've created a wonderful scene full of action and drama.
  20. Don Well-Known Member

    Wonderful bit of work Big Man. You seem to be getting better and better at the dioramas and this one is super. You must have put a whole lot of work into this and I think it has paid off.
    Don

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