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Great compositions and the Black & White photography gives these images authenticity!

This is one of the larger wooden pedestal bases I constructed a couple of year ago that I recently updated by adding the new Union 146th New York NCO Zouave with Regimental Colors (31323) and the 146th NY Zouave Officer ( 31303). Although all of the other figures used in the diorama are...

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I built this small pedestal base diorama to feature our Confederate Flagbearer, 5th Texas, “Lone Star” Flag (31393), two Texas Brigade figures charging at right shoulder (31367 & 31177) and young Confederate drummer advancing (31404). Using a commercially available marble candle stand and...

Cavalry to the front… I just set up a simple diorama using our Autumn Harvest (510576) backdrop, a simple scenic base and a couple of Union items currently in stock to photograph the new Union Cavalry trooper (31440) that is due to arrive in just a couple of weeks. Additional Union Cavalryman...

This small pedestal base diorama features Frederick Douglass, abolitionist, orator, writer and statesman, possibly one of the most important leaders for African-American civil rights in the 19th century. Also featured in this display is Frederick’s son Lewis Henry Douglass who became the...

I think your will like it. It is a second rank standing firing figure designed to “lock up” to the first rank standing firing figure just released. I will post photos of all of them next week. Ken

Here is another small pedestal diorama I built featuring a Drummer, NCO and other ranks of the Grenadier Company of the 43rd Regiment of Foot 1780. I would love to add a couple more Grenadiers to this grouping…possibly an officer and a casualty. We recently added a dozen new figures to the 43rd...

I am planning on posting images next week. Ken

Thanks Mike…I know that in late summer I got a bug to build some and I made 13 large, medium and small vignettes before the Chicago show. Usually I only tackle 3-4 in a short period, but I was doing primarily WWII themed dioramas and I got on a roll. But meanwhile back to the American Civil...

In addition to the small turned marble bases I found on clearance, I discovered these lower and larger diameter marble candle stands on the internet. Although they were more expensive they allowed slightly larger compositions to be constructed. I have used 4 of the 6 bases I purchased so far and...

Feel free to call Mike…Ken

Here is another small pedestal display I built at the same time I made the three I previously posted here. I always liked the fellow cheering and his arm and hat fills some of the vertical space midway between the heads of the marching men and the top of the flag, which in think makes a better...

This is another small pedestal base I built for a show. We released most of the flags of the Confederate Texas Brigade over a short period of time and I managed to build displays for most of them. We also followed this grouping with a wave of Union flags, but I haven’t had the time to use these...

Thank you so much for the kind comments. I have built both large and small displays over the years and I realized that most successful large displays often have multiple small stories going on in different locations. This is another one of the small dioramas I built on the turned marble candle...

Thanks, As those of you that know…it took a fair amount of time to update the site. It is now more mobile device friendly and Google compliant. We will be adjusting some elements as we move forward too.

I found a good number of small turned marble candle stands at the grocery store about a year and a half ago and bought them thinking they would work for small figure groupings. They were close outs and I paid under $6.00 for each one… at one store less than $4.00 each. They were in a few...

There are two different buildings, an half timbered and a wooden one, they are made of Urethane foam and can be cut. This would allow you to reduce them to two building facades and use less shelf space. These are all hand painted by Ericka or I.

The 2024 catalog is on the way to the printer…we are a little late following the passing for our full time Graphic Artist Doug Dearth. Ericka stepped up and did the art and layout on the recent Standard and just finished the catalog. We will be printing a 2025 catalog later in the year. I just...

The Village pump Here is a pedestal diorama that was built a little over a year ago. I now only have one wooden candle stand left, but it was assembled crooked and I need to cut it apart and reassemble it before a scene can be built on it. This one features a variety of Napoleonic period...