A Long March to Gettysburg (1 Viewer)

[UKReb]

30th June 1863-10 miles from Cashtown. PA.

Two Reb Infantrymen from 26th NC regiment; Pettigrew's Brigade; III Corps have taken time out from the long march to bathe their aching feet in a Pennsylvanian farmer's duck pond.

Only to get bawled out by their NCO to get back into column

Still with wet bare feet they reluctantly comply with their now irate NCO

Which raises a cheer from the rest of the column

Reb

 

[Rob]

Love it Bob, really nice scene. You appear to be an expert gardener now as well, great plant life in this pic! Great work mate^&cool

Rob

 

[jazzeum]

30th June 1863-10 miles from Cashtown. PA.

Two Reb Infantrymen from 26th NC regiment; Pettigrew's Brigade; III Corps have taken time out from the long march to bathe their aching feet in a Pennsylvanian farmer's duck pond.

I guess a soldier's life is not all that it quack-ed up to be {eek3}

 

[wds0855]

Stunning. The greenery and floral work is fantastic.
How do you light the scene, does not look like any flash is used?

Walt

 

[UKReb]

I guess a soldier's life is not all that it quack-ed up to be {eek3}

Brad

^&grin^&grin^&grin

......hang on though they could just be heading toward that lone Yankee cavalryman of your's lurking somewhere in the basement

Bob

 

[robert]

good job reb

robert

 

[Warrior]

Nice job as always Bob, your use of the JG mats and trees is fantastic, superb job of blending the pieces together to create a very realistic scene........

 

[UKReb]

Stunning. The greenery and floral work is fantastic.
How do you light the scene, does not look like any flash is used?

Walt

Thanks Walt and you're correct with your observation-No flash used.

Lighting is made up of 24" shaded strip light laid at the back of the dio which reflects light directly up the backdrop of sky and clouds (it's hidden under the grass mat at the back.) This eliminates all shadows from the trees reflecting onto the backscene. One bright spot has been placed off shot reflecting light up the road where the troops are marching. Then a 60 watt front light with a small white umbrella reflector to illuminate the foreground. A lot of trial and error to get it right for each scene but the shots imo always look more natural without the use of a flash.

Thanks for your comments

Bob

 

[Rob]

I guess a soldier's life is not all that it quack-ed up to be {eek3}

^&grin^&grin

Perhaps they stopped at the pond to ease their ' Mallardy'...sorry, couldn't resist that one!

Rob

 

[lancer]

Beautiful job, Bob. It shows great imagination and adapting of the figures to match the story line. Has a summr air/June heat about it. -- Al

 

[Partner]

Guess those two stragglers don't need the shoes that were supposed to be in Gettysburg ^&grin

Great work as always Bob

Regards
Kirk

 

[mestell]

Brilliantly done Bob . . . Truly enjoyable and a very good way to display your WB gray clad foot soldiers . . . .
Mike

 

[Terp152]

Outstanding dio, great photography and just beautiful scenics. Chris

 

[REVWARBUFF]

Another great scene Bob!! Thanks for posting.

Mark

 

[Nooooo9]

It looks really nice. I love the ground work.

 

[6th Wisconsin]

This is truly a beautiful scene you constructed. You made such an effective use of the barefoot marchers. I have several of those, but alas don't have water!!

 

[Jefman]

Bob: That scene really works. Superbly realistic.Obviously your mastery of terrain is unsurpassed but it is always a plus when you have a decent amount of inventory for the scene to have a plausible tone to it. It also helps that you have a great knowledge of the conflict. You never have to take creative license when you can execute with well crafted figures and a semblance of where and when. The ACW is a real nice conflict to re-create in miniature. I am glad you got a nice second wind to more or less create new angles and interpretations of the figures. The WB ACW figures really are multi faceted pieces of art. No sense permanently parking them in the curio. You bring them back to life and beckon their qualities against these fantastic backdrops. Each time they get cast into one of your first class dioramas another layer of the troops aura gives off this reason why we collect. Thank you for sharing these experiences. It is inspiring and for some of us down right therapeutic.

 

[wwiibuff]

UKReb, great scene and photography. Top notch.

 

[GICOP]

Great pictures Bob {bravo}}

Cheers

Martyn

 

[kogu]

Beautiful !!!
Photography and setting up a scene can't get much better than this.
Konrad