Brawner's Farm Baptism of Fire (1 Viewer)

[Terp152]

On Aug 28, 1862, Gibbon's Iron Brigade approached John Brawner's farm along the Warrenton Pike, a mile west of Groveton, VA. Gibbon ordered the 2nd Wis into line. The Stonewall Brigade moved towards them. Both sides traded fire.

Gibbon ordered the 19th Indiana in support of the Badgers when he observed the Rebel line starting to overlap the 2nd Wisc flank. They would suffer 260 casualties out of 423 engaged that day.

Action ended at nightfall with the Iron Bgde losing 800 killed and wounded in their first combat of the war. But their fame as a fighting bgde was established that day.

Diorama notes: The 6th Wisc std bearer is where the 2nd is depicted, the fig poses did not permit proper placement. The 2nd is in place of the of the 19th Ind. The 19th is on Ken Olsen's plans for the future. There are several ubiquitous, but controversial "pointing" figs in this presentation. With apologies to Bob. :wink2: Chris

 

[GICOP]

Spectacular pictures Chris {bravo}}{bravo}}{bravo}}....now I've got to do something with my slightly shiny versions^&grin

Cheers

Martyn

 

[mikemiller1955]

Chris...really nice...you did a great job on this...

 

[lancer]

Really nice work, Chris. Good impression of numbers with the two different regiments. --Al

 

[Lo1863]

I love this setup you have there, Chris! I am looking forward to the day where I can put together nice dios such as this. {bravo}}

 

[Firebat]

Nice !

 

[Warrior]

Great job Chris, love the historical tie in to this diorama, very well laid out and you told a great story about the famed "Iron Brigade."

Is the base a custom one made by Ken for you? How large is the diorama and how many figures did you use in this one?

Glad to see you enjoying your collection, hope to see more of it in the future...........

 

[The Lt.]

Nice way of telling of the event with the creative staging and photographing of your figures bringing them to life Chris.............Joe{bravo}}{bravo}}{bravo}}

 

[Terp152]

Thanks so much for all the kind remarks guys. It's always gratifying to have a presentation so well received. ACW has always held a special interest for me and I look fwd to adding the rest of the Iron Brigade as Ken Olsen and WB add the remaining colors to the line. It'll be a challenge to get the whole bgde in one dio! :smile2:

George, yes the battle board is a creation by Ken. I used it on my Buford cavalry dio in a previous thread. THe dimensions are 40 x 48 and I plan to add to it in the future (the end trim piece is removable for additions). THere are 48 Union figs (and one horse) and 27 Confederate figs (though these are from a separate dio).
Regards
Chris

 

[Warrior]

Wow, 40 by 48, that's a nice big diorama board you've got there, good for you, hope to see it put to use more in the future, thanks again for sharing your collection............

 

[wds0855]

Looks great!

Walt

 

[UKReb]

Chris

The stuff of legends, brilliantly portrayed and professionally shot. A stunning depiction and even the pointing figures look darn good Apologies accepted by the way.

Are you taking them into the Cornfield? As I was thinking of creating that scene sometime downstream and would like to swap ideas with you.

Well done sir!

Bob

 

[Rob]

Excellent work Chris, terrific scenes, congratulations on some very good work!{bravo}}

Rob

 

[jazzeum]

Impressive is all I can say :smile2:

 

[mestell]

I will echo everyone else's comments Chris . . . very well done. Brawner's Farm has always been one of my favorite battles . . . . two great Brigades facing off . . . . The Iron Brigade and the Stonewall Brigade . . . . slugging it out within 70 yards of each other until it was to dark to see . . . . the prelude battle to 2nd Bull Run . . . .
:smile2: Mike

 

[colmanor]

I will echo everyone else's comments Chris . . . very well done. Brawner's Farm has always been one of my favorite battles . . . . two great Brigades facing off . . . . The Iron Brigade and the Stonewall Brigade . . . . slugging it out within 70 yards of each other until it was to dark to see . . . . the prelude battle to 2nd Bull Run . . . .
:smile2: Mike

As Mike says... a super job! Colman

 

[REVWARBUFF]

You did an excellent job in creating this dio. The use of the scenics and the positioning of the troops is superb!!

Great job!

Mark

 

[Terp152]

Many thanks for all the feedback guys. Glad to know it's been so well received. Been great to hear from so many dioramists whose work I have long admired.

Bob, as far as the cornfield goes, it is tempting and I think the crops would fit in where the barn currently sits in the dio. I would have to find something to make the corn as I do not want to spend hundreds of $ for the WB crop pieces. Maybe have the troops emerging from the edge of the cornfield to reduce cost. And many thanks for the kind words. Been working on the lighting effect we discussed. Not there 100% yet but getting closer. Did reshoot this work several times as it was.

Played around using a red light to simulate night fall which brought an end to the fighting. Chris

 

[UKReb]

Bob, as far as the cornfield goes, it is tempting and I think the crops would fit in where the barn currently sits in the dio. I would have to find something to make the corn as I do not want to spend hundreds of $ for the WB crop pieces. Maybe have the troops emerging from the edge of the cornfield to reduce cost. And many thanks for the kind words. Been working on the lighting effect we discussed. Not there 100% yet but getting closer. Did reshoot this work several times as it was.

Played around using a red light to simulate night fall which brought an end to the fighting. Chris

Hi Chris

Good effort in simulating night fall but as I told you its the devil of a job to represent darkness in a dio and still get a sharp picture. I had the same problem in my episode of Jackson's Corps crossing the Potomac which occured early dawn with an apparently beautiful pink sky. I tried every colored filter I had to represent that dawn crossing but nothing worked- in the end I got an artist friend to paint me a dawn backdrop which kinda fitted the end scenes.

Yeah! I asked about a cornfield scenario simply based on the amount of fine looking IB figures you paraded in your Brawner's Dio (albeit at the time of your depiction they were not yet known as the Iron Brigade) And was just curious if you intended to dio the IB & Stonewall Brigade's second round slugfest at Sharpsburg. However, I fully concur with your "corn" comment as buying those metal corn stalks sure aint cheap-I do have a few stalks from the ONTC and other Antietam sets from a few years back but nowhere near enough for a full cornfield. But having said that an old war-gaming chum of mine told me to have a shot at using the stalk herb "rosemary". I am still experimenting with strips of thin slat with minute holes drilled in the base and the placement of the herbs. So far so good and he's right from a distance they sure do look "cornish" ^&grin. I am currently spraying the bases with simulated earth/grass so when I'm finished I'll squirt you some pictures by e-mail.

Bob

 

[aujj65]

Thanks so much for all the kind remarks guys. It's always gratifying to have a presentation so well received. ACW has always held a special interest for me and I look fwd to adding the rest of the Iron Brigade as Ken Olsen and WB add the remaining colors to the line. It'll be a challenge to get the whole bgde in one dio! :smile2:

George, yes the battle board is a creation by Ken. I used it on my Buford cavalry dio in a previous thread. THe dimensions are 40 x 48 and I plan to add to it in the future (the end trim piece is removable for additions). THere are 48 Union figs (and one horse) and 27 Confederate figs (though these are from a separate dio).
Regards
Chris

Chris, makes for a most impressive display! {bravo}}

Jeff