Thanks everyone for the likes and positive comments.
Mike, I grew up in Northern Ohio and was always fascinated with the frontier war that raged for a number of years in that part of the country. One of the main reasons was that my family came to the US from Ireland in the 1730's and settled on the frontier near Hannah's town in Pennsylvania. They constructed a block house which was used as a meeting place and also for the local settlers to occupy in times of danger. My family sided with the Rebels during the Revolution and the Carnahan Blockhouse was used as a gathering place for the local militia members. Members of my family fought in the Pennsylvania militia. During one of the many Indian raids that occurred during the revolt, one of my relatives was killed while trying to enter the block house. A subject for another diorama sometime this year.
Steve, it is a very interesting part of our history. Not a lot written on it. The recent Last of the Mohican's movie did a decent job on the subject.
Tom, I love making trees and put a lot of detail into them so that they match the level of detail in the figures. The falling over tree, roots and all, was modeled after one that blew over up here during a recent storm. It does look pretty good in the pictures.
I am currently working on a section of the Peach Orchard at the Battle of Gettysburg. I will show the advance of the 21st Mississippi through it. Stay tuned. All the best. Chris
