Power of the Crown (1 Viewer)

[Ken & Ericka Osen/H&A Studio]

I often think about what it might have been like in North America in the Eighteenth century... before the land was cleared and the swamps drained.
I am sure that it was also a very different world to the Europeans that came here from Europe and the UK. From areas that had long been settled, cultivated and cleared of old growth timber... a process that in some cases started with the Romans.
Can you imagine what went through a young soldiers mind as he left the East coast on foot to garrison outposts on the frontier? To feel like you were being swallowed up in an untamed world. The fear of the unknown and the 'red man'.
With that said, I am sure that these redcoats symbolized the power of the Crown to both the settlers and natives as they made their way through the forests and swamps on the crude military roads... their presence bringing security to some and fear to others.

Here an under-strength company makes its way with a young officer and the tap-tap-tap of the drum...

AWI figures are from W. Britain, the scenic and backdrop Hudson & Allen Studio
I hope you enjoy,
Ken

 

[lancer]

Looks great. I believe I see Francis Marion and his men waiting in the woods. -- lancer

 

[mestell]

Awesome, Ken, just awesome . . . . . . . . . . Mike

 

[marco55]

I just love your work Ken.I've been trying to do little scenes myself but in the baseball world I would be rookie league,no make that little league and you are the top player on the world series champions.
Mark

 

[Lewey Gun Vick]

Ken, this is excellent.

Best Regards,
Vick

 

[DMNamiot]

Excellent work Ken! I have also wondered what it must have been like to step off the boat in Boston and go a few miles inland to see massive forests and wild country. I bet it was as awe inspiring as it was bone chilling for many of those soldiers. I think the think forests here in the Northwest may be somewhat like what they experienced one step off the beach and you vanish in the gloom of the old growth timber. Thanks for sharing this great display and for getting the thoughts flowing.

Dave

 

[Lewey Gun Vick]

Hi Ken! I keep having to come back, this diorama is so cool! If I may suggest, is this company on their way to Michilimackinac?!?

Best Wishes,
Vick

 

[Cornwallis]

Wow , these scenes are awesome, I especially love the swamp one I can almost smell the dank water and see flies skimming across the surface!

One thing I think your photos really highlight is just how much the redcoats stood out against the foliage and made such easy targets for snipers and for waging the successful guerilla warfare tactics of the militiamen.

Nice to see some AWI dioramas for a change so please keep them coming Ken!

 

[The Lt.]

It sure is fun seeing the results of your creativity and play time Ken and it's been nice knowing your having fun sharing it....The Lt.

 

[REVWARBUFF]

Fantastic!!!

 

[Normandy1944]

very very nice!!!!


Harrie

 

[Russell]

Beautiful work Ken and thank you for giving us the pleasure of looking.

The possible story lines, with these soldiers in the deep forest, somehow remind me of the movie Avatar. In our movie we don't get sent back home.

 

[Ken & Ericka Osen/H&A Studio]

Thank you everyone for your kind comments.

In the hustle and bustle of modern life it is really hard to image what it was like to settle and live on the frontier of the new world. The uniformed troops representing the King in these far flung out posts were also the reminder that change was coming soon.
In a few short years the Redcoats were replaced by the Bluecoated soldiers of the fledgling United States... and changes that would be more far reaching than any of the original participants could have ever imagined.

I really love this period and would love to do more figures and dioramas depicting civilian, native and military life. From time to time I will try to squeeze some more in and when I do I will try to post some images here.
Thanks again,
Ken

 

[Mister Dave]

Thank you everyone for your kind comments.

In the hustle and bustle of modern life it is really hard to image what it was like to settle and live on the frontier of the new world. The uniformed troops representing the King in these far flung out posts were also the reminder that change was coming soon.
In a few short years the Redcoats were replaced by the Bluecoated soldiers of the fledgling United States... and changes that would be more far reaching than any of the original participants could have ever imagined.

I really love this period and would love to do more figures and dioramas depicting civilian, native and military life. From time to time I will try to squeeze some more in and when I do I will try to post some images here.
Thanks again,
Ken

Really nice work once again, Ken. And your musings on this subject seem like a perfect invitation to create some Lewis and Clark expedition figures.

MD

 

[Combat]

Those are fantastic pictures. No doubt this would have be an alien world for many a British soldier. Reading one of Fenimore Cooper's books and he makes mention of the real danger of a tree falling on you in the forest! Not to mention the snakes and insects. The woods and Indians would have really unsettled anyone who ventured into that situation. Often you could not even see the sky. Probably a reason that the Brits panicked at Monongahela. No mercy or help in that situation.