Small Artillery Embankment (1 Viewer)

[mikemiller1955]

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I made this small single artillery structure last night...

it's modeled after Frontlines SW.2.

I used Jenkins Virginia Provincial for the crew and a few other Jenkins figures...

I made a little wooden frame for it...
put a sheet of 1/4 birch underneath for sturdiness...
stained and polyurethaned it...
it's only 14x16...
the ground work is "coffee grinder" ground mulch from the flower bed...
the grass is and Super Moss...

it will go on a office shelf and be a permanent display...

a fun little project...

I like working with the tree clippings and ground mulch...there's not much of a cost factor...except a little styrofoam and glue...

I posted these same pictures on the "Diorama" thread I had already started called "Artillery Battery"...along with the big diorama I did with all my Virginia Provincial and Indians...

 

[OldDragon]

Mike

That's one sweet looking dio

Just a question .. you mentioned it being a permanent display. Do you have any worries about the paint on these figures "reacting" with the materials, they are in contact with ?

OD

 

[mestell]

Michael, being mostly "Texas" ground material from your backyard, you have certainly created a feeling of 18th century New England. Once again, another very nicely done diorama featuring your splendid JJD collection.
Mike

 

[Jagdpanther]

Looks very good Michael!

 

[Ken & Ericka Osen/H&A Studio]

Very nice display!
Ken

 

[REVWARBUFF]

Another great work of art Mike!!

Mark

 

[Fraxinus]

As always, very nice work!!!

 

[Scott]

Sorry Mike, I'm gonna be "that guy". The fortification should have the log wall on the inside and the sloped dirt on the outside with some kind of platform for the gun to run right up to the wall. Earth for the wall has to come from some source as well. A round is going to take down the logs but sloped earth will absorb it or make it bounce over.

Nice figures and craftsmanship but a "buff" of the period is going to shoot it full of holes.

 

[PolarBear]

Sorry Mike, I'm gonna be "that guy". The fortification should have the log wall on the inside and the sloped dirt on the outside with some kind of platform for the gun to run right up to the wall. Earth for the wall has to come from some source as well. A round is going to take down the logs but sloped earth will absorb it or make it bounce over.

Nice figures and craftsmanship but a "buff" of the period is going to shoot it full of holes.

Scott

So the Frontline artillery bunker is also incorrect? The earth should then be on the other side.

Randy

 

[Phantom Warrior]

Scott

So the Frontline artillery bunker is also incorrect? The earth should then be on the other side.

Randy

Likely yes. K&C did a couple of small ones.

http://www.toysoldiersusa.com/cgi-local/show_detail.cgi?item_id=SP026

http://www.toysoldiersusa.com/cgi-local/show_detail.cgi?item_id=SP027

First Legion did a really excellent Nap earthworks with a firing step and plank floor gun position and a low outside retaining wall to help stabilize the banked earth.

http://www.firstlegionltd.com/images/view.aspx?productId=251

http://www.firstlegionltd.com/images/view.aspx?productId=251&index=2

There must be other examples of earthworks.

Terry

 

[The Lt.]

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I made this small single artillery structure last night...

it's modeled after Frontlines SW.2.

I used Jenkins Virginia Provincial for the crew and a few other Jenkins figures...

I made a little wooden frame for it...
put a sheet of 1/4 birch underneath for sturdiness...
stained and polyurethaned it...
it's only 14x16...
the ground work is "coffee grinder" ground mulch from the flower bed...
the grass is and Super Moss...

it will go on a office shelf and be a permanent display...

a fun little project...

I like working with the tree clippings and ground mulch...there's not much of a cost factor...except a little styrofoam and glue...

I posted these same pictures on the "Diorama" thread I had already started called "Artillery Battery"...along with the big diorama I did with all my Virginia Provincial and Indians...

Once again my friend another one of your nicely built additions to your collection along with your well thought of photos featuring both the embankment and figures. Thanks for sharing your your work and playtime.

 

[PolarBear]

Likely yes. K&C did a couple of small ones.

http://www.toysoldiersusa.com/cgi-local/show_detail.cgi?item_id=SP026

http://www.toysoldiersusa.com/cgi-local/show_detail.cgi?item_id=SP027

First Legion did a really excellent Nap earthworks with a firing step and plank floor gun position and a low outside retaining wall to help stabilize the banked earth.

http://www.firstlegionltd.com/images/view.aspx?productId=251

http://www.firstlegionltd.com/images/view.aspx?productId=251&index=2

There must be other examples of earthworks.

Terry

Those FL ones look great. I'll bet Mike can replicate one of those

 

[Phantom Warrior]

Those FL ones look great. I'll bet Mike can replicate one of those

I'm sure he can. The French-Indian war earthworks were even cruder than the FL Nap earthworks in most cases. They looked more like Mike's earthworks with the logs, moss, weeds etc. thrown up on the edge of a forest and often being sited on a river or lake.

Terry

 

[mikemiller1955]

I appreciate all the comments...good and bad...

OD...I don't know if it will hurt them or not...the mulch is dry and my house is pretty much climate controlled...
Mike...my "Texas" ground material is from Home Depot...same as yours...hehehe
Titus...ty
Ken...ty
Mark...ty
Ken...ty
Scott...the "buffs" can shoot it full of holes...
Randy...thanks for posting the photo of my copy...appreciate that...
Terry...thanks for the PM explaining...very sincere...thanks for this photo below...I'm gonna try it
Guiseppi...you my man...gracias

my FIW engineers may have had a little dyslexic learning problem on artillery building...

but just for the record...

and I'll not pursue it again...

please note that in my very first opening thread that I stated that my model was designed from Frontline's SW.2 artillery battery...

designed by Frontline...right or wrong...it's just a copy...

also please note...that for me...collecting and building is fun...

I was never a stickler for accuracy...

as a kid I put one soldier behind a salt shaker and the other behind a pepper shaker...and it was fun...

it still is...

I'm happy

 

[thebritfarmer]

I appreciate all the comments...good and bad...

OD...I don't know if it will hurt them or not...the mulch is dry and my house is pretty much climate controlled...
Mike...my "Texas" ground material is from Home Depot...same as yours...hehehe
Titus...ty
Ken...ty
Mark...ty
Ken...ty
Scott...the "buffs" can shoot it full of holes...
Randy...thanks for posting the photo of my copy...appreciate that...
Terry...thanks for the PM explaining...very sincere...thanks for this photo below...I'm gonna try it
Guiseppi...you my man...gracias

my FIW engineers may have had a little dyslexic learning problem on artillery building...

but just for the record...

and I'll not pursue it again...

please note that in my very first opening thread that I stated that my model was designed from Frontline's SW.2 artillery battery...

designed by Frontline...right or wrong...it's just a copy...

also please note...that for me...collecting and building is fun...

I was never a stickler for accuracy...

as a kid I put one soldier behind a salt shaker and the other behind a pepper shaker...and it was fun...

it still is...
I'm happy

And that is all that matters !!!!

 

[mestell]

And that is all that matters !!!!

AMEN brother
Mike

 

[Scott]

Scott

So the Frontline artillery bunker is also incorrect? The earth should then be on the other side.

Randy

Nice........ but I don't know what period it's supposed to be or if the maker looked at a book. Are you sure it isn't supposed to be a convex side of a curved trench?

 

[Scott]

I appreciate all the comments...good and bad...


"......
please note that in my very first opening thread that I stated that my model was designed from Frontline's SW.2 artillery battery..."



I'm happy

Mike, The photo you posted of the Frontline works looks more like the inside of a field fortification.

 

[1879fanatic]

Michael,
You're happy, We're happy! Nice work, looking forward to everything posted by you, Da Man!
Mike

 

[fortdearborn]

I'm sure he can. The French-Indian war earthworks were even cruder than the FL Nap earthworks in most cases. They looked more like Mike's earthworks with the logs, moss, weeds etc. thrown up on the edge of a forest and often being sited on a river or lake.

Terry

Immediately before then the Battle of La Belle Famille the British hastily constructed a "breastwork" of logs laid in a horizontal fashion, stacked one upon the other. Constructed just within a tree line it intercepted the old Indian trail which led to Fort Niagara from the southwest. A French relief column passing through the open clearing butted right into the log breastwork partially hidden by the trees -- and was decimated. Perhaps JJ could contribute his conception of an F&I defensive structure constructed out in the wilderness, and later war British Light Infantry to man it.