The Confederate High Command:-East & West (1 Viewer)

[UKReb]

Guys

Today I recruited four of these Confederate stalwarts into this Reb's army.

Once again Ken Osen has done a masterful job in capturing an uncanny resemblance of the facial characteristics attached to the actual personage (no mean feat on a 54mm scale figure)

Even if the Rebs had had their own Matthew Brady in the field I doubt a line-up such as this would ever have taken place. A.S.Johnston was killed at Shiloh April 1862 which would have eliminated A.P.Hill from the group as he was only made up to Third Corps Commander following Jackson's death at Chancellorsville
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Likewise Joe Johnston was gravely wounded at Seven Pines a month later 1st June 1862. Enter Bobby Lee for when he took over Johnston's command the fame of the ANV began.

Nevertheless albeit historically inaccurate they do make a grand looking group of Southern gentlemen.

Oh! Yeah! and old Sam Grant with "Cautious" Meade don't take a half bad picture either :wink2:

Reb

 

[Rob]

Very nice indeed Bob, as you say it may not have happened but sure looks good!

Rob

 

[mestell]

BRAVO {bravo}} Bob. Its absolutely great seeing your photos today of the "Gentlemen in Gray". I concur . . its hard to beat the sculpting and historical accuracy of Ken Osen's endeavors. I am sure you will put your new officer corps figues to good use in many of your upcoming works of pure genious . . . . .
:smile2: Mike

 

[thebritfarmer]

Some great new pick -ups Reb and sure didn't take you long to capture them on film. Once again they look great in your dio and as you say not historically accurate but who cares if you are having fun

 

[lancer]

Great figures. Great braintrust. The figures of Hill and A.S. Johnston look fantastic. -- Al

 

[REVWARBUFF]

I agree that the ACW Generals that Britains has issued this year look great! Ken has indeed done a masterful job once again.

Your dio here Bob, is wonderful. Would you mind telling me what you used for the ground cover?

Mark

 

[Bama Boy]

They look great. However, I wish they would do some other personalities instead of redoing some of the same.

 

[UKReb]

I agree that the ACW Generals that Britains has issued this year look great! Ken has indeed done a masterful job once again.

Your dio here Bob, is wonderful. Would you mind telling me what you used for the ground cover?

Mark

Hi Mark

Good to hear from you- the ground cover you asked about is a bit of an amalgam. I've used two of John's (JG Miniatures) Rough pasture terrain mats-I personally prefer these as depicting a more natural variation of grazed or flattened grasses. I do also have the long bladed grass variety but one has to be careful how you use these as they can photograph as long haired "bath mats".

To cover the stands of the figures I have concocted my own mixture of two variety of hairy grasses (summer/winter) and forest litter (available from many hobby shops) which I have sieved to an inch of it's life to remove the twigs and bark. A hell of a lot of trial and error but I finally got it to match the grass variations on John's mats.

Hope that helps but if you want the formula in more detail just PM me.

Bob

 

[Eazy]

Nice figures and nice photos Bob. Loving your new stuff in the American Civil war Diaries too. Hope to see you in June with the rest of the gang.

James

 

[Leadmen]

Nice photos and character Generals. Thanks for posting pictures. They look so much better in your photos then the catalog pictures. The backgrounds look great. John

 

[REVWARBUFF]

Hi Mark

Good to hear from you- the ground cover you asked about is a bit of an amalgam. I've used two of John's (JG Miniatures) Rough pasture terrain mats-I personally prefer these as depicting a more natural variation of grazed or flattened grasses. I do also have the long bladed grass variety but one has to be careful how you use these as they can photograph as long haired "bath mats".

To cover the stands of the figures I have concocted my own mixture of two variety of hairy grasses (summer/winter) and forest litter (available from many hobby shops) which I have sieved to an inch of it's life to remove the twigs and bark. A hell of a lot of trial and error but I finally got it to match the grass variations on John's mats.

Hope that helps but if you want the formula in more detail just PM me.

Bob

Thanks Bob! I think I got it but if I need further help, I'll send a PM.

Mark

 

[WBritain]

Bob - love the dog nice touch! We really need to get that series of animals done and out don't we!

Richard

 

[thebritfarmer]

Bob - love the dog nice touch! We really need to get that series of animals done and out don't we!

Richard

Ermmm YEAH YOU DO !!

Don't forget the oxen please Richard. Individual ones for making long wagon trains.

 

[UKReb]

Bob - love the dog nice touch! We really need to get that series of animals done and out don't we!

Richard

Glad you like him Richard-placing him alongside Sam Grant is actually based on fact. When Grant set up his HQ at City Point during the nine month siege of Petersburg apparently some scrawny Confederate dog adopted him- he would sit/lie outside Grant's cabin and followed him wherever he went. History does not tell us what happened to the mutt.

Yes I agree you really should get a series of dogs out as I could regale you with many incidents during the ACW where both Reb and Yanks adopted dogs as regimental mascots. A famous story was the little mongrel of the 1st Maryland Battalion (Confederate) who when they attacked Culp's Hill at Gettysburg raced ahead of the Rebs straight toward the Union defenses and was shot down along with his human comrades. After the battle Federal General Thomas L Kane heard whimpering and found the dog perfectly riddled with bullets. As the general knelt down the dog licked his hand. If that doesn't move you nothing will. :smile2:

When I am at any of the TS shows I trawl the tables looking for old lead/metal dogs/crows/cats etc-patch them up and repaint them for my dios they really can enhance particular scenes. Good idea of yours Richard and don't forget Scott's oxen or we will never hear the end of it

Bob

 

[Wendy]

Bob - love the dog nice touch! We really need to get that series of animals done and out don't we!

Richard

Yes. ^&grin

 

[Nooooo9]

Please do make some farm animals and pets. To enable their use in more dioramas, please make breeds that were common in North America and Europe from 1776 to 1865 and later. No breeds that were developed or introduced in the late 19th or 20th century such as Siamese cats or German Shepard dogs. A good choice for cattle would be the Devon. It was once very common in the Colonys but is now a somewhat rare breed. It was a good general purpose cow for the yeoman farmer, capable at producing milk and beef. However since the late 19th century it has been surplanted by specilized breeds that are better in one area, such as the Jersey and Holstein for Dairy, and the Angus and Hereford for beef. I read somewhere that when they were looking for cattle for the Colonial Williamsburg Historic Site they had a hard time finding the appropriate Devon "Milking Red" cattle.