1/72 CS Figures

[mjr251]

I know nothing of 1/72 dioramas/modeling, but I gotta think that is considered some class A work!

I'd love to see a pic of your work setup.

Thank you my friend. Going to work on it today, I'll share some photos.

 

[mjr251]

I have always liked to look at dioramas at museums/national parks, etc. It really puts things in perspective.

Thanks Kyle.

The really cool thing about dioramas is that you can make things much, much more accurate, in many cases, than replicas of the real thing. Not knocking the reenactors at all, but for years at Sabine Pass, they had wheeled field guns on some heavily eroded, almost unnoticeable replica earthworks. Not at all what it really looked like in 1863.

 

[mjr251]

As the saying goes, "**** your eyes, man".

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The only real information I had on the guns of Fort Sabine was an account from KD Keith, captain of Company B, Spaight's Battalion, who embarked on the trip from Sabine Pass to Galveston to beg, borrow, or steal guns to defend the town. CS General Sidney Sherman told him he was on his own, and he found two 32-pounders and two 18-pounders an ordnance captain let him have if he could carry them and build carriages for them. Later, Major Julius Kellersberg reported that all the guns at Fort Sabine were on old naval truck carriages.

Since Galveston was the largest and most important city in Texas at the time, and the best guns were needed for its defense, I inferred that Keith's guns were probably not in the best condition (as 19th-century cannons go). I also inferred that since they were old and were naval guns, they very likely came from the Texas Republic navy. Those ships used 32-pounder and 18-pounder Paxhains guns. I was able to find some line drawings of both in the book "Arming The Fleet," and I sent these drawings off to Speira. They designed and printed them for me, and here they are!

 

[mjr251]

Excellent detail on the figures. I'm guessing you use a brush with very few hairs?

Thanks Mrs. V. I have a few details brushes I use, but the base colors are airbrushed.

 

[7th Mississippi Infantry]

I know nothing of 1/72 dioramas/modeling, but I gotta think that is considered some class A work!

It's very great work !

But it's much more difficult than one may think.

1/72 is an extremely small scale.
But that's not really a bad thing for us beginners.

But this guy is not a beginner !


At that scale, details are not as important. (facial paint and such)

Many years ago, I attempted to model some WW II German Afrika Korps dioramas.

All I had was some 1/72 Airfix Afrika Korps troops, 4 bottles of paint, cardboard, a cup of sand from a Mississippi River sandbar
and bottle of kindergarten white glue.



I was actually impressed with the results, but I decided I could never match the professionals.

But it was fun trying !

 

[7th Mississippi Infantry]

the base colors are airbrushed.

That's what I'm talking about !

Ya'll are experts with an airbrush.

And us newbies think we can use a small brush.

 

[mjr251]

Ya'll are experts with an airbrush.

Oh not at all, my friend! It ain't difficult at all.

 

[Pete Longstreet]

I truly enjoy looking at miniatures that our members paint. Talented, nice work.

 

[Booner]

They did this for me as well.
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Wow, very nice. Normally with a figure that is that small, something is out of scale. But it looks like the company you are using have nailed it.
Do you have a web site for them?
How did you go about having them make certain pieces for you?
And you did an awesome job on the painting too. I like that guys striped trousers.

 

[mjr251]

Wow, very nice. Normally with a figure that is that small, something is out of scale. But it looks like the company you are using have nailed it.
Do you have a web site for them?
How did you go about having them make certain pieces for you?
And you did an awesome job on the painting too. I like that guys striped trousers.

I really appreciate the compliments! Simply send an email to Speira, or message them on Facebook. They're great about responding to either.

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[Booner]

I really appreciate the compliments! Simply send an email to Speira, or message them on Facebook. They're great about responding to either.

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Thank you for that link. It's very interesting that you can request a figure in almost any scale or modification you want.

 

[A. Roy]

I really appreciate the compliments! Simply send an email to Speira, or message them on Facebook. They're great about responding to either

This is great to know about. I've had in mind some characters and dioramas, but manufacturers' standard models usually don't quite express what I have in mind.

Roy B.

 

[A. Roy]

The fort I'm modeling, the original fortification at Sabine Pass, was located about a mile south of Dick Dowling park. I doubt much of it existed at the end of the war, but there's zero trace of it now.

This is just a side point, but at the Forgotten Forts & Places forum, we're interested in this kind of site, even if nothing remains above ground. It's great to have photos of the site and a little writeup about it, and sometimes that can be augmented with drawings, maps, or historical accounts. The fact that you are making a diorama of it adds interest, as well!

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Roy B.

 

[Story]

It's very great work !

But it's much more difficult than one may think.

1/72 is an extremely small scale.
But that's not really a bad thing for us beginners.

But this guy is not a beginner !


At that scale, details are not as important. (facial paint and such)

Many years ago, I attempted to model some WW II German Afrika Korps dioramas.

All I had was some 1/72 Airfix Afrika Korps troops, 4 bottles of paint, cardboard, a cup of sand from a Mississippi River sandbar
and bottle of kindergarten white glue.



I was actually impressed with the results, but I decided I could never match the professionals.

But it was fun trying !

Grandpa Simpson style Thread drift - when I was a kid, there was a seaside boardwalk hobby store with a WW2 diorama filled with ROCO Minitanks, AIRFIX figures and AHC 'houses under construction' that had all the historical accuracy of the BATTLE OF THE BULGE movie.
Didn't matter.
Every time my folks took me down there, I mashed my nose against the glass.
The result? My imagination was fired and I read read read read read read...( and the bolt counters don't need to be satisfied, if the desired result is achieved)

I now return you to your period of interest.

 

[Story]

@Tut11 I'm thinking some of these figures can be shanghaied for your builds, even scaled down to 18mm (1/96th).

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[mjr251]

Grandpa Simpson style Thread drift - when I was a kid, there was a seaside boardwalk hobby store with a WW2 diorama filled with ROCO Minitanks, AIRFIX figures and AHC 'houses under construction' that had all the historical accuracy of the BATTLE OF THE BULGE movie.
Didn't matter.

Haha, even General Eisenhower spoke out against the accuracy of that movie!

I started modeling when I was about fifteen, would would be about twenty years ago. Even still, my first armor models were the Airfix Chi-Ha and Scorpion. To this day, 99% of what I model is 1/72 armor. Middle Eastern subjects are far and above my favorite.

 

[mjr251]

This is just a side point, but at the Forgotten Forts & Places forum, we're interested in this kind of site, even if nothing remains above ground. It's great to have photos of the site and a little writeup about it, and sometimes that can be augmented with drawings, maps, or historical accounts. The fact that you are making a diorama of it adds interest, as well!

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Roy B.

Oh, very cool. It's not far at all from where I live. There are actually four fortifications sites out there, one of which still has extant, original earthworks.

 

[7th Mississippi Infantry]

Haha, even General Eisenhower spoke out against the accuracy of that movie!

Which he should have !



That was as absurd as the 1960's era tanks used in the classic movie "Patton".

But "historical accuracy" was not a thing in Hollywood back then.

However, when the movie was filmed . . . at least the Spanish Air Force still had some Heinkel 111's in their inventory.
( And they let the production company lease two of em' )

 

[Pat Answer]

Which he should have !



However, when the movie was filmed . . . at least the Spanish Air Force still had some Heinkel 111's in their inventory.
( And they let the production company lease two of em' )

"We were discussing, ah, air supremacy, Sir Arthur...."

 

[7th Mississippi Infantry]

"We were discussing, ah, air supremacy, Sir Arthur...."