Diorama Port Hudson Diorama

[J.H. Moose]

A friend In Louisiana has gotten me interested in Port Hudson recently, decided to make a diorama of it in light of the 160th anniversary of the siege passing recently. The barbette gun is a metal wargaming piece from North Star Miniatures and the figures are Perry Miniatures artillerists in 28mm

 

[bayouace]

Gen. Gardner made effective use of Lunettes, some of which yet remain. For any who visit, a short walk to Fort Desperate really gives one a good understanding of the siege war and the two Union assaults.

 

[lupaglupa]

Nicely done. My gr-gr-grandfather was there. My mother and I visited the site a few years ago.

 

[rebel brit]

Excellent diorama, great job once again. Looking forward to more.

 

[Kurtlg]

Well done. Are the Perry figures metal or plastic? I know they make both

 

[J.H. Moose]

Well done. Are the Perry figures metal or plastic? I know they make both

Thank you! They're plastic, took a bit of work to remove the bases from their feet but they make great figures for dioramas

 

[J.H. Moose]

Excellent diorama, great job once again. Looking forward to more.

Thank you!

Excellent diorama, great job once again. Looking forward to more.

Thank you!

 

[scooter748driver]

Wow! That's great! You're very talented

 

[Biscoitos]

A friend In Louisiana has gotten me interested in Port Hudson recently, decided to make a diorama of it in light of the 160th anniversary of the siege passing recently. The barbette gun is a metal wargaming piece from North Star Miniatures and the figures are Perry Miniatures artillerists in 28mmView attachment 475531View attachment 475532View attachment 475533View attachment 475534View attachment 475535View attachment 475536

Good Work !

 

[J.H. Moose]

Wow! That's great! You're very talented

Much obliged!

 

[Booner]

What a nice diorama. Very well done.

I have some pieces of shrapnel from the area of the Union lines at Port Hudson, so that would make them from the Confederate guns.

 

[Kurtlg]

A friend In Louisiana has gotten me interested in Port Hudson recently, decided to make a diorama of it in light of the 160th anniversary of the siege passing recently. The barbette gun is a metal wargaming piece from North Star Miniatures and the figures are Perry Miniatures artillerists in 28mmView attachment 475531View attachment 475532View attachment 475533View attachment 475534View attachment 475535View attachment 475536

Did you order the Perry miniatures directly from them ? On their website it indicated that it might take a month to get an order.

 

[J.H. Moose]

Did you order the Perry miniatures directly from them ? On their website it indicated that it might take a month to get an order.

I ordered from Amazon, it took a few days as opposed to the month directly from Perry

 

[DixieRifles]

When I saw the first photo, I thought this isn't going to torn out good. But Wow! Impressive that you built the earthworks from scratch. Great job. I like to see action in the figures on a diorama but especially an interaction among them. Maybe it will inspire me on my next diorama or even single figure. I have a resin figure of the WW1 Red Baron standing on planks of a trench. I have been trying to imagine what I can do with that one.

 

[Kurtlg]

When I saw the first photo, I thought this isn't going to torn out good. But Wow! Impressive that you built the earthworks from scratch. Great job. I like to see action in the figures on a diorama but especially an interaction among them. Maybe it will inspire me on my next diorama or even single figure. I have a resin figure of the WW1 Red Baron standing on planks of a trench. I have been trying to imagine what I can do with that one.

Put him next to a model of one of his planes . The red Fokker triplane is iconic but he flew others as well. Then you could add a ground service crew and an airfield and ...... Sorry , I get carried away rather easily with dioramas .

 

[bdtex]

A friend In Louisiana has gotten me interested in Port Hudson recently, decided to make a diorama of it in light of the 160th anniversary of the siege passing recently. The barbette gun is a metal wargaming piece from North Star Miniatures and the figures are Perry Miniatures artillerists in 28mmView attachment 475531View attachment 475532View attachment 475533View attachment 475534View attachment 475535View attachment 475536

Well done sir. I have been to Port Hudson 5 times as near as I can remember. Tough duty station for Confederate and Federal troops. As I recall, as the siege wore on the Confederate artillery fired less and less. As soon as they opened up, Federal artillery in superior numbers would fix on them.

 

[7th Mississippi Infantry]

Excellent work !
@J.H. Moose

 

[J.H. Moose]

Excellent work !
@J.H. Moose

Thanks!

 

[7th Mississippi Infantry]

Nicely done. My gr-gr-grandfather was there. My mother and I visited the site a few years ago.

I had more than few G G Uncles and cousins there as well.
If one doesn't have enough time to tour the entire park, at least a visit to the Visitor Center and the first CSA earthwork is worth a look.

Gen. Gardner made effective use of Lunettes, some of which yet remain. For any who visit, a short walk to Fort Desperate really gives one a good understanding of the siege war and the two Union assaults.

Absolutely !

 

[Cycom]

Most excellent. Great detail, especially removing the bases from the figurines.