Battle of Dybbøl

[billyturnip]

Tomorrow (18th April) is the anniversary of the Battle of Dybbol
which was fought in 1864 between the The kingdoms of Prussia and Denmark during the 2nd Schleswig War.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Dybb%C3%B8l
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Schleswig_War

This little vignette using 30mm figs is inspired by the attached painting of the Danish 8th Brigade counter attacking the Prussians. During this attack the 8th Brigade lost about half their men killed, wounded or captured and prevented a total rout of the Danish forces.


Roger

 

[Tarracus]

1864?,,,Time Flies So Fast...
Anyway, good to see your flats composited on a single, and "workgrounded", vignette

 

[billyturnip]

1864 and not a Yank or Reb in sight!!!

Thank you very much Gerard.

Roger.

 

[Helm]

Nice one Rog I for one had never even heard of this before thanks for the info

Steve

 

[billyturnip]

Cheers Steve, both of the Schleswig wars are worth reading up on.

Roger.

 

[Wings5797]

Nice one Rog I for one had never even heard of this before thanks for the info

Steve

Ditto.
That makes two of us Steve.
Great piece Roger. Please tell me that you didn't do this between paint drying on the Scotts Fusilier Guard,s Officer
Thanks for sharing your research Mate.
All the best,
Keith

 

[billyturnip]

Thanks Keith.
No I've been working on this on and off for about three weeks but I did want to get it finished for the anniversary tomorrow. For anyone interested in the subject this is worth a read,
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Bismarcks-First-War-Campaign-Schleswig/dp/190603303X

Roger.

 

[Figurenfreund66]

Great stuff roger - nice to see this . It is a forgotten war - shame !

Hendryk

 

[billyturnip]

Thank you Hendryk. There are a lot of interesting wars in 19th century Europe that seem to have been forgotten about.

Roger

 

[tiberius57]

Great work and a very interesting subject. To many "corners" of history are forgotten.
Like your work, Roger!
Cheers,
Zeno

 

[billyturnip]

Thanks very much Zeno.

Roger.

 

[billyturnip]

A good site for further information on the Danish-Prussian Wars.http://www.fortress-scandinavia.dk/Slesvigske-krige/ENG/index.htm

 

[Wings5797]

Happy Battle of Dybbøl Anniversary Roger ................if there is such a thing.
Cheers,
Keith

 

[billyturnip]

It might be an excuse for a nip of Danish Aquavit Keith.

Roger.

 

[Silversurfer]

Are you sleeping sometimes??? Great vignette of this war, lovely painted (as always)! Are the figures from the Rieger range?
This war is here in Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein still very present with memorial stones and small museums. In the last year I've visited an exhibition on this subject in Rendsburg (Schleswig-Holstein). Very interesting topic!

Cheers Thomas

 

[billyturnip]

Thank you Thomas. These figures are from Wolfgang Hafer however I do have quite a few of Rieger's figs from the 1st Schleswig-Holstein War and hopefully you'll see some painted in the coming weeks.

Roger.

 

[mil-mart]

A great vignette Roger and I like the added groundwork .

Ken

 

[billyturnip]

Thank you very much Ken.

 

[housecarl]

Very nice Roger.
Have you made a start on that round yet?
Carl.

 

[billyturnip]

Cheers Carl.
I'm going to take the bust back to work with me to do the clean up and then make a start next leave. It's tempting me though.

Roger.