Last stand of the Savannah Vol. Guards, Sailors Creek

[Bluesking]

This diorama depicts the last stand of the Savannagh Volunteer Guard at the battle of Sailors Creek, 6th April 1865 - 3 days before Lee surrendered.
The diorama was inspired by the painting "Victory or Death" by renowned historical painter Keith Rocco, although no attempt was made to exactly copy Keiths marvellous work.
Most of the figures are stock Shenandoah with heads and arms swopped about, the standard bearer is a limited edition figure (25 figs) by Soldiercast (I got mine from Military Miniatures Warehose) and the flag itself was a private commission produced by Old Dominion Flag Decals.
The whole diorama is painted in oils throughout.

 

[dannyk01]

Danm thats very nice. I don't know to much about the civil war (mainly because i'm Australian). This vignette does give the impression of movement and it does look convincing.

Daniel

 

[billyturnip]

Stephen, your dios get better and better!
How long did this this one take you? Do you ever sleep?

Roger

 

[Tommi]

Very nice, so many figures, I can see the real effort and time you have put into this,
Cheers
Tommi

 

[Guy]

Excellent work Stephen. Alot of work is shown there.

 

[megroot]

Nice dio Stephen.
Alot of action in it.

marc

 

[Marcel]

Great and beautiful diorama!
Well done!

Marcel.

 

[Sambaman]

Wow, Stephen, not only ambitious, but possibly your best work to date IMO!

Jay H.
OKc

 

[captnenglish]

Very well executed, shows what can be done with stock figures

 

[Bluesking]

Thank you all for your very encouraging remarks, much appreciated I can assure you.

 

[petermh]

nice composition, shenadoah figures are certainly very useful for vignettes and dioramas its a pity they seem to have stopped producing any new ones

 

[Christos]

Very good dio!!!!
chris

 

[pkw4]

Hi Stephen
your best so far.Great work.
Roberto

 

[DEL]

A very impressive piece of work. Must've been pretty daunting at times.
Best wishes
Derek

 

[John Bowery]

Stephen,
Great diorama and plenty of action.
Cheers
John

 

[caramba]

Nice dio. Well done!
M.

 

[Bluesking]

Thank you all, wait 'til you see my next one !!!

 

[georges64]

Hello Stephen,
Great and beautiful diorama! I like it much!

georges.

 

[tonydawe]

Hi Stephen,

Very impressive and realistic. Those Shenendoah figures are fantastic and you've created a wonderful scene full of action and drama.

 

[Don]

Wonderful bit of work Big Man. You seem to be getting better and better at the dioramas and this one is super. You must have put a whole lot of work into this and I think it has paid off.
Don