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Jon Metters

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Hi Folks,

Pretty new to the site. Here's a photo of a diorama I made for my dad for his 60th birthday. I used acrylics for the uniforms and oils for the faces/hands. Hope you all enjoy.

Oh yeah. If someone could tell me how to post more than one picture at a time, that would be great.

Thanks,

Jon
 

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Your scene looks great Jon.......thanks for posting the photo.

Multiple images in a posting can be done by using an image storage such as kitpic or photobucket. Look at the top of the page for a tutorial on how to use kitpic. Its what I use for posting multiple images in the same posting.

HTH
Guy
 
Looks good. I'd like to see more shots/angles.
Couple points, however.
The canteens used by the union were made of tin and covered in wool, either the color of the sack coat or the trousers, depending to some degree on when they were issued. The confederates used scavenged Union, greay/butternut covered tin or wooden canteens, at least some of which had landscapes painted on them by the owners.
Second, Union haversacks were tarred cotton which is a semi-gloss black. Yours appear to be leather, but it might be the lighting playing tricks with the shading on your black. (The Confederates' were generally unbleached cotton, but could also be many other colors of heavy duty cotton.) Leather was virtually unknown and would not be desirable due to its weight The weight of the uniform and kit is already substantial, (at least 40 rounds in the cartridge box, more than a quart of water in the canteen, a ten pound musket, a bayonet weighing over a pound, thick leather brogans, belt and cartridge box strap and whatever personal items the soldier ahd in the haversack along with a thick worsted woolen sack coat and equally thick trousers) and a leather haversack would only add to the burden. If issued, they likely would have been discarded quickly and either replaced with a scavenged cotton one of by rolling personal gear in the blanket (as several of your figures are carrying.)
 
Jon, Nice job, bet your Dad enjoyed/enjoys it very much. Your colors look to be okay to me. All too often the photography leaves a piece looking quite different from what you viewed from your lense.~Gary
 
Originally posted by Jon Metters@Jul 6 2006, 01:13 PM
Thanks for all the input - especially the info, on correct uniforms, leather, etc. Someday soon I'll be making a "Pickett's Charge" dio - and I'll put all that to good use. - Jon
Jon, By all means come to the Planet for your research needs. I'm sure there are enough of us to hook you up with your wants.~Gary
 

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