Tuesday 14 May 2013

Quintilius Varus, give me back my legions!!!!

It´s September in 09 AD and the German tribes, led by Arminius have started attacking the XVII, XVIII and XIX legions in the Teutoburger forest...the Varus Battle has begun!!!
This is an old dio I made 4 or 5 years ago and re-found during spring cleaning
A small group of legionaries, cut off from the main body of troops form a line...
..and meet the onrushing german tribesmen.....

They fight for thier lives but as they tire....

...more and more fall dead or injured....

...their officer falls....

...and as the line Begins to break....

...men cast down thier weapons and flee but safety is a long long way away and ...

...the dark forest is full of revengefull tribesmen..........

Here´s a Video of the 2009 anniversary. It was  really great day out. The re-enactment of the battle starts at about 1.45 and the german tribesmen release a secret weapon at 3.20 :-D
 
one of my pics from the day.
 

21 comments:

  1. Hi Paul, a nice dio you found at your home during cleaning jjajaja. I have some of them kept too. A good idea to look for them right now.

    Kike

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  2. Awesome set of photo's there mate. Really inspiring stuff!

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  3. Very well done! How bid is the whole thing? An overall photo of the whole diorama would be nice.

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    1. Thanks Igor
      The whole dio is only 10 by 10 cm´s

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  4. That's a great video and dio Paul, I even liked the bunny!

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  5. I like the way you shot the pics on this. I'm going to be building some terrain with some dense foliage and can't quite work out how to place the figs so what I want to be visible can be seen.

    Always wanted to go to a re-enactment. Great vid Paul.

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  6. I loved that re-enactment video !

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  7. Fantastic looking pictures Paul, I do like this!
    Phil.

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  8. Wow what a great dio so full of life. Great job.

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  9. Superb and very clever photography.
    Cheers,
    Pat.

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  10. Very nice video!

    And your photographing skills are also very good! Accomplishing such a good visual effect with a 10x10cm dio.... wow!!

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  11. Wow Paul what a fabulous diorama, but try as I might I couldn't find the six foot pink rabbit anywhere in your representation! :)

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  12. Great modeling, Mr. Bods. The photography and story line are very interesting and challenging for me.

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  13. Great looking Diorama sir.

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  14. great dio Paul! and that re-enactment is great also! because everyone knows that the men in the Giant, Pink, Fluffy bunny suits were Ancient Germany's most feared soldiers.

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  15. Hi Paul,

    nice miniatures and a simply awsome photo story.

    Thanks a lot!
    Stefan

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  16. Hola
    Como mola,si que tiene vida el diorama,as colocado las figuras en un autentico movimiento
    un saludo

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  17. Nice diorama and the video was great.

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  18. That is a beautiful piece of work. something to be proud of!

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  19. You really captured the spirit of the thing. Very nicely done Paul!

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