Mainz - what the others did

Here are a few great little dioramas that were on display at Mainz.

WW2 Naval warfare is usually not my cup of tea, but these here were breathtaking!

Another great one was this.

I know my friend Stephan will prefer this great ancient subject:-))

And now a little bit through the ages. Here an Egyptian ship (reminds me that I have hundreds of Egyptians and Sea-people already painted in the collection. The battle of the Nile is an option for the future:-))

 Some more "modern" stuff

 And finally a very good made medieval diorama

Borodino - last part

Ok I have a few hundred photos more of the diorama, but I guess this could be boring for you.

So here is the last bunch, this time close ups.

Hey, I have missed the legionare reenactor!!!

Borodino - next part

While the Garde du Corps charged the redoubt from the flank the Zastrow Cuirassiers on the right of them took on the Russian squares besides the redoubt.

See here my Russian square with a mix of infantry and Opolchiene. In this period of the campaign the Russians already had high casualties too and were forced to fill up their units with militia. Because of the shortage of uniforms the latter one had their old uniforms. And this was going up until Paris in 1814. So imagine how the Russian army (and the Prussians too) in 1813 looked like. 

 Here Schmitty covers the last part of the diorama with our ground work in the early morning before they opened the door for visitors