A brief message from Wolfgang Meyer has announced the completion of the Croebern diorama. According to his own words (translated from German):
I am a fan of Curro, a great maker of military dioramas, author of many of Napoleonic subjects, and whose work can be seen at his 'blog of curro'.
However, this post is about his other blog: 'Diorama de Trafalgar'. A sample piece of this amazing diorama is now in the main Exposition about the Bicentennial of the Battle of Vitoria in the Sala Fundación Caja Vital Kutxa (c/ Postas, 13 and 15 - 01005 Vitoria-Gasteiz), until October 31. Yan can see below two pictures of this singular piece
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Below you can see the first pictures of a small diorama built by Jesus, a member of the ALKAID forum.
The vignette depicts the fighting at close quarters in Plancenoit, between the Prussian assaulting infantry and the French Young and Old Guards, sent by Napoleon to counter the Prussian flanking movement.
All the figures are 1/72 plastics: Revell 02580 Prussian Infantry, Esci 214 French Imperial Guard and Italeri 6002 French Infantry for the Young Garde.
The diorama is not finished so watch this space!
The Blog de Curro, shows the actual works of a great Spanish diorama-maker. His last diorama is devoted to the battle of Albuera and is currently shown on an exhibition currently held at La Albuera, to commemorate the bicenntenary of the battle.
You can see more of his work at
https://picasaweb.google.com/101336100434997315411/DioramasAlbuera#slideshow/5602868920858778290
The Casttle of San Pedro (Jaca, Huesca, Spain) also known as 'La Ciudadela' (The Citadel) is a pentagonal fortress, built at the end of the 16th century that still retains today all of its characteristic parts: moat, battlements, scarps, barracks, powder houses, tunnels... as well as a beautiful entrance, accessed via a bridge.
The castle lodges in one of its casemates the Museum of Military Miniatures, whose origins are rooted in the collection of lead figurines which were gathered from the sixties onwards by Carlos Royo-Villanova, a miniatures fan and history lover. The figures and their accessories, all to the same scale, 1:87 or 20 mm in height, were mostly produced by the Valencia-based company Alymer.
Afeter the cleaning and restauration by a professional team of technicians and Jaca volunteers, the over 32,000 lead miniatures are now displayed on 23 historical dioramas. The visitors of the Museum can view the recreation of armies and battles of many historical periods, from Ancient Egypt, Classical Greece and the Roman Empire through to the period of the Crusades, the Crown of Aragón, the Spanish Tercios and the Napoleonic era, without forgetting the great 20th century wars, modern mountain units and the Spanish army, now deployed on humanitarian missions.
The web site of the Museum: The Jaca Citadel Military Miniatures Museum (in english, français and español) allows to known the Museum's history, its origins, current rooms, permanent exhibitions as well as a virtual visit of the dioramas.
The Museum is on charge of Diego García, professional military man and fan of the historical miniaturism.
The team of the Croebern 1813 Project has updated the web site, with another set of wonderful pictures in the 'Dioramenbau' section (March, 7th)
I have not words to describe the amazing reality sensation produced by these pictures!
Go to the 'Dioramenbau' section of the Croebern 1813 Diorama site.
Be ready to wait some time to load all the pictures, go to the end of the section, and enjoy!
As many of you surely know, I am a follower of the Croebern-1813 web site. That Project want to show a frozen instant of the battle of Leipzig (16th october 1813) showing the arrival of the Austrian Army Reserve, around 4.00 p.m, to the villages of Cröbern, Crostewitz and Markkleeberg villages, located in the southern zone of the battlefiled.
The diorama is composed of many different scenes and vignettes depicting different aspects od the battlefield. The members of the Project team want a diorama so realist as posible... with all consequences. Using their own words translated from german, "the normal human needs are the most understandable thing in the world and soldiers of every nation had to perform their needs where theystood. We want also to show these aspects and here is the first experiments. Evidentely another “little thing” must be still modelled."
So real like life itself!
15 months ago, june 2008, I posted a video from the Rene Betgen's site, showing the making of the new Rene's diorama about that battle.
I missed, the finishing of this new work, so I post the video of his masterpiece, that can be also found in his website Miniature Waterloo.
The battle of Waterloo in miniature by René Betgem
Enjoy it!
The team of the Croebern Project has updated its web site, with another set of wonderful pictures.
Being now in "painting-less" period, I am looking at these marvelous site to take breath for new enterprises!
Go to the Gallery section of the Croebern Diorama site.
Croebern-1813 is an ambitious Project run by three german entusiasts: Dirk Tietten, Niels Rullkötter and Wolfgang Meyer.
They are making a very big diorama of the Cröbern area, during the first day of the battle of Leipzig (October 16, 1813) around 16.00 o'clock. Using 1/72 scale buildings, scenery and figures, the representation of the village of Cröbern will cover, when finished, approximately 14 square meters. The goal is to represent a frozen vision of the village and the surrounding area, so many individual scenes and vignettes are simultaneously shown, with an incredible realism.
The web site Croebern 1813, regularly updated, follows the progress of the diorama construction, showing the planning, the research and many useful tricks about scenary making. A web-based shop allows the purchase of several items, such as CD's with pictures of the progress of the diorama, grass mats, model trees, hedges, buildings, etc. 
A must for any fan of military modelling!
The issue No.2 of ALKAID REVISTA MULTITEMÁTICA is coming out December, 15. This magazine conjugates different fields: science, environment, literature, poetry, wargames… The issue No.3 contains several articles related with Napoleonic history:
El sitio histórico de Los Arapiles (The historical site of Los Arapiles) by M.A. Martín Mas
A description of the historical site built aorund of the battle of Los Arapiles, best know to english-speakers as the battle of Salamanca, fought during the Wellington's campaign of 1812. M.A. Martín Mas is a very known Spanish author specialized in the Peninsular War. The article is illustrated with several pictures of the diorama built by War Modelling (Fantassin Miniaturas).
La historiografía británica y la Guerra Peninsular by Rory Muir
A Spanish translation of 'The British History and The Peninsular War', in which the Australian author makes a bibliographical revision of the British view on the Peninsular War, from the first works of William Napier until our days. A list of Spanish translations of the books cited in the article is also included.
El sueño de Napoleón by F.J. Segovia Ramos
A short tale about the meditations of L'Empereur during his exile in Saint Helena.
The magazine is in Spanish and is available by subscription. Go to ALKAID EDICIONES web site, http://www.alkaidediciones.com/ , and download the Subscription Form or contact me throught the e-mail addresses: rpardo@qa.uva.es or rpardoalmudi@gmail.com.
Watch the new diorama about the battle of Los Arapiles (a.k.a. the battle of Salamanca) fought during the Peninsular War. It has been built by Warmodelling (the owners of Fantassin Miniatures) for the Museum of Los Arapiles.
The photo is taken from The Miniatures Page site.
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Watch this wonderful video about the Hans Slaager's Waterloo diorama. The video was made by Benno de Groot and it is shown in his web site
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