BUILDING THE CATHOLIC CHURCH OF LEUTHEN
One of the most know sketch of this battle is the assault of the 15 Rgt - Garde - II and III Battalions towards the Church of Leuthen, surrounded by high walls in stone and hardly defended by the Roth Wurzburg Regiment, that bravely fought during that day.
The Church of Leuthen (now in Poland) still exists and therefore is quite simple to have an idea of how it appeared in the XVIII Century.
The Church of Leuthen (now in Poland) still exists and therefore is quite simple to have an idea of how it appeared in the XVIII Century.
The most famous painting of that episode of the Battle of Leuthen is surely the this painting that perfectly shows the momentum of the assault of the III btg of the 15 Regiment (Garde) to the church.
This image together with a lot of dioramas I have seen on internet moved me to recreate this epic battle on a 1 to 1 ratio.
Surely the Church of Leuthen represents the mains and most characteristic element of the Battle, because of its widespread representation and also because of its particular feature. Usually, the dioramas of this battle actually focus on this village and on its Church, with the fascinating white covered fields that make the uniforms of the soldiers flashing like on a paper sheet.
This image together with a lot of dioramas I have seen on internet moved me to recreate this epic battle on a 1 to 1 ratio.
Surely the Church of Leuthen represents the mains and most characteristic element of the Battle, because of its widespread representation and also because of its particular feature. Usually, the dioramas of this battle actually focus on this village and on its Church, with the fascinating white covered fields that make the uniforms of the soldiers flashing like on a paper sheet.
There are a lot of dioramas on this subject visible on internet. As first example I took this from the fantastic of The
site Der Alte Fritz where they recreated this battle.
As you can admire the Church stands in the very center of the battlefield, surrounded by the farms and houses of the village and strongly defended by the Roth Wurzburg Regiment.
My intent was actually to recreate and effect like this, but with a much more increased number of figures, to give to the spectator the same view and idea that Friedrich II had at the battle, or at least his soldiers.
http://altefritz.blogspot.it/2009/03/battle-of-leuthen-report.html
site Der Alte Fritz where they recreated this battle.
As you can admire the Church stands in the very center of the battlefield, surrounded by the farms and houses of the village and strongly defended by the Roth Wurzburg Regiment.
My intent was actually to recreate and effect like this, but with a much more increased number of figures, to give to the spectator the same view and idea that Friedrich II had at the battle, or at least his soldiers.
http://altefritz.blogspot.it/2009/03/battle-of-leuthen-report.html
Very simply walls. The white parts are useful to link the walls each other or with the towers.
I started to print the walls of the Church with grey stones and to prepare them to stay upwards thanks to the fact that I linked them to the round short towers on the 4 corners. I used a paper sheet of 140 gr, so that is more rigid than the normal but still very easy to trim. Important was too that the walls were at 90° so to avoid to have at the end a triangle instead of a square.
Building the round tower.
It was mainly important to build a round tower: therefore I used as a draft a round tool of the right dimension; I had then to reinforce the bottom with a cross made of paper, as usual.
Very challenging was then to link the walls to the tower. All was then covered with a stone shaped paper wall.
It was mainly important to build a round tower: therefore I used as a draft a round tool of the right dimension; I had then to reinforce the bottom with a cross made of paper, as usual.
Very challenging was then to link the walls to the tower. All was then covered with a stone shaped paper wall.
On the left the way I linked the tower with the wall.