1876 - Part 5 - Closing in on Last Stand Hill by lookoo
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On this day exactly 140 years ago, the Battle of the Little Bighorn took place.
Whole libraries have been filled with page upon page with lots of fretting over why Custer Lost at the Little Bighorn. Some claimed the Indians were led by a West Point Graduate. Others, to the present day, claim he was betrayed by Benteen. Others blame the incompetence of Reno. Still others blame the glory-hunting Custer himself.
Robert Utley once drily remarked that Custer lost because the Indians won. Why did they win?
- They outspirited the 7th Cavalry: After the Rosebud they knew they could stop any large Army in their tracks. They were confident.
. They outslept he 7th Cavalry: While the men of the 7th didn't sleep during the night to the 25th, the Indians celebrated and then slept late. They were well rested.
- They outmanned and outwomaned the 7th Cavalry: 647 soldiers were met by maybe 1500 warriors and quite a few angry women.
. They outgunned the 7th Cavalry: The Indians used a wide variety of weapons, including captured weapons from fallen troopers. The Winchester Rifles or the Spencer Carbines quite manyy of them used had a higher rate of fire than the Troopers' single-shot Springfield carbines.
- They outarrowed the 7th cavalry: Many warriors shot arrows in arches from concealment at the troopers who couldn't reply in kind.
- Splitting his command in four tunrned out to be not such a good Idea, given the odds. ;)
The result was lopsided:
The 7th cavalry lost 268 killed plus 6 more later to die of their wounds.
The Indians lost 41 people in the fight: 6 Lakota women, 4 Lakota children, 24 Lakota warriors, 7 Lakota warriors.
I had to include some familiar faces in the climactic battle as usual I have compensated for the underrepresentation of woman warriors in the sources with an overrepresentation in my render ;) Don't worry too much about them. Cheyenne women were not among those who lost their lifes on this day.
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My biggest fight scene so far - and all rendered in one pass with only 8 GB RAM! ;)
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Marvellous Designer 4 - Poser Pro 2014 - Vue 2014 Xstream
Comments (9)
eekdog
Awesome action, details and scene. Looks like a single frame from a movie.
T.Rex
Thamks for the information about your computers capacity. And thank you for this history. The arrogance of academics as to why Custard face lost - he had no / very poor reconnaissance based on overconfidence. He looked down on his opponents. He split his forces. And paid for it. My hat's off to the Indians. Glad to see you posting again, and instructing us in history. By the way, many of the soldiers had poor quality cartidges (wrong alloys) resulting in pistols and rifles jamming. The problem was with industrial kickbacks to politicians in a very corrupt Washington, DC. Keep up the good work! :-)
My rating - a 6 !
lookoo
Thank you! (8 GB RAM looked like monster specs when I assembled this machine, but this is now almost 8 years ago...) ;)
Springfield cartridges: interestingly, archeological surveys have corroborated that there were some cartridge malfunctions - but not as many as one would think - they were not really a decisive factor.
mazzam
Very impressive scene. Spectacular work.
Windigo
A very fine scene and recounting of facts, superb work! Bravo! I, however, would take exception to 'many angry women' (and the children), they should be considered warriors also, IMO!!
I now have much more empathy for the people's circumstances living near Black Hills today!
Richardphotos
very detailed.ps: I sent a site mail pretty much agreeing with you
Boni
one of my favorite paintings in the Bufalo Bill Historial Center is Custer's Last Stand ... I use to study it as a child living in Cody WY You have done a good job here.
Krid
..great dynamic battle scene and excellent details and postwork
mandala
that's very dramatic battle scene!
UVDan
Excellent action. The poses and expressions are fantastic! The sky needs some clouds though. https://www.renderosity.com/mod/freestuff/uvdans-billboard-cloud-freebie/75429
lookoo
Thanks! This is rendered in Vue where there is no dearth of excellent spectral clouds if you want them. I had thought a blue sky would bring the flying arrows and the dustbetter out but that's of course a matter of taste