Ambushed Cavalry

Playing around with Poser I made some CGI scenes...
I have these posted on flickr and have posted them here now as well. Hope you enjoy.

Ambush, originally uploaded by Kyle Reborn.

The scouting party had to cross the open field to get back to the horses. They had seen the camp with the warriors painting themselves and preparing for battle. The fort was going to be attacked and they had to warn them.

Halfway across the field the arrows started raining down on them. Almost as one, the troopers were cut down, the fort would never get the warning, the troopers would never return.

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Struck Down

Struck Down, originally uploaded by Kyle Reborn.

The last seconds of two of the brave young troopers trying to warn the fort before the impending battle.

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Helpless

Helpless, originally uploaded by Kyle Reborn.

As the troopers emerged from the woods, they saw the hunting party moving toward them. Drawing their weapons they hoped to escape unseen but before they could take cover, Trooper Evans was struck in the throat.

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Helpless 2

Helpless 2, originally uploaded by Kyle Reborn.

A second arrow struck Evans in the chest piercing his heart. Conners had no chance to turn and run as two feathered shafts cut him down where he stood as well.
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Meadow of Death

Meadow of Death, originally uploaded by Kyle Reborn.

Eager to show their superiority over the savages, General Knox had ordered Captain Meeks to kill a small group of Indians that had made camp just out of sight of the fort to the north.

"Kill 'em all, Captain." He ordered. "I want them to know what they are dealing with here."

"Yes Sir!" Captain Meeks answered. "We''ll leave immediately."

Things did not go as planned.

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Meeks

Meeks, originally uploaded by Kyle Reborn.

Captain Meeks stabbed his saber in the ground and shouted "Draw your Sabers, we make our stand here, men! Don't let them pass!" the small party was facing a group of nine braves rushing up the hill toward them. As his men started falling around him he realized how outnumbered they really were. More indians poured into the clearing charging toward the small troop.
Valiantly standing with his men, he chose to defend them to the death, which came... Oh, so soon.

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Weston

Weston, originally uploaded by Kyle Reborn.

Cpl. Marshall Weston was the first struck down in the group. He fired only once, striking one of the onrushing braves in the leg. As he prepared to fire again, he was struck in the abdomen. Dropping to the ground he clutched at the arrow embedded in his navel as the wound gushed a warm river of blood. A second shaft plunged into his chest as the rush of warriors drew nearer and nearer. . .

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Pvt. Hicks

Hicks, originally uploaded by Kyle Reborn.

Struck in the chest, young Private Hicks fell backwards and screamed in pain. Each beat of his wounded heart shot agonizing pain through his entire body. Grasping the arrow in desperation, he pulled it free. Blood gushed from the wound as his heart beat for the last time. His life over, the pain was now finished.

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Austin

Austin, originally uploaded by Kyle Reborn.

First Sargent John Austin was elated! Six shots and six fallen indian warriors. The seventh shot was just the click of the hammer on the spent shell. Seeing his intended target drawing down on him as his target, John leapt to his side hoping to avoid the feathered shaft. The warrior, an experienced hunter let his arrow fly and saved the lives of himself and several other braves with one shot.

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Deiter

Deiter, originally uploaded by Kyle Reborn.

Private James Deiter, on his first patrol, fired wildly into the mass of human flesh that ran whooping and screaming toward him. "Aim, Private, take aim." Sgt. Austin shouted from somewhere behind him. He aimed carefully at the nearest indian that was taking aim at him. A bright red wound open up in the indian's chest, the brave released his grip and the fully drawn arrow found it's intended target. Pvt. Deiter struggled to take his last breath as he staggered forward. His target's limp body fell face first to the ground, dead before he hit. Pvt. Deiter, like his killer, would never feel the pain of falling face first driving the arrow through his body as he fell.

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Aftermath

Aftermath, originally uploaded by Kyle Reborn.

The short battle was over. The soldiers lay in the quiet meadow as the Indians carried their dead and wounded back to their camp. General Knox was notified that the soldier's bodies had been found later that afternoon.

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