With the upcoming "Come and 'ave a go if you think you're LARD enough 2026" but a few short months away, I think it is time to start churning out some terrain (as well as finishing the forces as well).
Now this posed a challenge as I couldn't find a figure like that anywhere so I decided to make a suitably French war memorial. I wanted an angel or similar female figure and after much searching found a female figure actually used on a real war memorial in Fulham & Hammersmith. With the figure found I wanted a nice plinth and recalled seeing one in the excellent Eskice's collection. My plan was to use the angel instead of Eskice's figure and change the base about as well.
With a little editing and fiddling (and resizing to 20mm) with I had the components I needed to print.
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| Print plate all set up |
Once printed (and the sword was so fine I had to print several replacement parts and fix them afterwards), it was time to assemble and crack on with painting this. All paints are Vallejo by the way.
I wanted a nice aged bronze figure, so started with a coat of GC 72.058 Brassy Brass.
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| Very brassy indeed, this will need toning down |
To begin to tone this down, next a wash of Agrax Earthshade to add some tones.
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| Agraxed! |
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| Looking much better |
Finally another dilute wash of 50% VMC 70.969 and VMC 72.023 Electric Blue to make a turquoise wash to blend in nicely. Once this was done a dry brush of original GC 72.058 Brassy Brass and then a final highlight with VMC 70.801 Brass, an voila!
Now to finish the base and pretty much done. I just need to varnish her and she can go on to the table for the Battle of Biville. Very pleased with a Sunday mornings work.
A few closeups of the statue first before the final finished item.
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| Finished War Memorial |
I hope you enjoyed reading this as much as I enjoyed painting it.