My intention to take a break from the French infantry for the FPW was very short lived. I had thought about making some scenic items, some scatter pieces to dress up the table and I got quite inspired by a cross sculpture I had seen in a game on the Perry Facebook page. Remembering my visit to the Musee de 1870 at Gravelotte a few years ago and seeing this cross in part of the Rezonville panorama, I thought I would make one myself.
I had just started to gather the materials needed when I thought "I am sure I have seen this recently" and sure enough I then remembered that John from Hand-Built History had built this very piece. John has done a fabulous job with it (much better than I could do) and I didn't want to duplicate it, so I made a much simpler model.
The cross is made from some plastic card scrap and given some surface and edge damage. The main pillar is a spare gun barrel from the old Wargames Factory WSS set that has been trimmed and then roughened by a light sanding. The base was made from Milliput over a MDF form.
This piece will be paired with the water trough I made a few years ago, that I don't think has ever made onto a table.
A couple of beautiful terrain pieces there Mark. I particularly like the contrasting stone effect between the darker stone base on the lighter stone of the monument and water trough.
ReplyDeleteThanks Lawrence. I did the whole thing in the white originally, but it was too much and since I had done the trough with a great base I decided to match that.
DeleteGun barrel as pillar? Genius!
ReplyDeleteWell it had been laying there for 13 years in the spare bits box...I figured it was time it was put to some use!
DeleteThese are good looking pieces. Thanks for the mention!
ReplyDeleteThanks John and you are welcome
DeleteNice work. Funny what inspires.
ReplyDeleteI had been thinking of making this for some time because when we visited the Rezonville battlefield my wife bought a fridge magnet tgst had the Rezonville cross on it and it sits on the fridge at eye height, so every time I go to the fridge...there it is.
DeleteA great looking piece for the battlefield
ReplyDeleteThank you Neil
DeleteI too think the gun barrel is a great idea and one that I would never have thought of! It reminds me that I want to make something similar for my 10mm games and have ideas sketched on on scraps of paper some where...
ReplyDeleteIt's always nice to find a practical use for all those left over plastic bits.
DeleteExcellent pair of terrain pieces and nice example of recyle/reuse!
DeleteBest Iain
There is almost a degree of guilt about all this spare plastic laying about!
DeleteLovely work Mark…
ReplyDeleteAnd excellent use of spare barrel.
All the best. Aly
It was just such an ornate barrel that needed a use...
DeleteThose are some nice scatter pieces. Should add a little atmosphere to the table. 😀
ReplyDeleteThank Stew, I think a few more items like this will be made in the not too distant future.
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