Wipers and the Sentry

Another commission piece for the same customer I did the Artillery memorial piece for. This is a remake of another Charles Sargeant Jagger sculpture called 'Wipers' which was the Tommies' name for Ypres.

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The Wipers figure doesn't have the same rigid symmetry as the Artillery figures have and he's much less stylised although he does look like he's been working out or taking steroids.

This figure has come together really quickly. He comes from the same humble beginnings as the Artillery trio in that his head started life as Jason Statham and his body is one of the huge body builder torsos.

 

He's sporting a combination of DiD, Sideshow and Tony Barton items along with custom parts such as the over-trousers and rain cape. When I secure him to his plinth, I'll set his legs slightly further apart to give him a more 'None Shall Pass' look.

 

 

The primed stage has been my favourite of these projects. I like the way the grey makes everything uniform and monochromatic.

Just reminded myself that one of my ancestors was killed at the start of the third battle of Ypres in 1917.

Will hopefully have the time to get him bronzed today.

 

Bronzed and 'Dullcoted'. Looking at the original base it became clearer that the helmet at his feet is a Pickelhaube which dates the scene to no later than mid 1916, when the Stalhelm was issued. This meant that the box respirator had to be replaced with a PH Hood bag which was still being issued in 1916. It also became more apparent that the figure's left sleeve was in tatters, exposing his muscular forearm......



 

 .....so a bit of revision was required: