World War one trench periscopes
Trench periscopes commissions
In this project, our course was commissioned by Shoreham fort a Napoleonic that wanted a collection of world war one replica relics that would be safe if handled by children one of these relics was a pair of world war one trench periscopes.
For this project, I was given the task to best replicate the paint effect for the periscopes to do this, I consulted with our client who wanted the periscopes to have a used weather effect.
To do this, I used references to photos of surviving periscopes.
After collecting a number of references images, I began to do some tests starting with different wood varnished but setting on using slightly watered down acrylic paints which I applied sporadically utilising a variety of sponges.
Overall while I was not involved in the construction of the periscopes, I am pleased that I was justed with this part of the build and I am pleased with the final results.
Trench Periscope paint effects tests
Finished trench periscope paint effects
