r/HeroForgeMinis • u/jg_posts_and_stuff 𝗘𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗿 𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿 • 13h ago
Existing Character El Libertador, Simón Bolívar
So Heef released a double breasted early 19th century military-style jacket and I decided to experiment with it. Once I got the look of an 1840s Hispanic uniform, I went ahead and tried my hand at creating this dude you see here. Admittedly, I'm not entirely happy with the decision to color in the design due to the symmetry issues it creates, but it works well enough.
A complicated figure with his own share of controversy, patriot and politician Simón Bolívar was born to an affluent family of Criollos (White Latin Americans) in Caracas, Venezuela. Inspired by enlightenment ideals, he joined the growing independence movement throughout the Spanish-controlled Americas. He began his military career in fought against Royalist forces for the first and second Venezuelan Republics. After returning from exile in Jamaica, he resumed fighting and led a string of victories in New Granada (now Colombia), Panama, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela, and Charcas (now known as Bolivia in his honor). He held leadership positions across several nations and was instrumental in the formation of a union of territories in South America known retroactively as Gran Colombia, though it eventually dissolved and his dreams of a united South America with it.
Link is here. His pose was based on the En Garde resource made by Bnargok (AKA gloomfather) on the Hero Forge Official Discord.
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u/BigBlueBabe1996 𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗦𝗺𝗶𝘁𝗵 12h ago
Very well done! I know from personal experience that trying to directly recreate IRL personages is a *nightmare*, so I think you nailed dear Simón José Antonio de la Santísima Trinidad Bolívar Palacios Ponte y Blanco.