The Wildfire Holdfast of Gallowsgrey

[Hammers]

Most excellent  I too am interested in your iron mongery, especially the hinges and the grate. Are they painted plastic and wood? Really good start on this.
Lon

The grate itself is brass wire mounted in a sheet brass, heated and bent into a frame. The curly bits, hinges and so forth are cut out of thin brass sheet or wine bottle neck seals. The rivets are pinheads. The hinges of the arrow slits are simply thin brass wire of the stiff, springy variety bent to shape.

It probably sounds more difficult than it is.

[Mason]

Excellent.
 

I am rather disappointed that you are gratuitously flashing your sponsor, Geoff Merrill's, name about though....
 

[Hammers]

Excellent.
 

I am rather disappointed that you are gratuitously flashing your sponsor, Geoff Merrill's, name about though....
 

Blast. I was going for subtle product placement. One doesnt want to appear vulgar, you know.

[Braz]

Blast. I was going for subtle product placement. One doesnt want to appear vulgar, you know.

Also hinting at the cause of the destruction? Wine and handling wildfire don't mix.

This is seriously nice! Love all the details.

[marianas_gamer]

Thanks Hammers! I had forgotten your earlier brass work in the last build, an interesting talent to bring to the modeling table. Looks great but you have some serious competitors out there!
Lon

[Mason]

Blast. I was going for subtle product placement. One doesnt want to appear vulgar, you know.

 

You can be forgiven one mistake, old bean.
Careful, though, or the chaps at the club may blackball you should you do it again.
 

[syrinx0]

The detail you bring to even a wrecked building is amazing. 

[Rich H]

Nice work!

Is the foam strong enough to survive gaming?

[Hammers]

Nice work!

Is the foam strong enough to survive gaming?

Yes. I have used 'glalc' on it and it seems to give it a sufficient protection. Plus, the sheeting is laminated in several layers, which helps.

[Juxt]

brilliant detail in the ironwork 

[Hammers]

Progress report.

I went to the garden shop to score some material for the entrance stair structure. Dovels there come in many dimensions at a fraction of the cost the charge in hobby stores.

The dovels are scored, notched and sanded with course sand paper along their length before I cut them.




The larger frames are fit in with a rather authentic metod plus carpenters clue. I use real wooden dovels for that real carpentry look.




I have pinned the larger frames to a MDF baseboard. As I don't cut all lumber beforehand, this makes it easier to cut the various beams and supports individually to the right length and angle. Once completed the whole structured will be heavily weathered and partly broken up. I find this easier to do to a intact structure rather than as it is put together.

[Silent Invader]

That’s fiddly! Will look ace though

[OSHIROmodels]

Splendid build 

[Andym]

So...you're building a genuine castle using real life techniques, only in a smaller scale than the real thing! Kudos!

And that's why you are the moderator of the Workbench board!

[Hammers]

So...you're building a genuine castle using real life techniques, only in a smaller scale than the real thing! Kudos!

And that's why you are the moderator of the Workbench board!

...authentic-ish.