BSC2020 Hammers Gallows of Gallowsgrey

[Burnin Coal]

That could be well stunning - great idea

[Vanvlak]

That is one cool idea 

[gamer Mac]

Liking the idea

[Hammers]

I've been racking my brain for quite a while now, trying to find a BSC project which a) would inspire me to complete b) I had use for. I've had a real hard time coming up with something. But "dig where you stand" a wise man said. So...

Above my beautiful home town of Visby, which much of its medieval character intact, looms a hill, or rather a cliff, called "Galgberget", which roughly translates as Gallows Hill. It is the town execution grounds which saw use from the mid 13th century and about 600 years on. The construction is three masonry pillars between which beams were laid and from them dangled nooses and hooks where condemned miscreants were hung. The spot for these gallows was not an accident, it is well visible to the citizens of the town below but also for any threats coming from the sea; a statement that the law of capital punishment ruled these lands.



If you are interested there s a wiki article here

Some of you my be aware of my GoT project, for which I have started to build a sept and a holdfast, both to be used as terrain for a game board.

I have also painted some miniatures of House Trant of Gallowsgrey.

All this comes together in a suitable project for this BSC: the ramshackle gallows among the ruins caused by the devastation in a Song of Ice and Fire.

[Hammers]

Rather than a in a triangular form, which seems rather paltry, I am considering placing pillars in a heptagon shape, as the number seven has such important meaning in the world of Ice and Fire. I am not sure though, while three seems too few, seven makes it ... too busy?



As the theme of BSC2020 is ruin, some pillars will of course be toppled and beams broken.

[Blackwolf]

I like that,a refined Stonehenge 

[AKULA]

... too busy?

Nah...perfect

 

[marianas_gamer]

Looks just right. But as I have been telling myself lately "The clock is ticking"
Lon

[gamer Mac]

Good idea but have I made a mistake does the contest not end in 8 days???

[Hammers]

Good idea but have I made a mistake does the contest not end in 8 days???

You are correct.

[ichwillauch]

I like the idea!

[Hammers]

So it commences...



I've cut seven pilars out of pink foam and sanded them to an even shape. I've been a bit back and forth on dimensions but these are pretty true to the real pillars as show in a previous thread. I've drilled a hole right through the pilars, top to bottom, and inserted threaded rods for support (pink foam is rather weak) and to fasten them to a base board.




I picked out a couple of rocks, slate and limestone, with rough sides and pushed them into the sides of the pink foam to get a rough cut texture. I find that you really cant push too hard to get a good texture.





The pillars will stand on a circular raised platform. The gallows of Galgberget has a circular wall around it, but for a couple of reasons I want I want these gallows raised.




The base, cut from 10mm plywood. It needs to be big enough to leave place for a few fallen pillars and other debris.




The platform glued to pink foam. The sides will be clad with stonework, eventually.




While waiting for glue to set, I did some work on the beams which will lay between the tops of the pillars. I scored the wood by dragging razor saw blades along the grain and added cuts here and there. Afterwards it was sanded with fine sandpaper.




The bonds between the blocks of the pillars are marked with a hot wire tool.

[Codsticker]

Amazing progress this weekend. If you knock this out of the park with just a few days to go that will be a little irritating. 

[syrinx0]

Nice build.   Obviously a man who works best under pressure. 

[AKULA]

Off to a great start