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Author Topic: Captain Blood's Renedra Tower project (8 July - Finished. Many pics P10.)  (Read 42760 times)

Offline Captain Blood

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No problems mate, would love to see it eventuate.

Here you go... Good idea Frank. It works quite well I think.
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Meanwhile, first fit of tuftage has taken place... More to come, plus more general greensward / flock...




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Re: Captain Blood's Renedra Tower project (2 July - Murder holes! P9. )
« Reply #121 on: July 02, 2016, 06:17:53 PM »
Absolutely delightful  8)
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Re: Captain Blood's Renedra Tower project (2 July - Murder holes! P9. )
« Reply #122 on: July 02, 2016, 07:14:50 PM »
Love the murder hole, very understated but it works well  8)

Are you a secret member of the tufty club by any chance   lol

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Re: Captain Blood's Renedra Tower project (2 July - Murder holes! P9. )
« Reply #123 on: July 02, 2016, 11:34:45 PM »
Love the murder hole, very understated but it works well  8)

Are you a secret member of the tufty club by any chance   lol

cheers

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Seems so but who isn't these days? It's nice to see LAF promoting the road safety message to the over 50's amongst us.

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Re: Captain Blood's Renedra Tower project (2 July - Murder holes! P9. )
« Reply #124 on: July 03, 2016, 01:15:42 AM »
Love the murder hole, very understated but it works well  8)

I was thinking something larger too, but that works VERY well Richard and makes sense to boot. Just enough to give any unwelcome guests knocking on your door a bit of hell and breaks up that large wall so nicely.

Awesome piece and the tufts look great.

BTW - I think LAF needs a Tufty Club badge.  lol
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Re: Captain Blood's Renedra Tower project (2 July - Murder holes! P9. )
« Reply #125 on: July 03, 2016, 07:15:22 AM »
This is a brilliant project, really enjoying your attention to detail.

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Re: Captain Blood's Renedra Tower project (2 July - Murder holes! P9. )
« Reply #126 on: July 03, 2016, 08:12:53 AM »
Brilliant! :-* That's just the right amount of tufts/grass around the base. Have you done the edges yet? Is that this beastie finished?

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Re: Captain Blood's Renedra Tower project (2 July - Murder holes! P9. )
« Reply #127 on: July 03, 2016, 08:50:27 AM »
Brilliant! :-* That's just the right amount of tufts/grass around the base. Have you done the edges yet? Is that this beastie finished?

Thanks Andy. No, not quite. I'm going to do a bit more greening - while following your suggestion and leaving a well worn dirt track right around the base of the tower. Unfortunately, I'm only able to give it an hour here or there at the moment. Busy times on all sorts of other things  ::)

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Re: Captain Blood's Renedra Tower project (2 July - Murder holes! P9. )
« Reply #128 on: July 03, 2016, 09:02:52 AM »
Looking great. All the additions bring it to life and the base is really setting it off. Excellent job, can't wait to see it in the flesh ;D
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Re: Captain Blood's Renedra Tower project (2 July - Murder holes! P9. )
« Reply #129 on: July 03, 2016, 11:13:09 PM »
Excellent  8) :) 8)
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Re: Captain Blood's Renedra Tower project (2 July - Murder holes! P9. )
« Reply #130 on: July 04, 2016, 12:15:55 AM »
It turned out pretty damn good. Great Work.
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Re: Captain Blood's Renedra Tower project (2 July - Murder holes! P9. )
« Reply #131 on: July 04, 2016, 02:27:29 AM »
Holy smokes!  That sir, is indeed the bomb!
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Re: Captain Blood's Renedra Tower project (2 July - Murder holes! P9. )
« Reply #132 on: July 04, 2016, 12:48:07 PM »
Richard, you got the most out of this plastic. I have to say: You are still the emporer of plastic. Very nice.
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Re: Captain Blood's Renedra Tower project (2 July - Murder holes! P9. )
« Reply #133 on: July 04, 2016, 03:19:13 PM »
very nice idea indeed!!!
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Re: Captain Blood's Renedra Tower project (2 July - Murder holes! P9. )
« Reply #134 on: July 08, 2016, 05:22:05 PM »
Thanks.

Here is the finished tower. Had fun today setting up a couple of scenes to show the tower off to good effect... The ruins in the background are by Manor House Workshop.

First, a Wars of the Roses siege - the Yorkists holed up and then sallying forth... Sandal Castle perhaps?






















Here you can see the fairly unsatisfactory interior detail. Timber floor added by me. It would be more work to add full interior detail - I guess it depends how often you plan to have the roof off...






I then set up a little set-to between my Game of Thrones factions.
The Starks attacking a holdfast occupied by the Lannisters and their Bolton allies...














 

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