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Title: BSC2020 Hammers Gallows of Gallowsgrey
Post by: Hammers on December 21, 2019, 02:49:13 PM
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Title: Re: BSC Hammers Placeholder, prolly a burnt put truck, or something...
Post by: Blackwolf on December 21, 2019, 07:57:20 PM
Excellent
Title: Re: BSC Hammers Placeholder, prolly a burnt put truck, or something...
Post by: Silent Invader on December 21, 2019, 08:16:23 PM
Excellent

+1 with bells and whistles
Title: Re: BSC Hammers Placeholder, prolly a burnt put truck, or something...
Post by: AKULA on December 21, 2019, 09:04:58 PM
 8)
Title: Re: BSC Hammers Placeholder, prolly a burnt out truck, or something...
Post by: Hammers on December 30, 2019, 03:19:37 PM
I feel a bit silly for choosing this theme as I have more than three incomplete projects with banged up shit...


GoT Sept

(http://www.adventuregaming.tsome.com/GoT/Roof1.jpg)

GoT Holdfast

(http://www.adventuregaming.tsome.com/BuildSomething/2018/Holdfast30.jpg)

Vickers Victoria

(http://www.adventuregaming.tsome.com/BuildSomething/BSC2017PotatoeCup/BuildXVII.jpg)

So, what kind of hare brained mastodon build am I to not complete next?
Title: Re: BSC Hammers Placeholder, prolly a burnt out truck, or something...
Post by: Ray Rivers on December 30, 2019, 04:27:47 PM
The rotunda looks fantastico!

 :-*
Title: Re: BSC Hammers Placeholder, prolly a burnt out truck, or something...
Post by: AKULA on December 30, 2019, 09:24:20 PM
Damn...hadn’t seen the Sept before  :-* :-* :-*
Title: Re: BSC Hammers Placeholder, prolly a burnt out truck, or something...
Post by: gamer Mac on January 05, 2020, 12:52:48 AM
get on with not finishing then ;D ;D
What are you doing ??? ??? ???
Title: Re: BSC Hammers Placeholder, prolly a burnt out truck, or something...
Post by: Elk101 on January 05, 2020, 03:42:01 PM
That sept is brilliant!
Title: Re: BSC Hammers Placeholder, prolly a burnt out truck, or something...
Post by: Shahbahraz on January 06, 2020, 12:04:57 AM
Wow!.. just excellent. I suspect I am like the weekend blackjack player who ended up in a high stakes poker game by accident :)
Title: Re: BSC Hammers Placeholder, prolly a burnt out truck, or something...
Post by: Blackwolf on January 06, 2020, 12:16:19 AM
For me,it's the crashed 'plane,fantastic scratch building  8)
Title: Re: BSC Hammers Placeholder, prolly a burnt out truck, or something...
Post by: FreakyFenton on January 06, 2020, 12:45:42 AM
The in progress shots of some of those projects look mighty impressive!  :o
Title: Re: BSC Hammers Placeholder, prolly a burnt out truck, or something...
Post by: tomrommel1 on January 07, 2020, 06:28:36 AM
can't wait to see more
Title: Re: BSC Hammers Placeholder, prolly a burnt out truck, or something...
Post by: Hammers on January 07, 2020, 06:45:58 AM
As I need more terrain to my own take on Frostgrave (Fallgrave), I am considering building a ruined aquaduct.

Perhaps not one as dilapidated as this one...

(https://c8.alamy.com/comp/ANJB5A/remains-of-ancient-roman-aqueduct-near-moria-lesvos-greek-islands-ANJB5A.jpg)

...but one still leading some water all the way to where it has crumbled.
Title: Re: BSC Hammers Placeholder, prolly a burnt out truck, or something...
Post by: Blackwolf on January 07, 2020, 06:52:03 AM
Great idea! Looking forward to your build  :)
Title: Re: BSC2020 Hammers Placeholder, prolly a burnt out truck, or something...
Post by: Burnin Coal on January 07, 2020, 09:30:54 AM
That could be well stunning - great idea
Title: Re: BSC2020 Hammers Placeholder, prolly a burnt out truck, or something...
Post by: Vanvlak on January 07, 2020, 09:40:53 AM
That is one cool idea  :o
Title: Re: BSC2020 Hammers Placeholder, prolly a burnt out truck, or something...
Post by: gamer Mac on January 07, 2020, 09:58:56 AM
Liking the idea
Title: Re: BSC2020 Hammers Gallows of Grey Gallows
Post by: Hammers on February 29, 2020, 05:04:02 PM
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.

(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Visby_galgberget_2009.JPG/1920px-Visby_galgberget_2009.JPG)

If you are interested there s a wiki article here (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galgberget,_Visby)

Some of you my be aware of my GoT project, for which I have started to build a sept (https://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=88563.0)and a holdfast (https://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=106425.0), both to be used as terrain for a game board.

I have also painted some miniatures (https://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=89262.msg1542591#msg1542591) of House Trant of Gallowsgrey (https://awoiaf.westeros.org/index.php/House_Trant).

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.

Title: Re: BSC2020 Hammers Gallows of Gallowsgrey
Post by: Hammers on February 29, 2020, 06:07:31 PM
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?

(http://www.adventuregaming.tsome.com/BuildSomething/2020/Gallows.jpg)

As the theme of BSC2020 is ruin, some pillars will of course be toppled and beams broken.
Title: Re: BSC2020 Hammers Gallows of Gallowsgrey
Post by: Blackwolf on February 29, 2020, 07:33:02 PM
I like that,a refined Stonehenge  :)
Title: Re: BSC2020 Hammers Gallows of Gallowsgrey
Post by: AKULA on February 29, 2020, 08:00:42 PM
... too busy?

Nah...perfect

 :)
Title: Re: BSC2020 Hammers Gallows of Gallowsgrey
Post by: marianas_gamer on February 29, 2020, 11:13:24 PM
Looks just right. But as I have been telling myself lately "The clock is ticking" o_o o_o
Lon
Title: Re: BSC2020 Hammers Gallows of Gallowsgrey
Post by: gamer Mac on March 01, 2020, 11:42:14 AM
Good idea but have I made a mistake does the contest not end in 8 days???
Title: Re: BSC2020 Hammers Gallows of Gallowsgrey
Post by: Hammers on March 01, 2020, 02:00:20 PM
Good idea but have I made a mistake does the contest not end in 8 days???

You are correct.
Title: Re: BSC2020 Hammers Gallows of Gallowsgrey
Post by: ichwillauch on March 01, 2020, 02:11:32 PM
I like the idea!
Title: Re: BSC2020 Hammers Gallows of Gallowsgrey
Post by: Hammers on March 01, 2020, 06:43:27 PM
So it commences...

(http://www.adventuregaming.tsome.com/BuildSomething/2020/Progress1.jpg)

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.


(http://www.adventuregaming.tsome.com/BuildSomething/2020/Progress1_5.jpg)

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.


(http://www.adventuregaming.tsome.com/BuildSomething/2020/Progress2.jpg)


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.


(http://www.adventuregaming.tsome.com/BuildSomething/2020/Progress3.jpg)

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


(http://www.adventuregaming.tsome.com/BuildSomething/2020/Progress4.jpg)

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


(http://www.adventuregaming.tsome.com/BuildSomething/2020/Progress5.jpg)

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.


(http://www.adventuregaming.tsome.com/BuildSomething/2020/Progress6.jpg)

The bonds between the blocks of the pillars are marked with a hot wire tool.
Title: Re: BSC2020 Hammers Gallows of Gallowsgrey
Post by: Codsticker on March 01, 2020, 07:36:37 PM
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.  :D
Title: Re: BSC2020 Hammers Gallows of Gallowsgrey
Post by: syrinx0 on March 02, 2020, 03:16:47 AM
Nice build.   Obviously a man who works best under pressure.  lol
Title: Re: BSC2020 Hammers Gallows of Gallowsgrey
Post by: AKULA on March 02, 2020, 07:27:22 AM
Off to a great start

 :)
Title: Re: BSC2020 Hammers Gallows of Gallowsgrey
Post by: Hammers on March 02, 2020, 08:46:47 AM
Nice build.   Obviously a man who works best under pressure.  lol

It's more like when you ponder something for a long time and then all of a sudden the whole thing is right there: concept, colours, execution  and purpose.
Title: Re: BSC2020 Hammers Gallows of Gallowsgrey
Post by: Overlord on March 02, 2020, 11:36:09 AM
Looking good Peder.  8)  Looks like you have a busy week ahead of you!
Title: Re: BSC2020 Hammers Gallows of Gallowsgrey
Post by: Malamute on March 02, 2020, 04:37:03 PM
Excited about seeing this one when complete. ;D
Title: Re: BSC2020 Hammers Gallows of Gallowsgrey
Post by: gamer Mac on March 02, 2020, 11:11:52 PM
Excited about seeing this one when complete. ;D
+1
Title: Re: BSC2020 Hammers Gallows of Gallowsgrey
Post by: Hammers on March 03, 2020, 08:23:33 AM
I've been a bit back and forth on how to do the masonry of the platform. I  landed in just inscribing the XPS with  a pointed pen. I really want  to emulate the  limestone masonry of the original, which has a a certain character (most of my town is built with it, including the intact 13th century town wall).

(http://www.adventuregaming.tsome.com/BuildSomething/2020/platform.jpg)

Crap telephone image...

The overhang of the top paving is too wide to look good so I'' sand that down to somethingmore narrow. I need  to treat the surface of individual blocks of masonry somehow. Perhaps brush the odd one with fluid greenstuff?

Title: Re: BSC2020 Hammers Gallows of Gallowsgrey
Post by: LordOdo on March 03, 2020, 02:39:19 PM
I like it a lot so far! Great idea as well, and would look awesome together on a table with your sept whenever that gets finished.

Perhaps brush the odd one with fluid greenstuff?

Sounds like a reasonable idea to me!
Title: Re: BSC2020 Hammers Gallows of Gallowsgrey
Post by: Hammers on March 03, 2020, 06:20:32 PM
I have now paved the platform and cut out pieces where it is wrecked and ruined, as per spec.

(http://www.adventuregaming.tsome.com/BuildSomething/2020/PlatformPaving.jpg)

Hard to see but I carved a sevenpointed star in the middle.

I am sure many of you are familiar with this stuff...

(http://www.adventuregaming.tsome.com/BuildSomething/2020/Apoxie.jpg)

...but if you don't, it's the shit. It has lower viscosity and higher plasticity than greenstuff and it dries hard. Very easy to work with and not that expensive. Like working with soft wax.
Title: Re: BSC2020 Hammers Gallows of Gallowsgrey
Post by: Codsticker on March 04, 2020, 02:11:42 AM
I've heard of it boufht haven't used it. I will have to pick some up though; it seems really popular and I've seen great results from people like yourself.
Title: Re: BSC2020 Hammers Gallows of Gallowsgrey
Post by: Hammers on March 05, 2020, 02:50:18 PM
The gallows platform is basecoated and I 've fixed the pillar 'rebars' in place

(http://www.adventuregaming.tsome.com/BuildSomething/2020/rebars.jpg)


These threaded rods serve the dual purpose of fix'n the platform to the base board and as reinforcment to the XSP pilars (which, by the the way, have  previously been brushed with glalc, marvelous stuff, that, put a spring in the XPS, it did)
Title: Re: BSC2020 Hammers Gallows of Gallowsgrey
Post by: Codsticker on March 05, 2020, 03:36:47 PM
Serious construction now...
Title: Re: BSC2020 Hammers Gallows of Gallowsgrey
Post by: OSHIROmodels on March 05, 2020, 03:39:47 PM
Brill  8)
Title: Re: BSC2020 Hammers Gallows of Gallowsgrey
Post by: gamer Mac on March 05, 2020, 03:44:29 PM
Looks like it is going to be strong enough to hand a real person from ;D
Title: Re: BSC2020 Hammers Gallows of Gallowsgrey
Post by: Hammers on March 05, 2020, 04:01:56 PM
Looks like it is going to be strong enough to hand a real person from ;D


That's the plan.
Title: Re: BSC2020 Hammers Gallows of Gallowsgrey
Post by: Blackwolf on March 05, 2020, 07:42:35 PM
Lovely build!
Title: Re: BSC2020 Hammers Gallows of Gallowsgrey
Post by: Hammers on March 06, 2020, 09:11:06 AM
Last  night I did the ground work for the gallows platform.

(http://www.adventuregaming.tsome.com/BuildSomething/2020/Platform_fixated.jpg)

The platform was affixed to the base board as previously. I screw/bolt in place quite often these days as it allows you to take complex builds apart should you have made a mistake. I had previously sculpted a sort of plinth for each pillar to be fitted in as it did not look quite right having  them stand directly on  the paved platform.


(http://www.adventuregaming.tsome.com/BuildSomething/2020/MixPaperMache.jpg)

I have shown before (link (https://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=96680.msg1367540#msg1367540)) how I do dirt ground on game boards. The consistency of the mache is important as too much water in the mix makes it shrink like a bastard. You all know the feel of a fresh piece of dog mess when toy with it in your hand? That's the consistency we're looking  for!  Add a good dollop of white glue to the mix for increased adhesiveness and durability.

As you can see I added a piece of XPS to bulk out the area where the platform has been ruined as a pilar has been pulled down. It is necessary, as Celluclay does not lend itself well to being applied in thick layers, because of the shrinkage issue mentioned.


(http://www.adventuregaming.tsome.com/BuildSomething/2020/debris.jpg)

The surface was smoothed with a wet finger and pebbles, gravel, sand and pieces of slate added and pushed into the paper mache. You cannot see it in  the image but I also pushed a couple of indentation into the mache, in which I will pour puddles of clear resin or epoxy.

I went a bit overboard with the debris. The busted up platform would probably not generate this amount of rubble. Fuck it. It will have to do.
Title: Re: BSC2020 Hammers Gallows of Gallowsgrey
Post by: AKULA on March 06, 2020, 09:54:23 AM
Looks good to me...wouldn’t worry about the rubble, there could well be representatives of a noble house buried under there for all we know  ;)
Title: Re: BSC2020 Hammers Gallows of Gallowsgrey
Post by: Malamute on March 06, 2020, 10:08:41 AM
Brilliant or as you would say it looks the Shits :D :)
Title: Re: BSC2020 Hammers Gallows of Gallowsgrey
Post by: Hammers on March 07, 2020, 12:52:09 PM
This is the last image I'll post before voting begins.

(http://www.adventuregaming.tsome.com/BuildSomething/2020/LastImage.jpg)

I have airbrushed the thing in several layers of increasingly light nuances of tan grey, trying to emulate the limestone endemic to our island. I masked most of the umber ground work but sprayed most of the rubble the same color as the platform. As the masonry here on Gotland come on a few different colors, I have picked out individual block and shards in a pinkish grey or light tan, to make the impression more interesting and realistic.

Now on to washes, flocking and detailing but that is all for the final post.
Title: Re: BSC2020 Hammers Gallows of Gallowsgrey
Post by: Codsticker on March 07, 2020, 04:02:05 PM
I really like that rubble- it looks very natural and realistic.
Title: Re: BSC2020 Hammers Gallows of Gallowsgrey
Post by: marianas_gamer on March 08, 2020, 12:43:30 AM
I am disappointed that you have not brought in any of your blacksmithing, coppersmithing or forging skills. I thought that this was a tradition  lol lol
Title: Re: BSC2020 Hammers Gallows of Gallowsgrey
Post by: Hammers on March 08, 2020, 10:52:17 AM
You are right! I forgot an idea I had In that area. If I have time I’ll do it.
Title: Re: BSC2020 Hammers Gallows of Gallowsgrey
Post by: Hammers on March 08, 2020, 06:47:58 PM
I said I had posted my last photograph. I lied.

(http://www.adventuregaming.tsome.com/BuildSomething/2020/torture.jpg)

Gauded by marinanas I've built a couple of whirligigs to hang in the remains of the gallows. I am currently having a fitting session with the few skeletons from the bitz box. I am considering a Catherine wheel to. I have no idea if it is cannon but the people of Westros doesn't seem to be wanting in the area of cruel and unusual punishment.
Title: Re: BSC2020 Hammers Gallows of Gallowsgrey
Post by: Codsticker on March 08, 2020, 08:35:24 PM
I have no idea if it is cannon but the people of Westros doesn't seem to be wanting in the area of cruel and unusual punishment.
Crucifixion is too good for 'em. :-[
Title: Re: BSC2020 Hammers Gallows of Gallowsgrey
Post by: Hammers on April 01, 2020, 01:20:16 PM
And here is the finished thing, as seen  from a few angles...

(https://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/44/134-120320202324-44373640.jpeg)


(https://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/44/134-190320105554-44488373.jpeg)


(https://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/44/134-260320194405-44681398.jpeg)


I started quite late in the game, but for me things can be done so much quicker when I see before me what I want to do.
Title: Re: BSC2020 Hammers Gallows of Gallowsgrey
Post by: gamer Mac on April 01, 2020, 01:38:58 PM
I did think you left it a bit late to start
but you still managed to build a cracker you git :D lol
Great job Peder :-* :-* :-*