Late Roman Watchtower (Specula)

[Lt. Hazel]

Hallo!

I always wanted a watchtower for my Late Romans since I fell in love with the one depicted in the WAB-supplement "Fall of the West". So I build my one from scratch, the ballustrade was made by Andy Slater and is available at his shop
http://www.archeotech.co.uk/products/00115-jans-ballustrade.html
The rest of the Tower is made of foamboard, woodsticks, coffee stirrers, Green Stuff und Dekofill.  
Hope you like it

Jan
 

[pocoloco]

Darn fine job with that! Both the build and the painting! 

Makes me wanna have one even though I don't play the LR period

[Keith]

Beautiful!

[Captain Blood]

That’s an excellent piece Jan 

[FierceKitty]

I could imagine living in that, with a few modern amenities laid on. Nifty.

[Antonio J Carrasco]

That is an outstanding piece of terrain! And a great inspiration. Thanks for sharing it.

[.:Gunslinger:.]

Really nice tower! The stonework appaering in some places as well as the weathering really bring this to life! Do you maybe have some pictures of the build in progress?

[Lt. Hazel]

Thank you gents!
Unfortunatly I do not have any WIP pics. The Building process took quite a while, my first attempt creating the stonework failed. I used cheap airdrying Clay for Kids, and it all crumbled and broke of. The ballustrade and the roof were not that easy to build too. I considered smashing the whole thing against a wall more than once.
But, in the end, I am quite pleased with my tower. The next thing I would like to make is a Roman Villa rustica.
Jan

[Axebreaker]

Outstanding work Jan!!

Christopher

[Mason]

Lovely building, painting and weathering.
Most impressive!
 

[Vagabond]

An excellent build but your painting has really brought it to life.

I'm curious about the door half way up the wall, did they use a ladder for access?

[Lt. Hazel]

I'm curious about the door half way up the wall, did they use a ladder for access?

They used a ladder indeed. Just drag the ladder inside, shut the door...safe  
Here you can see what it looked like inside
http://www.medienwerkstatt-online.de/lws_wissen/vorlagen/showcard.php?id=14003

[Vagabond]

Cheers - An inspiring picture. You've got a good likeness to it with your build.

[aircav]

Fantastic build 

[Codsticker]

I can only echo the sentiments of those who posted before me- spectacular.