Author Topic: BSC2020 Blackwolf The Tower on the Hill (Read 21157 times)

marianas_gamer · « **Reply #15 on:** January 02, 2020, 10:03:03 PM »

I will be happy if your build and your place remains unscorched. Stay safe!

Blackwolf · « **Reply #16 on:** January 02, 2020, 10:13:22 PM »

Thanks Lon, I appreciate it.

Blackwolf · « **Reply #17 on:** January 04, 2020, 07:10:49 PM »

I’ve realised how bloody hard it is using foam bricks to build a tower,kudos to Jim,Pedr,and others

I’m just not neat enough,may have to go for a sculpted tower,which is disappointing.
Any tips fellow builders?

Silent Invader · « **Reply #18 on:** January 04, 2020, 07:15:01 PM »

Try plaster bricks. A lot fussier to do the basic assembly but easier to carve and sand after.

Blackwolf · « **Reply #19 on:** January 04, 2020, 08:43:32 PM »

Thanks Steve

Hammers · « **Reply #20 on:** January 04, 2020, 09:40:19 PM »

Plaster masonry breaks up very realistically.

Blackwolf · « **Reply #21 on:** January 04, 2020, 10:12:43 PM »

Quote from: Hammers on January 04, 2020, 09:40:19 PM

Plaster masonry breaks up very realistically.

As I’m doing a round tower,how do you get the curvature without gaps? I’m assuming the stone was dressed or selected with a curvature.

Silent Invader · « **Reply #22 on:** January 04, 2020, 10:26:52 PM »

You build it with plaster oblong blocks then sand off the sharp edges. I made an Afghan round tower like that.

gamer Mac · « **Reply #23 on:** January 04, 2020, 11:53:40 PM »

foam bricks are the way to go
easy to work with

Blackwolf · « **Reply #24 on:** January 05, 2020, 11:57:54 PM »

Thanks fellas

Had somewhat of an epiphany; realistically I'm not neat*enough to do a stone tower justice, even if it is a ruin,so I'm going down the High Fantasy route.
Watch this space

* I tend to do everything by eye...

Blackwolf · « **Reply #25 on:** January 06, 2020, 08:32:42 AM »

Looking pretty ordinary, another level,and a tree

marianas_gamer · « **Reply #26 on:** January 06, 2020, 09:30:21 AM »

Guy,
You have plenty of time. Don't stress, have a beer

Lon

Blackwolf · « **Reply #27 on:** January 06, 2020, 07:40:31 PM »

Quote from: marianas_gamer on January 06, 2020, 09:30:21 AM

Guy,
You have plenty of time. Don't stress, have a beer
Lon

yep, transposing the all the ideas from my sketches,and brain,trying to make it all work. That's the trouble

Basically the idea is a tower on a hill,partially ruined by a tree, ivy et cetera. The tower will overlook a pond with some sort of bridge or jetty, I'm aiming for knight meets strange lady,very Mallory though more 16th century, phew!

tomrommel1 · « **Reply #28 on:** January 07, 2020, 06:26:03 AM »

nice start

Blackwolf · « **Reply #29 on:** January 07, 2020, 06:53:23 AM »

Cheers Tom,we shall see...

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