BSC2020 Blackwolf The Tower on the Hill

[marianas_gamer]

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

[Blackwolf]

Thanks Lon, I appreciate it.

[Blackwolf]

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]

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

[Blackwolf]

Thanks Steve

[Hammers]

Plaster masonry breaks up very realistically.

[Blackwolf]

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]

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

[gamer Mac]

foam bricks are the way to go
easy to work with

[Blackwolf]

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]

Looking pretty ordinary, another level,and a tree

[marianas_gamer]

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

[Blackwolf]

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]

nice start

[Blackwolf]

Cheers Tom,we shall see...