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[Hammers]

Nice build.   Obviously a man who works best under pressure. 

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.

[Overlord]

Looking good Peder.    Looks like you have a busy week ahead of you!

[Malamute]

Excited about seeing this one when complete.

[gamer Mac]

Excited about seeing this one when complete.

+1

[Hammers]

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).



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?

[LordOdo]

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!

[Hammers]

I have now paved the platform and cut out pieces where it is wrecked and ruined, as per spec.



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

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



...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.

[Codsticker]

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.

[Hammers]

The gallows platform is basecoated and I 've fixed the pillar 'rebars' in place




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)

[Codsticker]

Serious construction now...

[OSHIROmodels]

Brill 

[gamer Mac]

Looks like it is going to be strong enough to hand a real person from

[Hammers]

Looks like it is going to be strong enough to hand a real person from

That's the plan.

[Blackwolf]

Lovely build!

[Hammers]

Last  night I did the ground work for the gallows platform.



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.




I have shown before (link) 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.




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.