Dog Rough Soldiers - Norman Church

[Eric the Shed]

Looks fab - ref Lichgate try this...

https://www.petitepropertiesltd.com/1/48th-the-old-lych-gate-kit.html



Church is from the same dolls house company - 1/48 scale

[Digits]

Cheers all!

Eric…I looked at that one but they are out of stock….i may actually scratch it myself as I think it looks straight forward, and I would have to add a lot of texture to the petite gate anyway.

[anevilgiraffe]

that's the one I used, I did have to cut it down to fit as 1/48 was a tad tall...

https://anevilgiraffe.blogspot.com/2020/02/church-wip-adjunct.html

I narrowed it down as well by removing the middle two beams

https://anevilgiraffe.blogspot.com/2020/07/churchyard-wip.html

https://anevilgiraffe.blogspot.com/2020/08/some-better-pictures.html

[Digits]

Yup that reinforces the fact that by time I cut out the spars and lower the height and THEN add texture…..I may as well build it myself! 🥴. Thanks for the pics though!

[Digits]

So I sat started a lych gate last night…..simple foam card walls with green stuff impressed stonework thus far.   As yet there isn’t a straight line on it seeing as it leans already..so we shall say rustic.   Making it up as I go along but have an image in mind for it.  A bit to go yet…

[anevilgiraffe]

nice start 

[carlos marighela]

I lych what you've done so far.

[Digits]

Ha!

Ok, just the roof tiling plus a gate and it’s built!

[Silent Invader]

Nice job with good use of sprue offcut!!!

[anevilgiraffe]

Nice job with good use of sprue offcut!!!

The cross? that's from the Renedra graveyard sprue isn't it?

[Digits]

It’s Renedra yes.   Saved me making one!

Ok so the build is done….now for paint and a little ivy!

[Sakuragi Miniatures]

That's coming out well, how long did it take to make? Also, thanks for teaching me a new word. I'd not hear "lychgate" before.

[Digits]

About three and a half hours in total…an hour of which was the tiling!  An hour to paint I expect…

[Cubs]

What a gorgeous little piece, bursting with character.

Also, thanks for teaching me a new word. I'd not hear "lychgate" before.

Literally 'corpse gate', where pall-bearers carrying the coffin would pause and have a little sit-down rest before entering the church for a funeral service. Some lych gates still have a little raised stone platform between the benches for the coffin to sit on, to make it easier for the pall bearers to lower and lift the coffin.

[Malamute]

That’s a lovely build