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Offline Paul

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Medieval castle (scratch built)
« on: July 12, 2011, 03:48:05 PM »
Every bit made from polystyrene foam sheeting
From this;

to this;

More pics here
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Offline zizi666

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Re: Medieval castle (scratch built)
« Reply #1 on: July 12, 2011, 04:15:44 PM »
That's a fine build, but what about strength ,
did you reinforce the walls or do you trust your fellow gamers that much ?
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Offline OccasionalWargamer

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Re: Medieval castle (scratch built)
« Reply #2 on: July 12, 2011, 05:33:09 PM »
Nicely done! Did you just draw/inscribe the stone pattern in with a pen?
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Offline dr willetts workshop

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Re: Medieval castle (scratch built)
« Reply #3 on: July 12, 2011, 05:49:50 PM »
Really effective, well done Paul!

Offline Deep One

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Re: Medieval castle (scratch built)
« Reply #4 on: July 12, 2011, 06:44:29 PM »
Definitely I need some polystyrene foam. Great work!

Offline Paul

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Re: Medieval castle (scratch built)
« Reply #5 on: July 12, 2011, 07:20:44 PM »
Thanks  :)
The strength? The whole castle weighs a few grams, so even if itīs dropped there will be no damage..or very little..and a lot less than say a plastic castle. I construct my buildings like this;(not brilliant as itīs for a medieval hut, not a house, but the main idea is there)/
http://paulsbods.blogspot.com/2011/06/medieval-hut-how-to.html
The trick is to use the lines in the back of the foam as "structural supports". For wall etc I make sure that the lines run from bottom to top..it gives strength. If the are built with the line horizontal then the walls bend / sag.
The walls of the castle are made up like a sandwhich, two sheets of the blue foam to form the outer wall, one sheet of 20mm white foam and a sheet of blue foam inside. it had to be made like this so I could inscribe the brick pattern.
The chimeny and the "abbort" are made from thick blue insulation slabs.

The brick pattern? Yep...just by using a ball point pen, Dr Willets knows this trick as well (Hi  ;) ) and has a couple of good detail shots on his blog.

The foam has to be this type, Itīs used on Pakett flooring as an insulation/sound barrier. Thereīs some that comes in rolls or has no lines on it...itīs cheaper but donīt try it...it doesnīt cut or mark very well...when you try to write on it ..it "rips".

Offline Paul

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Re: Medieval castle (scratch built)
« Reply #6 on: July 12, 2011, 07:29:59 PM »
Oh...and the drawing in of the stone work...it took nearly a week of sitting down in the evenings after work and just getting on with it...very boring  :)

Offline BattlePenguin

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Re: Medieval castle (scratch built)
« Reply #7 on: July 12, 2011, 11:12:44 PM »
Great work mate! There is a German chap who does stellerly great work with this material. He also gouges out bits to recreate old cracked atones and the like.

I wish I could remember his links:O(

Offline archangel1

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Re: Medieval castle (scratch built)
« Reply #8 on: July 13, 2011, 01:53:25 AM »
Nice work.  The hardest part about doing random stonework is trying to avoid repetition, particularly over a large area.  The human eye tends to look for patterns and it's very easy to get caught out making them.  Fine for bricks but not stones.
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Offline Sheerluck Holmes

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Re: Medieval castle (scratch built)
« Reply #9 on: July 13, 2011, 02:15:31 AM »
 :-* wow! that is awesome!  Great work and thank you for sharing this  :D

Offline zizi666

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Re: Medieval castle (scratch built)
« Reply #10 on: July 13, 2011, 03:24:16 AM »
Nice work.  The hardest part about doing random stonework is trying to avoid repetition, particularly over a large area.  The human eye tends to look for patterns and it's very easy to get caught out making them.  Fine for bricks but not stones.

true, You can also press some of the stones inwards like in this nice (german) tutorial of a magnificent castle:
http://gidian-gelaende.de/Material_HP/Wolfgang/Tut_Vampirburg/album/index.html

Offline archangel1

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Re: Medieval castle (scratch built)
« Reply #11 on: July 13, 2011, 04:14:34 AM »
Missed that one! I've bookmarked some of his other stuff but this one slipped by me.  Nice and brooding! In a sense, though, it's 'spoiled' by his 'happy' little fir trees in the finished shots.  Needs some ancient, twisted oaks or such to continue the mood.

Another guy who does brilliant work in foam is Jeff Clapham ('Theomar Pius').  His work can be seen here.

http://public.fotki.com/dandanjobarnicles/

Offline zizi666

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Re: Medieval castle (scratch built)
« Reply #12 on: July 13, 2011, 04:54:00 AM »
Another guy who does brilliant work in foam is Jeff Clapham ('Theomar Pius').  His work can be seen here.

http://public.fotki.com/dandanjobarnicles/

  :-* Sweet ! didn't know that one =>  bookmarked.

Offline Paul

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Re: Medieval castle (scratch built)
« Reply #13 on: July 13, 2011, 03:50:36 PM »
true, You can also press some of the stones inwards like in this nice (german) tutorial of a magnificent castle:
http://gidian-gelaende.de/Material_HP/Wolfgang/Tut_Vampirburg/album/index.html
!!!! That is something else...chucks mine in the shade !!! I love the way he has done the round tower...very clever. In fact all the stuff he has done with the castle...excellent...Iīll be pinching a few of the ideas.  :) Thanks for the link  :)

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Re: Medieval castle (scratch built)
« Reply #14 on: July 14, 2011, 03:01:06 PM »
 nice job and well done, bravo.

 

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