Gorilla Gate

[Schweizer]

I'm teaching a character and enviromental design class, and as part of our 24-hour challenge (I couldn't bring myself to do a comic this year) built this Gorilla Gate/temple, something I'd been meaning to try my hand at for a while.  I'm not sure whether or not I'll add doors to it; my original sketch had them, but I kind of like it as just an open gate.  I've made it possible for doors to be added, though. 



There are four spots for figures to stand; a flat rock on the front of each side, and 2 upper-level ramparts on the back for natives.



The gate was made from scuply, with aluminum foil underneath over one bit of 1/8 aluminum wire which went over the gate entrance.



I painted it using a glossy black Wal-Mart spray paint as my base, and adding pewter gray and light gray acrylic with a small bristle-hair brush.



For the vines, I used a smaller sable-hair brush and added burnt umber, brown oxide, caramel candy, territorial beige, and old ivy arylics.



This would be used for lost tribe games.  The original idea was that this would be the front of a sectional arena in which adventurers would have to do battle with gorillas while some bloodthirsty tribe cheered on from the upper levels.  Each of the other sections would have stairs leading up to the upper level from the outside.



Here's the upper level of which I speak:

[Svennn]

Thats great - very different and unusual take, possibly the colours???

If I read your post right did you get a class of students to assist you on this??

[Schweizer]

No, I did it all myself; we're finishing up our section on character maquettes (little statues) and are going to be starting  on enviromental maquettes.  I did this so that I'd have an example to show them, rather than spending class time building it.

The school at which I teach does a 24-hour art challenge in which about a hundred and fifty students get together and try and accomplish various large projects within a twenty-four hour span (in this case, Friday at 10am to Saturday at 10am) - a 24-page comic, a large painting, a 30-second finished animation, a maquette, etc.  The students get prizes and goodies for participating.

[argsilverson]

it is a nice model.

I think that it will be better if you add the gates.

[Overlord]

I really like this. A very effective piece of terrain.  Excellent.