The Five Doctors - The Dark Tower

[Overlord]

My local Club is putting on a participation game at Warfare on 22nd & 23rd November.

It will be based on "The Five Doctors" an adventure transmitted 25 yrs ago to the day and itself writtten to commemorate the 20th anniversary of Dr Who.

I'm not involved in the game but offered to help with some of the terrain.
This is my take on the Dark Tower and Tomb of Rassilon:





The base isnt quite finished, as it will be painted to match the baseboards.
It stands approximately 14" tall & is a representation of the tower, not a scale model.

This is the "original":

[Captain Blood]

Needs some brickwork 

[revford]

Very nice.  It looks just the part.

I like the sounds of a Five Doctors game too.

[fastolfrus]

Looks splendid - any hints on construction ?

[Overlord]

The main part of the tower is a piece of 1" square wood, securely glued to an MDF base.  Over this, on each face, is mounting board with strips of cereal packet, scored down the middle and folded, to hide the corner joints.

The Tomb at the base was made from odds n ends of foamcore & card.

The top of the tower was edged in thin balsa strip. The angled bit is blue foam.  The very top part is a small polystyrene ball with a thick card crescent inserted.

The whole thing was then covered in thinned filler.  Painting was mostly with exterior masonry paint apart from the metallics (old GW).

Needs some brickwork 

[Malamute]

Very nice, I will stop by and have a look at the game.

[Overlord]

Very nice, I will stop by and have a look at the game.

Please do. Ross, running the game, always makes things entertaining.
I assume you would want to play as The Master, in keeping with your status as 'The Prince of Darkness'   

[Malamute]

Very nice, I will stop by and have a look at the game.

Please do. Ross, running the game, always makes things entertaining.
I assume you would want to play as The Master, in keeping with your status as 'The Prince of Darkness'   

Naturally.

[JollyBob]

Very cool, I can see that getting reused in a bunch of pulpy scenarios.

I know you said it's 14" high, but does that mean the doorway at the base is the right size for a figure? I can't seem to make it work. 

Or is it just meant to be seen looming in the distance, all mysterious and ominous like?

[Overlord]

I know you said it's 14" high, but does that mean the doorway at the base is the right size for a figure? I can't seem to make it work. 

You are right, the doorway is too small, around 15mm high.  It was built just to represent the Tower on the tabletop. The Tomb interior will be seperate to place the minis in, once they reach the Tower.

Or is it just meant to be seen looming in the distance, all mysterious and ominous like?

Father Ted: ...OK, one last time. These are small... but the ones out there are far away. Small... far away...!    

[JollyBob]

Gotcha,  thought it was something like that.

[anevilgiraffe]

It stands approximately 14" tall & is a representation of the tower, not a scale model.

I very much doubt the original was a scale model either.... nicely done...

[rob_alderman]

Ross is a great game Referee.

Do play the game if you see it anywhere. Should be at Warfare.

I don't even watch Dr Who, and I have played this scenario, it is great fun.
The actual game ideals are that you are playing out the PRODUCTION of a scene, rather than the actual scene. So the monsters are there, but they are actually just geeks in rubber suits.
Sounds odd, but it is fun.

Especially the random events cards. 

Edit:

Since when have movie props ever been in scale anyway?