Captain Blood's Renedra Tower project (8 July - Finished. Many pics P10.)

[Svennn]

Bravo Richard, no lesser a piece of thoughtful excellence than I would expect from your talented hands but the kit just seems so "fantasy" in style.  It makes me think GW rather than Renedra.  I presume this is for your GoT project (I have never seen a single episode) and that it will be perfect for it.

[carlos marighela]

Wonderful work Richard! The rust work is lovely,  a small detail that really makes the piece.

[OSHIROmodels]

Looks the nuts 

A good point made by Andy though about having green just on the board edge and less well travelled areas.

cheers

James

[NurgleHH]

Fantastic work, Richard. Talked to Mrs. Blood about the rest of the castle???  For me every minute you spend in this work is worth it. Now some nice civilians and scenery from the twins and it will be perfect.

[jon_1066]

I would say no balustrades.  They didn't do risk assessments in 1450 

Looking fab.

[Silent Invader]

I would say no balustrades.  They didn't do risk assessments in 1450 

I concur 

[Warboss Nick]

Really fantastic what you did with this model! It is obvious how much work you put into every step of the process, refining the model for historical use along the way.

At the same time I am wondering if it is worth it beyond a single tower. To build a church e.g. one would need at least two gatehouses, probably more. Cashing in at 84£ upwards, wouldn't you turn to an mdf basis or do it completely from scratch?

[Eric the Shed]

excellent job sir

[Furt]

Wonderful job Richard and quite an imposing piece. 

I'm firmly in the no balustrade park too.

That staircase looks to me like you'd cut it down and burn it before your home was properly besieged.

I guess if I was being picky I'd say the keep could do with a nice little wooden hoarding with some murder holes over that main door. There's even a nice space for one where that arch is.

A brilliant job Richard.

[tomrommel1]

very nice indeed and sometimes less is more like here

[jon_1066]

Kind of. Whilst they didn't have a Health & Safety Exec they certainly knew that people can slip, loose their balance, and that falling off high places can cause injury and death.
So from a purely practical point of view they would use balustrades and handrails.

But look at those steps.  They haven't been erected to look nice or be a long term access to a lords palace.  They have been hastily erected in a time of war to replace the last set that were demolished when the tower was last attacked.  Who has time for hand rails when the Wolf of the North is approaching?

[Captain Blood]

Thanks all for the comments 

Yes, I did consider a matched pair of staircases either side of the dais. Would have looked nice and symmetrical... But first, I didn't want to cover up all that nice lower level detail on the front of the building, and second - and more importantly - I reminded myself this is a brute defensive strongpoint, not a cricket pavilion. One way in, one way out. In the event of imminent attack, a few minutes work with a sledgehammer to knock away the cairn of stone supporting the corner of rudimentary stairway, and Bob's your uncle.

As far as balustrades and banisters go, as mentioned, I didn't want it to look too cluttered or indeed too sophisticated. And there's also the practical consideration of cutting down on the space for figures on 25mm round bases with too much timberwork in the way...

Anyway, all very good suggestions, but please let me assure you it wasn't because I hadn't considered all the options that I chose not to make it that way

(That said, I definitely hadn't considered wooden hoardings over murder holes, Frank. That is indeed a VERY good idea, and I might just incorporate those... Thank you).

Hopefully I'll have time tomorrow to apply greenery, and then you can judge the finished product

[Hammers]

That is really impressive, Richard!

[Furt]

(That said, I definitely hadn't considered wooden hoardings over murder holes, Frank. That is indeed a VERY good idea, and I might just incorporate those... Thank you).

No problems mate, would love to see it eventuate.

[Mason]

That is really impressive, Richard!

It certainly is.