Renedra Castle Build - In action

[**GS**]

I have to join the club!
Congrats, your castle is going to be very special and looking splendid!

Cheers
GS

[jon_1066]

You might regret this... 

On the tower wall-sections that are below the windows of your great hall, how far is it from the end to the far side of the first supporting 'column' thing? (If that makes sense?)

Thanks for the info! 

Sorry for the delay in replying.  The columns have the following dimensions:
First column 15 mm wide
Alcove 22.5 mm
Next column 14.5 mm
Middle alcove 24.5 mm
Third column 14.5 mm
Third alcove 22.5 mm
Final column 15 mm

The whole lot comes to about 128 mm.  Hope that makes sense and gives you the dimension you need.

[Calimero]

I’m always amazed by the quality of the work we can see here on LAF. If I was to attends a project like this one there will be blood and small pieces of my fingers everywhere!

Very nice work so far. Looking forward to see the finished product!

[jon_1066]

Thanks for the comment.  Given that it is the summer holidays hobby time is at a premium so progress is slow.  Managed to get some time last night and got the roof tiles cut out and assembled.  This is not glued - that will be next.



I am planning on using some paper soaked with diluted PVA as lead work for the ridges.  Just need to get my head around the angles required for the corner on the ridge.

I also experimented with my new acquisition - a razor saw.  Had trouble controlling the vertical cut - managed to cut up the mitre box as well as the part!  Oops.  I think I have a method now though so just need to make up a 22.5 deg wedge.  It should give me a much cleaner cut on the crenelations and hence less filling.

[Brummie Thug]

This looks fab. Nice to see it coming together.

[jon_1066]

Thanks

Finished the construction on the great hall and started some of the filling work.  Gonna need more milliput!

Here it is with the paper lead work and the roof glued down and gaps mostly filled alongside two of the towers. 



Next up are the crenelations on the corner bastions, another section of wall and then the final keep.

[painterman]

most impressive build -

[traveller]

Cool! I will follow your progress. Thanks for sharing!

[Dr. Zombie]

This will end up as a most epic castle.

Based on your thread I dug out my old unbuildt gw fortress to see if I could do something fun with it. But was struck with despair over the massive amount of work needed.

[jon_1066]

Don't be dismayed - be over joyed.  Hobby time is fun time!  If you have a project that is going to take you a lot of time that is a good thing.  I have really enjoyed building this.  I think it has been about a dozen sessions so far (with each about 2 hours) so that is about 24 hours of enjoyment this has given me.

Having said that I am not sure how you could convert the GW castle so easily.  Perhaps it would suit an addition type of conversion - eg brattices and hourdings.

[Daeothar]

...Based on your thread I dug out my old unbuildt gw fortress to see if I could do something fun with it. But was struck with despair over the massive amount of work needed.

I still have that GW castle stockpiled for use as a city wall. I plan to make one across the table, with an enlarged gate(house) and some relief in the rerrain (undulating ground), perhaps a sewer outlet and a dry moat.

Also, I want to do some overhanging houses and a widening of the wall in one area to maybe place a windmill!

Plans galore and in my mind's eye, it's looking just grand...

Thing is; I conceived of this plan a long time ago, (it's been postponed for years due to lack of space), way before Renedra's excellent offerings. But since I already have the GW walls, I plan to stick with them. But I do plan on doing some heavy converting as well. It might not be as easy as with Renedra parts, but I'm sure it'll end up looking all pretty (when the time finally comes... ).

Bottom line; I'm sure it can be done, it will just take (even) more effort. Just dive in and see where your project leads you. It's like Jon_1066 says; Hobby time is fun time!

[anevilgiraffe]

great work on this, just looking to get my mojo back and this sort of thing does very nicely...

[Andym]

Loving your progress! I can't wait to see some paint on it!

[Shieldwolf Miniatures]

most impressive build -

+1 My words exactly! 

[warburton]

Excellent work!