A Vauban fort (Part 1) - the Gate

[DintheDin]

For years I wanted to have a Vauban Fort for our League of Augsburg/WSS/SYW wars...
Two years before, I found the courage to construct one, having in mind my Siege of Vienna 1683 project (coming soon).

In this post I have the joy to share with you the Vauban gate I made.

I searched the web to find a picture of a well preserved gate to use it as a guideline.
The gate I liked most, was the Gate of Constantinople, from the fort of Belgrade.  

[DintheDin]

Here, is my own interpretation:

[Shipka]

Superb!

[DintheDin]

Thank you! There is much more 

[DintheDin]

I made a hinged door from balsa.
Many hands of paint and drybrush to show the grain of the wood.

[DintheDin]

The back side is completely conjectural.

[DintheDin]

A shot of the interior

[DintheDin]

Some more details. The wall is stucco and photoshopped paper. 

[Mattias]

Excellent! I look forward to see more.
/Mattias

[Malamute]

Excellent

[Eric the Shed]

A shot of the interior

I thought this was real - stunning

[Ragnar]

Very impressive modelling.

[Lardy Rich]

Beautiful work.  A gate simply crying out to be stormed!  I am building a Vauban fortification and gateway for Sharp Practice, but it won't be as beautiful as your one.  Jealous...

Rich

[DintheDin]

I thought this was real - stunning

It was a sunny afternoon and I put the object between the camera lens and the window, so I let the sun rays pass through the door slits 

[pocoloco]

Very nice work! The red brick details are a nice extra touch. The brickwork is from paper?