Border Watch Tower with Hoardings Printer Friendly Version   By GAMER - Dec. 31, 1969 Size - 16" x 9" x 9" Molds Used - Fieldstone mold, Flagstone mold, Wooden Plank Mold and Wooden Shingles mold. I started this tower just before the fieldstone accessories mold came out. I was aiming for a simple square tower and wanted to try an idea of my own for creating arrow slits. The arrow slits on this tower are made from the 45 degree slope block from the fieldstone mold. The interior doesn't have any slope on the top and bottom, but does have it on both sides. To my surprise, I discovered that it didn't take special measurements to make this arrow slit. A normal 1" gap works fine, giving you a nice, narrow slit. Another idea I came up with was to use beams to support the upper floors. I left 1/4" gaps open for the beams to slide in and out. Each beam sticks out through the wall, about 1/2" on each side. The beams are made from basswood, while the floors and ladder were made with the wooden plank mold. As I was building, I decided that this was the time to give hoardings a try. I had a basic idea what I wanted to do, but pretty much built them as I went. The support beams are from basswood. The walls and floor are from the wooden plank mold. It would probably have been easier to build them out of basswood, but I like the look of the wooden planks better. The walkway seems rather large to me, but I built it with gaming in mind, so I didn't want to go any smaller with it. The roof is a basic four sided peak made from the wooden shingle mold, it's just larger than normal. I made the triangles for the sides a bit narrower than normal, giving the roof a flat look. When it came time to paint my tower, I decided that it deserved something different. My base coat was an off white color. Over this I drybrushed a medium gray, leaving the white shade visible in the cracks to simulate mortar. After that i took the base shade of gray and mixed new shades, painting a few bricks on each side with each shade. When finished I had many different shades of stones mixed in among the basic color.   16 Ratings     12345      Public Comments Please log in to post a comment    You must be a registered member to post comments. You may sign-in Here.

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