Church of the Dragon Lord Printer Friendly Version   By DUKEDREAL - Dec. 31, 1969 Church: Photos of Project: Molds used: Gothic Church Mold cast at least 16 times Regular Blocks mold cast at least 25 times Gothic Roof Mold cast at least 16? times Bell tower Mold cast at least 10 times Tomb Mold cast at least 4 times Turret Mold cast at least 4 times Pyramid (Textured) Mold cast at least 16 times (44 regular blocks and 12 corner blocks) Measurements: Base: 20 inches long by 11 inches wide Church: 13 inches long by 11 inches wide by 9 ¾ inches tall Knight on horseback monument: 3 inches long by 3 inches wide by 3 ½ inches tall Construction Methods: The church was built around the use of the front entrance. The front entrance is molded after a piece from the Manor-house building series. The idea was to build a church that used this entrance and the pyramid mold. The reason for the use of the pyramid mold was to create the heavy stone feel of early churches with their massive walls that supported the weight of the structure. The church follows many of the features of the traditional Gothic Church by Hirstarts but uses pieces from other mold not used traditionally by modelers on churches, the pyramid mold. Once the front entrance was created, with supporting pillars using the pyramid pieces, the layout of the walls were fairly simple and used gothic windows topped by gothic recessed niches. I knew that I wanted to create a church that was consistent throughout all of its details. Therefore I used the pyramid pieces on the sidewalls as bases for the decorative pillars on the outside. To keep the rear of the building consistent with the front I decided to repeat the supporting pillars flanking the rear window. The cupola on top of the rear window is based on many early churches that used a half round vault above the altar. Inside the church I used floor tiles as well as cut linoleum that was in a variety of different marble patterns. This creates a contrast in the materials and helps to define the main worship area of the church. The doors themselves are made of mat board with layers of mat board applied to create a raised surface. The doors are also functional and actually open due to the hinges on the back of the doors. The hinges are made out of cut paper clips set into brass tubing. The brass tubing was super-glued onto basswood door jams while the paper clip hinges were super-glued directly onto the doors. The outside sculpture was placed on a base using the pyramid mold pieces, followed by a frieze of plaster figures, and then topped by a sculpture of a knight on top. The knight is from the Italeri Teutonic Knights box set. The knight was spray painted black, then painted with a bronze color, and then followed by a dry-brushing of ice blue to resemble weathered bronze. Painting of the piece: The entire structure was spray-painted black. I then dry-brushed on a medium gray (Hippo Gray). A second coat of hippo gray mixed with white was then dry-brushed on with a third dry brushing of pure white in selective areas. The roof was painted black and then dry-brushed once with a dark gray followed by a very light dry brushing of gray. The ground was covered in rough sand and then pieces of woodland scenic ground foam were glued on. The road is from their basalt series. Interior details: The windows were done by saving the windows.pdf from Hirstarts and opening it in Photoshop. Once in Photoshop I took the image and created new layers on top of the image. This allowed me to accurately recreate the windows to their proper size. I then spent some time creating the images and once finished printed them onto HP Transparency Paper using an Epson Stylus Photo 820 printed. Once the pieces were printed I covered them with a layer of the Clear Frost (16022) Gallery Glass liquid. To create the thick lead between the transparent pieces I used the Gallery Glass Lead. This thickened the printout making it seem more glass like. The image of the window at the rear of the church is from direct sunlight coming in the window! The wooden seats were made with basswood cut to size to fit 25mm miniatures. The wood was stained with walnut stain.   13 Ratings     12345      Public Comments Please log in to post a comment    Created  Comment  Aug. 20, 2003, 09:41AM  By: YASSINE that one I really like, Duke. The alignment is not perfect but it adds to the charm. Cheers !  Aug. 18, 2003, 03:56PM  By: GEBOOM I like the use of the stained glass windows. I like the use of linoleum on the floor as well. I dislike the fact that the pictues are so huge so forgive me that I only looked at 2 of them. Maybe you could experiment n the brushing technique and try to work from a darker base color up to a more lighter color. In this case you will get more depth and texture into your project. (Just a suggestion)  Aug. 18, 2003, 08:25AM  By: KSKYHAPPY from the name i kind of expected the dragon accesory mould to be in action here. the stained glass windows give an excellent effect (you need to get the edges stuck down a little better, did you use acetate sheets, they can warp and curl) i also like the patinated statues. kskyhappy - The impossible just takes a little longer

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