CHAOTIC EVIL DIRE GAZEBO OF DEATH Printer Friendly Version   By TERRAIN - Dec. 31, 1969 CHAOTIC EVIL DIRE GAZEBO OF DEATH The first "Knights of the Dinner Table" comic was about the players encountering a gazebo. To summarize, they didn't know what a gazebo is, so they attacked and destroyed it. We all know roleplayers like that. I theorized that maybe there really are dangerous garden structures in a fantasy world. Maybe there's an evil wizard with a hobby. Perhaps he just needs to get away from plotting the destruction of the kingdom and plant a garden. So I designed a Chaotic Evil Dire Gazebo of Death. It's part trap, part monster. The base is four, concentric, fieldstone rings from the Fieldstone Tower molds (#72 & #73). They range from 7" on the outside to 4" on the inside. This was a bit of a casting nightmare. To get enough pieces I had to cast the molds 24 times, which took about two days of solid casting. I used the wet water method for each cast because I knew it would be a contest entry. Some of the bricks are cut down to half-height, 1/4", to make it easier to walk up. You walk a zig-zag pattern to get to the top. This is easiest to see in the picture from above. The pillars came from the Fieldstone Bridge (#74). The roof was from the Wood Shingle Roof Mold (#240), which can be removed. Neither had to be cast many times. I originally wanted to do a dome from the Turret mold, but I thought it looked too smooth for the fieldstone base. The central hole of the gazebo is ringed with "teeth" from the Dragon's Teeth Accessory Mold (#80) -- actually, the teeth are the toes of the dragon-foot pedestal. The premise is that this is a sacrificial altar. The evil wizard can bring his victims here and feed them to the gazebo. If I wanted to place the gazebo in an unoccupied area, perhaps it would have tentacles up inside the roof to grab curious adventurers and drop them into the gaping maw below. Or maybe a long tongue in the maw to grab the curious and drag them in. To appease those who want this to only be a design contest, I spraypainted it black and used white spraypaint from a distance to produce a "drybrushed" look. I painted the base dark green, but later I'll flock it or something. TERRAIN - Please make a Small Brick Accessory mold!   20 Ratings     12345      Public Comments Please log in to post a comment    Created  Comment  Aug. 20, 2003, 09:36AM  By: YASSINE exotic for sure, but I like it ! Cheers !  Aug. 18, 2003, 03:42PM  By: GEBOOM It looks so simple and yet it is so difficult to come up with an idea like this. I do like experimenting on colors and try to make surprising combinations when t comes to that. But strangely this Gazebo just has to have this one color it has. The heads along the circle and the claws in the pit itself make it complete. I like this one a lot!!!!  Aug. 18, 2003, 08:00AM  By: KSKYHAPPY like the story - the gazebo stikes back! what could be a worse fate for our worthy heroes than to be eaten by some evil wizards garden accesories. i think this simplicity and workmanship of this piece hides the hard work that's gone into it, which is a craftsmanship achievement. i'm amazed that you've got the spray distances down pat enough to dry brush with an aerosol - i wondered how you got such a beautifully consistant effect. kskyhappy - i rate this gazebo formidable m'lord

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