Solitude Printer Friendly Version   By ARMORBIMBO - Dec. 31, 1969 SUPPLIES: Fieldstone Wall Mold #70 Fieldstone Accessories Mold #71 Wooden Plank Mold #220 Small Brick Mold #250 Card stock PVA Vatican Stone 2" polystyrene single cell house insulation foam (pink stuff/blue board) Krylon black satin paint Acrylic paints MDF (hard board) Various cutting implements shredded foam flocking sand paper Some bits cast in resin COMMENTARY: This is by far the coolest piece of terrain I have ever made. Well this project started as doodles in my notebook for school. I had seen various pieces of 3-D rendered artwork with similar concepts and I wanted to make a tangible one. So after getting the basic layout sketches done. I went forward using a pencil and graph paper to draw out how each floor plan would work. The overall impression I wanted was of a realistic dwelling in a fantasy setting. That is why I included a medieval style toilet room, internal well, fireplaces and whatnot. As well I wanted to have this raised keep have some sort of winding walkway from a pier. After the floor plans were done I began casting, and casting and casting. Somewhere along the way on the second floor, tower and pier/walkway I neglected to take pictures until after all was painted. Just got so excited! I have about 3x as many pictures as I uploaded... CONSTRUCTION and STRUCTURE: I figured that if there were some sort of "invasion" that it would be best to have arrow slits on the lower levels to prevent some one from simply climbing in. But in general the walls were designed as each level was added. I also wanted to be able to have a structure that would be able to be broken down in pieces to view the inside. I did discover that some of the techniques that Bruce laid out don't work as well using Vatican Stone. I tried to use the technique used when setting up the roof angle, but sanding VC is quite an arduous task. So I opted not to do that again. The "supports" for the 2nd floor left a flat surface facing up if the floor is removed. To help hide the smoothness I used the Dremel to cut in some texture. I also used this technique on the angled faces that I sanded down for the roof. I based the second major level with card stock but to keep it from making a very obvious line I used the Dremel to grind out a channel around the inner edge so that once the floor was glued in, it would not show from the outside. The base piece that the keep is built on was constructed using similar techniques as Bruce's from the Broken Tower instructions. The rounder portion of the top was shaped with a hot wire cutter and then sanded smooth. The under-side of the top was chipped out with my fingernails. I don't have a total piece count but I did need to cast the small (1/2 inch) arch piece about 40 times. And that is a real pain when that is the only piece you need more of. The roof is card stock with stacked layers of rows of cut cardstock. PAINTING: The paint scheme of the keep is a basic black-to-grey-to-white for the fieldstone. The MDF base had about 5-6 layers of shades of blue-green and then a clear coat. The rock/tree base was a base of black and then lots of dry brushing of various browns. The roofs and floors were all based black then dry-brushed various browns. ARMORBIMBO - To learn and share cool stuff!   0 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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