A little of what you Fantasy

[JR]

Not to be missed , building, wild imagation, front seat please John.
The other John .

[rtfoe]

John,
The little bridge at the door is a nice touch. This and stairs always intrigue me when it comes to dios. It helps if there is no historical references to adjust to and you can let your imagination run. I like the blood red door too.

Cheers,
Richard

[Steve Jones]

Its such a joy to watch your work John. Your imagination and modelling skills are second to none. I will pull up a chair if I may and see where this one takes you.

[wotan]

Bonjour gentlemen. Many thanks for all the words of encouragement. I must confess that my inner crenellations don't really match the outsides but hopefully I will disguise this better as the build progresses.

Moving right along I think I said I will probably light this up with some LED's and maybe some fibre optics. To make this work I needed to build a little bit of a room to go behind the open gallery. This will need to be vaguely furnished if the lighting is sufficient. I also had some fun building a little stained glass window. I did this by taking some small mesh and stretching it to make diamond shapes and then stuck it to some card board that had the window size cut in it. I then used Testors clear parts cement on the inside to glaze each little pane. Finally a couple of touches of Tamiya clear red, blue green and orange added the colours. I hope that this will still show up when the lighting is installed.

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Finally the basic painting has been done ready to have some dirt and vegetation added.

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Time for a break and some more Laphroaig just in case I decide to make another one. You're all welcome to join me. Cheers

John

[Guest]

Every day is looking better....

[Jim R]

Hi John

Your imagination and modelling skills are second to none.

Steve's post sums it up perfectly.

Jim

[Mini Me]

Be careful John when speaking of lighting things up...453 is out there waiting his opportunity to put the conglag to your towering (inferno) epic.
Cheers, Rick H. BTW, Really nice build so far.

[Peter Gillson]

Love the stained glass. Coming along a treat.

[wotan]

Thanks chaps. 453 is under matron's supervision and not allowed any naked flame, or naked anything else for that matter.

My figures are going to take a while to come so in the meantime I have started to think about illumination. (Note 453 NOT lighting) I have done a quick rough in of the main tower lights. just two LED's powered by a 9v battery. The flame at the door is a fibre optic run into an evergreen tube which has a hotglue flame stuck on the end. Hot glue is useful for this type of thing since it naturally forms a flamey shape and it is perfectly clear when cool. The colouring is done with Tamiya clear red and clear orange.

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The wiring for all this will need to be tidied up. I may also add some colouring to the LEDs directly when the gallery room is a little more furnished. I also need to glaze the circular window.

John

[Mini Me]

Very impressive John, What a nice warm effect it has on the overall structure. Well done!
Rick H.

[papa 695]

Liking the work so far John.

[Guest]

Very atmospheric John.

[rtfoe]

John, the moment I saw you light up the building, Debby Boon's song started ringing in my head. :smiling6: Impressive it is...just don't let 453 near the door.

Cheers,
Richard

[wotan]

Thanks for all the encouragement.

Another snow day today so I decided to do a little gardening.

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Planted a few mushrooms.

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Oh and I finished the library in the gallery room.

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Now I have been checking how many fantasy cliches I am including. So far.

Castle - check
Oak door - check
Gnarly old tree - check
mushrooms - check
flaming torch - check
Owls - check

Lots more to go even before the figures get here.

John

[Guest]

Love it!! The tree looks really cool!!
Wow!! What a library you have there. Alchemist volumes maybe...??