discussion Castle gate entrance

[Richi72]

Hi all and thanks for the compliments.


Here is a small update.


my machine of choice for this build. Done some more stone work on front and back side and started on the bottom for the moat. Next up are the towers and the inside of the gate.


But here are the pictures.


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Thanks for watching.


Cheers Richi

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[Guest]

wow, that looks excellent, love the stonework, great project

 

[monica]

that's looking great very nice stone work real liking this so far,


its nice how you got the depron to bend as well,


what is your machine of choice called as it looks like a handy thing to have, ? please

 

[Richi72]

Thanks allot.


Well here's the LINK to the machine, bought it some 3 or 4 years ago for a 10,00 so i am happy with the result and the price of the machine.


Hope this helps

 

[monica]

A ; MULTI ANGLE CRAFT AND HOBBY GUILLOTINE ::!!!!


ta Richi,nice bit of kit that will come in handy as its hard to cut things with a knife and ruler ,


but good at cutting finger lol,.................

 

[Guest]

Cracking work Richie, really looking forward to the next update, awesome work

 

[Richi72]

Hi all and thanks for the nice comments.


Here's a small update,


Did some work on the base, i used some different sizes of sand to put on the bottom of the moat, and started to create the side wall security with some stones (pictures of that will follow)


Started on the towers, but here are some pictures


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Thanks for watching and as always comments are welcome


Cheers Richi

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[Guest]

Out freakin standing.


scott

 

[Robert1968]

That is some big cahoomers you got there, this is looking awesome ? You got a spare part in making props for the BBC or something


Awesome


Robert

 

[takeslousyphotos]

That is some superb work going into this ............ All those little bits of cork would have tried my patience way long before now..... Respect for that matey.

 

[monica]

looks great so far ,just superb work Richi,

 

[Guest]

Top work Richi, really looking forward to seeing more

 

[papa 695]

Outstanding work so far looking forward to more updates

 

[Guest]

The cork tiles for the stonework seem to have the edges rounded. This, in my opinion, makes them much more realistic. There's not much in nature that has sharp edges.

 

[Richi72]

Hi and thanks for the nice comments.


Yes Steve after cutting the cork I sanded all the edges of the stones to make it appear more realistic.


Cheers Richi

 

[Gern]

That's amazing stuff so far Richi! Are you going to be filling the gaps between your cork 'stones'? If so, how will you do it without getting fill material all over the surface of the cork?

 

[Richi72]

Thanks Dave,


i want to try to fill the gaps but as you are pointing out the cork would be filled to, need to figure out that one, maybe i will fill the gaps with acrylic paint and micro balloons let it set for a minute and then try and wash the surface of the cork.


but i will try that after i put a base coat on it.


Any other ideas are welcome.


Cheers Richi

 

[Gern]

The only thing I can think of is to use a good layer of thin cement spread all over the base (perhaps suitably coloured with paint). If it's thin enough it should squish up between the pieces as you push them in place. Even as I'm typing this, I realise it's a bit late as you've got lots of pieces already glued down ......


Or maybe you could use some sort of syringe to inject very thin filler into the gaps - but that sounds really fiddly and hard to control.

 

[Richi72]

Or maybe you could use some sort of syringe to inject very thin filler into the gaps - but that sounds really fiddly and hard to control.

That sound like a good idea Dave need to try that on a test piece.


Cheers Richi

 

[eddiesolo]

Looking awesome Richi! Great use of mediums. Like this mate.


Si