Turhan Posted March 14, 2007 Share Posted March 14, 2007 Here's one I found recently, the pic that is, and thought I'd share. I actually built it a couple years ago, but it is in regular play when I dm one particular campaign. The outer walls of the tower are styrene sheet with molded fieldstone texture. Two tone gray paint with light wash of blackish stuff. The Inner walls are the same; and the filler between is a bunch of balsa "spacers" to get a 5-6 ft thick wall and then capped with spackle. The floor is the press board back from a TV stand/center thing. I love this stuff for its cheap wood like look. Reaper bits abound, but I also cut up an extra, 2nd Ed dnd Players book for the pictures and some images in it. Other bits and magazine clippings plus a couple of the foil capsule tops from wine bottles (a couple on the walls and at least one on the floor...) Earlier I built a cut away three level tower in a very similar fashion with removable balsa floors for game play, but it was pretty basic. I may have even posted it already, so no need to see it now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chesme Posted March 14, 2007 Share Posted March 14, 2007 Looks very good! Did you paint or stain the inner balsa walls? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voladilk Posted March 15, 2007 Share Posted March 15, 2007 That looks really cool mate. I like what you have done with it. Very neat and very clean work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flit Posted March 15, 2007 Share Posted March 15, 2007 Nice work! I like that you used the wine foil things and pictures from books etc. Really cool! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Versutus Vulpes Posted March 15, 2007 Share Posted March 15, 2007 Wow... That's just... Wow... It's like... But it's only... I want to live there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turhan Posted March 16, 2007 Author Share Posted March 16, 2007 The balsa walls and bits are all painted with thinned reaper paints. Also, I have little finials from old light fixtures (the odd shaped brass things that might look like vases, spitoons or trashcans)-- and if you ever go to Bath and Beyond or any DIY home store- look for tiny bits that cost less than a buck that you would never consider manufacturing at home. Oh yeah, and go to hobby stores that sell doll house stuff. Oh, and book stores that have super cool woven-cloth book marks-- I used one that looks like a Persian carpet in an Inn I built a while back... And stationery stores where they have those ornamental stick-on embossed "appliques" for sticking on the outside of fancy envelopes for wedding and funeral announcements. OOhh ooh, don't forget searches on the net for medieval manuscripts that have itty bitty thumbnails of old art, manuscript pages and cool stuff-- by the time you save that little 14k image and then paste it into Word and shrink it down to about 1/2 inch by 3/8 inch and print it off, man you have an old map, letter, treaty or document to glue onto a desk!! So, if you all have tricks and such for finding stuff, post em here too. I'm always looking for new ways to find fiddly bits. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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