License To Crenellate....

 

 

 Castle Fortifications Continued....

I always Hope, Dear Readers, when I have a week of Vacation, that I will be able to make a decent, noticeable amount of progress on one or another of my many mini building projects. And I can happily report that on my recent week off I was able to pull out my big saws and Finally, cut the Crenelations for the roof tops of my Castle! This required a fair amount of cutting cardboard mock-ups to test the different sizes of and numbers of and spacing of the crenelations. Math was only part of it... they needed to look right... not too wide not too small... and I think I got it right. Above you can see the first Tower with the crenelations attached on the three sides. They are screwed firmly to the framework of the structure. They are unconvincingly "thin" as just the plywood... and eventually I will probably add foamcore to thicken them up without adding too much weight. But that is a long way down the road. 

 

Here you can see a closer view....

I have had to leave the front sections "removable"

in part because I will want to have easy access to the space,

 and in part because the top rooms are not built yet 

and I will need to be able to remove the ceilings and the fronts...

 for however long this takes me to finish!

 

Slitherwing has not been making this easy!

I had to pull the sections of the Castle apart from one another

 in order to be able to access the back sides.

Here you can see I have started on the crenelations 

for the back of the Great Hall Section.

(Some of you will notice my New cordless drill...)

Here you can see I had to make some complicated pieces

 for the sections on top of the "buttresses" where the privies are located

 at the back of the Castle Great Hall.

This is a closer view... we never get to see the back of the Castle!

(It hangs at the edge of the cliffs above the ocean....)

 

And here I am testing the crenelations for the front of the Great Hall.

They had to have a complicated set of

 "temporary" attachers (ie hooks and eyes)

to keep them from falling off.

 

This construction process took days and days.

But I was determined to not give up 

before they were all cut and fitted!

 

And it always amazes me the difference it makes

 to have the "front" panel attached!

It looks so much taller.....

Seriously grander.....

Even Forbidding!

As a Castle should be.

I have to stand on my chair to even reach the top!

Finally, Dear Readers, it really looks like a Castle.

I am so glad the Castle Lord got permission to Crenelate...

And I had the time to make it happen!