Back to the Walls...

 

The Chapel Backside Continued....

By now you know the drill, Dear Readers, the long step by step process for making the illusion of rocks on the Castle walls, so you might find this post redundant. But I need to document the way the walls have been "finished" because it might be a long time before anybody sees them again! The next step required making the arched tops for the Chapel windows. This time I am leaving them very simple with no carved teeth. It is unlikely that such small windows would have been given such an ornamental detail (or maybe I am just in a hurry and will regret this one day!) And yet I have used a "carved stone" motif for the sides of the windows. My only excuse is that I have already attached this same trim to the sides of the other Chapel window which is on the outside wall and readily visible. I thought they should match and I really just wanted to get the back wall done!

Once the walls had been primed

 the next step was the lighter gray paint.

And then the outlining of the "rock" courses.

It went faster than I expected... 

I had already worked out many of the details

 on the more complicated back wall of The Great Hall.

I just needed to make the courses relatively consistent

 with those of The Great Hall... 

because they will stand side by side 

and those courses will be continued

 around to the front eventually!

 They needed to match!

(Another reason to get all the back walls done at once.)

The tower is quite tall... 

I needed to use a step ladder!

And then the "rocks" get painted...

Here you can see the window arches have been attached.

And the "rocks are all painted...

And it is dark and late....

And you can hardly see it back there!

In the morning light it is time to paint the grout.

Again, this went faster than I thought it would!

And again, it transforms the structure in a magical way!

I can't fit the entire Tower into one picture!

Here's the top with the crenelations.

This is the back wall that will hardly ever be seen!

I wanted to see the Chapel windows with the lights on...

Now you can really see them!

I have to confess, I just love the way it looks!

And because the back wall will not be visible.... 

but the side wall will be, where it rises above The Great Hall,

I needed to get the "rock" courses continued around to the side.

(Sorry for the blurry photo!)

Here the rocks have been painted....

And grouted. 

Again, it is getting late and dark.

And even though I really didn't want to...

I turned those painted sides back to the wall.

And you can see how little The Castle looks changed.

But now, Dear Readers, 

I know what it can look like... 

and will look like...

Someday...

 When I get the rest of those walls finished!

I will Dream of it...