The Chapel Tower...

 

 Do You Even Remember the Chapel....

You will have to forgive me, Dear Readers, because I do not even Remember the last time we really visited the Chapel, let alone accomplished any work on it! It was one of the first "rooms" of the Castle that I got really involved with decorating the interior, and as with so many of my projects... it is nowhere near finished! I would not even know where to look for good shots of the interior, and while the Castle is all pulled apart it is difficult to get any interior pictures. So for now I will just show you the progress on the exterior, because I have decided to paint it too while the sections are movable. As with the Lord's Tower (the other end of the Castle) the wall that faces the Great Hall has no wiring along the sides (because the stairs and doors run along the inside) so I could prime it and paint it fairly easily. But the Back wall was as unfinished as all the other ones.

Here I have primed the wall... 

(it is just behind the corner of the Great Hall 

which you see in the foreground with the crenelations getting painted).

 

Here is the back side of the Chapel. 

I have just added the base of the window frames.

That pin has been holding the glass window in place for Years!!

Here you can see those windows from the inside ...

 they are "stained" glass and represent 

The Archangel Gabriel and Saint Michael.

(Clumsily drawn by me with leaded glass paint.)

Again, from the outside, trying to get trim all around.

I will need to carve the arched tops.

But the really challenging task 

was carving those channels for the wires.

Here you can see I am slowly gluing them in.

The wood is very hard in the darker grain, 

and not too hard in the lighter parts...

But you need to make the channel relatively straight to the corner.

And the "electrical box" for this section of the Castle 

will eventually be built on the outer side wall where it is accessible.

For now I am just getting the wires buried

 on the back section and through the corner holes.

I even carved the channels for the upper rooms 

which I have not yet begun to construct, 

so I could get the primer on the whole back side wall.

And then we need to make sure the lights still work...!

Yay, They do!

Here is the view from the exterior with just the candle lights....

 

Here is the view from the interior....

I know it is barely visible... but so moody!

And with the flash turned on...

Way too bright....!

It shows clearly how much I still have to finish.

Alas, for now it will have to wait, Dear Readers,

 while I get the back wall of

 the Chapel Tower finished.

But at least now you will be able to say 

you Remember the Chapel!