Adding rubbe:
At the end of the previous page we started demolishing the structure and try to add more realism to this ruined piece. The next step is to add rubble.
As it comes to this part I must thank Scott Spieker for his assistance on this.
I have learned that rubble is built up in 3 stages. These stages can be categorised into large, medium and small rubble segments. When a structure
(partially) collapses, there will be large pieces of rubble falling down and they will most likely break into smaller segments and/or even scatter
around extensively. Depending on the size of the broken piece, this piece will fall faster or slower to the ground. A larger piece is more likely to fall
faster and hits the surface harder because of its own weight. In this case we can also state that smaller pieces take longer to fall down up to the dust
that could last for hours to actually fall down. In this case the larger pieces of rubble will most likely be partially covered and surrounded by smaller
pieces of rubble that broke off from the big pieces or came down a fraction later.
So what does this mean for my project?
I started off handpicking the larger pieces of rubble that would play a more prominent part in the structure. Thinking in three types of rubble I went on
making more rubble by putting miss casts into an old piece of cloth and hammered on it until I had the idea there was nothing left of it. Out of the cloth
came a mixture of very fine ad more roughly rubble that I sorted out using a sieve. So now I had a mixture of large pieces, smaller pieces and very fine
pieces of rubble.
I simply started to determine where I would like to have some prominent rubble parts lying within the structure. Once assembled the rubble, I started to
add wood glue up and around these larger pieces on which I then sprinkle these intermediate rubble blocks. I finished it off by sprinkle the fine rubble
thoroughly over the remaining visible parts of wood glue and let it dry over night.
After the rubble being added I picked up the screwdriver and hammer again to actually hit on some floor tiles so they would break. When they did I
scraped the cracks out a bit so it looked again more ruined and more visible. I use Pattex glue from a German firm called Heinkel for all my projects.
The great thing about this glue is that it resists being hammered on. That means that although I demolished some tiles, it did not result in pieces
starting to get loose or fall apart.
With these details being added I can now move on to the next stage and that is spray painting the structure
Painting the structure:
The structure can still be taken apart into three parts. The fact that this is possible helps painting it a lot since all is well accessible. Also when
finished, the structure will stay this way so I can store it more easily. I might even make some expansion for it. In this first picture on the right you
can see a possible extension for this project making it more like a athletic centre. (or whatever you might want to call it)
First I spray paint the structure witan acrylic black spray paint.
After this first layer of black spray paint I decided to paint the structure in rather conservative colours. So the three layers of paint that I brushed on
were; A medium grey followed by a deep khaki and finished using beige. Although the choices of colours aren’t that thrilling, it brings out the texture and details very well.
The next pictures show you how the projects get it texture more visible why adding the colours.
The finished project:
After almost 2 month I finally finished the watchtower of Amon-Sul.
This was my greatest challenge within this hobby so far, making a structure by designing my own building blocks and molds.
Actually I haven’t got much text add beyond this point. I do want to thank Scott Spieker again for actually get me going for this challenge and I also want
to thank Bruce Hirst of Hirst Arts Castlemolds ™
for the fact that making this structure would not have been this detailed as it wasn’t for his great line of products.
Thanks guys.
And now a large series of pictures of the finished project:
(sorry that I posted that many)
Detail shots:
Beware! These final three pictures are large files!
Assembling the tower (second page):
Preparing the blocks (first page):
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At the end of the previous page we started demolishing the structure and try to add more realism to this ruined piece. The next step is to add rubble.
As it comes to this part I must thank Scott Spieker for his assistance on this.
