The Watchtower

The Watchtower

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Brutalist watchtowers mar skylines in the Viceroy’s realm, like punctuation along imaginary boarders which cut through the natural biome. They stand as grizzly warnings to vagrants and those who would otherwise debase the Viceroy’s citizenry. Constructed up out of the ground from stone and beam, they rain obsidian-tipped death from enclosed embrasures.

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I set out to scratch build Tabletop World’s Guard Tower.

My scratch version

My scratch version

The Tabletop World version

The Tabletop World version

I snapped some WIP shots along the way. Initially there were two problems: The hdf base warped, and the Hirstarts bricks were uneven in width. I fixed the former by removing the base altogether.

The later was remedied by applying more plaster to the areas where gaps were prominent. This had the unwanted side-effect of reducing the amount of texture on stone facings, though the tower is incredibly sturdy now.

Tools used: Dental Stone Plaster, Hirstarts molds, PVA Glue, Foamcore, Balsawood, toothpicks, cardboard and 2-part-epoxy for the flag.

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Not quite, but… Machicolations!

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