Friday 1 June 2012

Medieval Castle

This quite incredible 1/72nd scale castle was scratchbuilt  some 15yrs ago by Tommy  and  Tina, who run an Online indian Clothes and accesories shop called Om - Lakshmi.
I now have the honour and pleasue of becoming the Guardian of this beautiful piece of construction.
All I have done is  clean it up, repair a couple of small pieces,  a dab of paint here and there, paint up the wooden beams on the timbered house parts, base and landscape it.(add the rocky outcrops)
It measures, 70cm´s long, 55 cm´s wide and to the top of the main tower, 40cm´s high.
The main Keep and the Guardhouse have had some weathering done to the brickwork. I may continue this at some point.
I really like the way it seems to be built in a "as needed" way..like parts have been added as time went by and the population / influence of the castle grew, just like in real life.
The ground work still need a bit of vegetation etc.
The store house which .................
..........has a removable roof!! There are 4 removable roofs in total..and all the buildings can be removed from the base....not just that but they all   can be lit up from inside.
All the tiles were individually cut out and glued on ! I keep trying to imagine how long this all took!!
Not a brilliant photo but the catwalk near the front gate is also completely hand made!!!
View from the storehouse to the guardhouse (the drawbrige works)
The lord and lady surveying thier new Home...are they pleased? You bet they  are!!!!!!
There are a lot of details that are only just visible but almost impossible to photgraph. For instance, the wall running up along the ramp from the guardhouse. It has the catwalk and under the catwalk there is a hollowed out area (where the window is) so crossbowmen can stand without being in the area of the ramp. The beams etc in the roofing...all hand made and   constructed from Matches!

Hello to Speedy from Soldiers of Honour blog  I´ve tried to add my blog to the followers list but it keeps coming up "website not available".  Shows up in the blog roll though (?)



43 comments:

  1. It's a beautiful model Paul - I can't think of a better guardian for it, nor a better home for your bods. An amazing piece of model making!

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  2. A pic = 1000 words...I am speechless!
    That is simply stunning! How patient they were!

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  3. That castle is a beauty. The level of detail is very impressive, even more so for a 1/72 scale model.

    Regards,
    Matt

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  4. It's a gorgeous castle. And Om - Lakshmi's catalogue is pretty cool too; very much my style of stuff :)

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  5. Wow! That's a nifty piece of scratch building! Superb.

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  6. Beautiful work - on the error 503 thing ('website not available), it occured to me frequently in the last few weeks but after one or two refreshes everything went on.

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    1. Thanks Andrew:-D
      I kept trying to link onto Speedy´s blog roll..5 or 6 times..nothing except error 503. His blog is there though..I´ve looked and added it to my blog roll..
      Cheers
      paul

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  7. Really beautiful, a great castle!

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  8. Wow! Beautiful piece of workmanship. The figures look at home on the porch.

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  9. Well done Paul,the pics are almost as good as the real thing!

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  10. I hope I can see this castle life at FIGZ this weekend. It's just a dream. I think this is one of the things we all wanted when we were young.
    Really wonderfull piece of art!

    Greetings
    Peter
    http://peterscave.blogspot.be/

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    1. "When we were young"?! No, we (well, I do) still want something like this!! :D

      Cheers

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  11. Amazing. Waht a great piece of work or should I say art. Let's hope it never going to meet up with the "Trebuchets".

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  12. What a lovely piece, you lucky boy!

    Simon

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  13. Crazy!! .... and so beautiful!
    it's really a Master-work!
    You're the Guardian of the Treasure!
    I hope that we will see it many times in sceneries for your figures!!

    (I'm not a ROBOT !!!)

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  14. What a stunner! A fitting backdrop for your many bods.

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  15. A fantastic piece of modelling - you are very, very lucky.

    Tony

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  16. WOW what a catch. Good for you Paul. You deserve a break every now and then!
    Jeff

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  17. What a Beautiful piece of craftsmanship, your or indeed fortunate in this acquisition!

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  18. YOU LUCKY BASTERED!!!!!! but then again you deserve it :-D

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  19. Stunning model, enough to bring the young boy out of every old man!

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  20. That is an awesome model.

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  21. Amazing!

    Try to bookmark my page, that will be work :)

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  22. Wow, wow, wow!! What a wonder and great landscaping.

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  23. You lucky, lucky man. This will be fantastic for skirmish games. Hope to see more pictures of this as a backdrop in some of your future posts.

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  24. Wow you lucky lucky B! That is a fantastic looking model!

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  25. Congratulation to become owner of a stunning castle !!!!

    Best regards Michael

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  26. Nicest model castle I've ever seen, I think!

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  27. Nice castle!

    By the way you' re the winner for the wizard...

    http://fogsoldiers.blogspot.it/2012/06/and-winners-are.html

    Last thing. Retry your follower subscription since it results on the internal layout but not in our home page. In effect with blogger in the last days there are some problems...

    Marzio.

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  28. This is freaking amazing! I think you will be needing a bigger house now Paul.

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  29. A beautiful piece of work. I can't think of a better guardian to preserve it.

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  30. Nice Castle, maybe the new castle for your new wizard won at the 10000 page draw!

    http://fogsoldiers.blogspot.it/2012/06/and-winners-are.html

    By the way you' re right, blogger has some problems in the last days. In effect your sub as follower results in the internal layout but not in the followers window. Maybe you need to retry clicking the follower button. Instead we have some problems in the page refreshing...

    And remember to send us an email with the address.

    Happy Wargaming.

    Marzio.

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  31. Great piece, is that mainly styrofoam? Insane amount of work...

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  32. Wow, that's pretty amazing!

    Jason

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  33. That is one awesome castle, Paul! A work of Art!!!

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  34. Beautiful castle, a real dream to own I bet. Are you going to man the walls with knights and sergeants? Either way, awesome post and castle:)

    Sabin

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