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ship tower on defendable scenic base, made over a sturdy base, the concave tower has a empire type ship built on top of it, the wooden beam clad tower has been textured and painted in earthy tones to look like weathered plaster, it has a ornate door to bottom floor with a golden lantern with burning embers to side and 1 to second floor leading to a hand made from balsa and wood balcony with 2 small gargoyles to corner pinned and glued into place and painted to look like weathered bronze, there are 2 empire type windows to tower, the tower has a small out building or barracks attached with 4 small empire type windows and imperial eagle, the many hand crafted roof tiles have been individually cut and glued into place and painted to look like weathered slate.
The boat has been attached to what looks like large metal bolted plates which have been stipple painted to look like realistic rusting, on the body of the boat are 4 small empire windows, the middle deck has hand crafted planks and a water butt, 1 barrel 3 crates and hand made rope from green stuff, the front balsa clad deck has 2 lanterns with burning embers and 2 weathered bronze gargoyles, and a wound up real chain painted to look rusted, the larger rear balsa clad deck has 2 golden lanterns with burning embers 2 gold imperial eagles to side and the bottom panel is clad in 12 gold skulls, also has a balustrade and a ladder leading to a crows nest, atop the wooden mast is a hand made from plasticard weather vane with 2 tailed comet, the front mast has a gold imperial eagle and large gargoyle painted to look like weathered bronze, there is also a hand painted shield with 2 tailed comet to front hull, all wooden and balsa parts have been painted in different shades of brown to look like weathered oak ad weathered with very dry camo green dry brushing, the decks are held in place by 12 ornate beam holders.
The base has a rock and hand made path with 2 skull plinths leading to the bottom door, there are 3 gravestones, around the perimeter are 2 hand made interlinked fences from balsa, and 4 high quality ready made bushes with the gaps filled in with a total of 8 barrels and 8 crates, the base has been extensively gravelled grassed flocked and sealed with 2 coats of varnish also included are the many hand made realistic long grasses model for scale only, size 11 x 9 x 12 inch
ebay item #:230135702055 Auction is over
Final price: $95.16 | # of bids:5 | End date:2008-06-09 05:11:31
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