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Watchtower at Sunndbury
My third Brettonian style tower. The tower itself is constructed from a 3-1/2 inch cardboard tube, wrapped in Plastruct brick pattern styrene. The roof is individually cut styrene shingles from a "for sale" sign, glued onto a roof from a Zvezda round tower kit. The turret atop the tower, and the stairs are carved from blue foam. The door is scratchbuilt from balsa, styrene, and foam. The pikes are from the GW Brettonian archer box set. All landscape is carved blue foam, and Woodland Scenics flock. The coachlights on the door and the stairway are working, l.e.d. mini christmas lights, with a hollow bead from the craft store over top of it. The concept was for a more defendable tower, but not quite a fortress, more a border outpost. Both the stairway on the tower, and the hill leave the defenders right arms clear to swing, while obstructing the attackers. On the tight side is a natural wall, with stacked boulders for an added obstacle. On the left side, a man made wall cut out of the hill, with pikes to deter would be attackers. The pikes aren't so much to impale attackers, but to chanell them to the stairs, where the tower defenders could focus their defense. I would have taken the pictures outside, but the temperature has been below zero all week, and I doubt how well my camera would hold up! I hope you enjoy the pictures, and comments are certainly welcome.
Posted: 9 Feb 2007
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