Using the out-of-print book
Make Your Own Model Forts & Castles by Richard Cummings (published 1977),
DD15 has created the basis of her Norman Castle for Military History!
She started with a piece of drywall generously donated by the neighbor (instead of the book recommended plywood).
Between a utility knife and a small saw, she cut the drywall. The lack of perfect edges will make the finished castle more realistic. In computer terms, this would be a case of "It's a bug, but we'll call it a feature."
Three walls cut...not sure how to attach them yet.
She decided to duct tape the walls together and texture the whole thing with vinyl spackling paste. I think it's looking good.
She mixed black and white acrylic paint to create shades of stone.
A platform painted to look like wood is perched on a few nails. And the basic castle is complete! I'm so proud!
Once
DD15 creates the drawbridge and grounds, I'll post more pictures!
7 comments:
How cool! She did a great job!
WOW Cool that is really cool the leaf crowns we made I just poked the stems threw the next leaf but I kinda cheated and used bits of scotch tape the hold them LOL My kids are having fun with it so hopefully it turns into a fun time for us. Your daughter is very talented by the way!
Oh my goodness, this is impressive! She did a GREAT job! Sometimes I hear about books like this and just can't figure out whey they ever went out of print to begin with!
Wonderful! She did a great job.
:)
That castle is cool!
A fantastic job on the castle!
I love the castle! I was totally looking for a good castle construction idea last year. Maybe we will revisit that.
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