Eric
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So I mentioned somewhere or other that my summer project was going to be finishing off a castle I built as a young-un. However upon getting my mitts on said castle it turns out I'd painted it already, presumably quite quickly for the game! Funny how we remember things. That left me a bit unsure how I am to proceed.
I gave it a dust (wow was it dusty) glued together the bits of snapped balsa wood (some still missing) and touched up the chipped plaster battlements with a little grey paint, but should I take it further? Should I leave it as it is - a bit of "painting/modelling history" from my youth? I don't generally strip and re-paint my old models (not that I have many of my old models).
I'm unlikely to actually use this castle in a battle (it not being that practical, but that mattered less when you're young). I could go full on and tidy up bad joins add new textures and rework it over fully creating something new. I could just re-flock the base and add some foliage to make it fresher (very faded). Something in-between? Hard to decide where to start and where to stop given I'm feeling quite nostalgic about my youthful model making
Some of the possible thoughts for rework: New flock/foliage; Starway to wooden structure by tower; Flagstone floor on parapets; Trapdoors in towers; Corner dressing stones on tower edges; Gloss varnish on the "moat"; Roof on the top tower; Fill gaps by arrow slits; Add some weathering; Re-flock the courtyard.
Anyhow a couple of pics of the "current" whilst I wonder about what I may end up doing. Better start with a more moody scene setting one where the castle looms out of the Reikwald forest ... our hero's salvation or not?
Then I suppose I should show it a bit more lit up. Gave me an excuse to get out all the trees (I'll see about doing a "forest" post showing them all).
Some examples of what is a bit more rough and ready and what I may or may not be dealing with:
I forget quite what the main lump of polystyrene was from. The castle walls are all just foam core. The battlements are made from plaster, I made a mould from plasticard and cast up sections that I then mitred and cut to fit, then glued the merlons (another mould) on top. The drawbridge works! I did do a Warhammer Siege castle map for it.
So we might see this castle again either with a full makeover or maybe just with some split and polish. I've started a topic about repainting old stuff so if you've any thoughts on your own old stuff or what I should or shouldn't do with the castle pop them over there in that thread! Ta.
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I gave it a dust (wow was it dusty) glued together the bits of snapped balsa wood (some still missing) and touched up the chipped plaster battlements with a little grey paint, but should I take it further? Should I leave it as it is - a bit of "painting/modelling history" from my youth? I don't generally strip and re-paint my old models (not that I have many of my old models).
I'm unlikely to actually use this castle in a battle (it not being that practical, but that mattered less when you're young). I could go full on and tidy up bad joins add new textures and rework it over fully creating something new. I could just re-flock the base and add some foliage to make it fresher (very faded). Something in-between? Hard to decide where to start and where to stop given I'm feeling quite nostalgic about my youthful model making
Some of the possible thoughts for rework: New flock/foliage; Starway to wooden structure by tower; Flagstone floor on parapets; Trapdoors in towers; Corner dressing stones on tower edges; Gloss varnish on the "moat"; Roof on the top tower; Fill gaps by arrow slits; Add some weathering; Re-flock the courtyard.
Anyhow a couple of pics of the "current" whilst I wonder about what I may end up doing. Better start with a more moody scene setting one where the castle looms out of the Reikwald forest ... our hero's salvation or not?
Then I suppose I should show it a bit more lit up. Gave me an excuse to get out all the trees (I'll see about doing a "forest" post showing them all).
Some examples of what is a bit more rough and ready and what I may or may not be dealing with:
I forget quite what the main lump of polystyrene was from. The castle walls are all just foam core. The battlements are made from plaster, I made a mould from plasticard and cast up sections that I then mitred and cut to fit, then glued the merlons (another mould) on top. The drawbridge works! I did do a Warhammer Siege castle map for it.
So we might see this castle again either with a full makeover or maybe just with some split and polish. I've started a topic about repainting old stuff so if you've any thoughts on your own old stuff or what I should or shouldn't do with the castle pop them over there in that thread! Ta.
Repainting your own old work
I'd appreciate some thoughts and perspectives on repainting your own old miniatures. Is it something you do? So generally anything I actually finished during my core wargaming misadventures keeps the paint job it had then, be that enamels or acrylics, good or bad. Some of it is okay some...
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