Zaukrie's Terrain - Helm's Deep in Progress

[Zaukrie]

So, this is what my 11 year old and I have been doing (on and off, he's 11) for the past three-four months.

Rule 1: has to fit in doorways - and we measured all but 2! One of those is critical, but I think we are ok and won't have to take it outside to move it to the basement....

Rule 2: we both work on it, this isn't my project. He's done a lot of the work, including the great detail on the front gate area.

So, these next pictures are of Helm's Deep (so far, I'd say we have 3 good length days left, which are hard to find right now):

This is the front shot. Each square you can see is about one inch by one inch (so the front gate is 5 inches wide).



This is a shot of some detail work we did on the inner keep, mithral axes imbedded into the floor:



Detail view of the not yet glued into place front entry:



A side shot:

[Zaukrie]

It will be about 4 feet wide at the base, by 26 (I think) inches deep, by about 20-24 inches tall when done. As you can see, it is largely made of pink and yellow styrene. The white (which will be painted like our mountains from two years ago) is plaster cloth over newspaper. We added a small hole to the right. Sometimes we'll put blue saran wrap in there like it is a pond, other times it will be empty.

We also have been building caverns in the back, but I have no pictures of that part yet.

[Sokol]

Nice, Zaukrie!

[Jandarforever]

That is a sweet custom! The detail is stunning, and I can't wait for the finished product. Are you going to be able to play Heroscape on it?

[Zaukrie]

We'll play Heroscape, D&D, and probably random war games, if we can. Most of our terrain gets used as "just fun" stuff around the house.

It isn't designed well for HS, but we rarely get to play HS anymore. So, it is designed more for D&D at this point.

[ImhotepMagi]

Have you thought about the Lord of the Rings Strategy Battle Game?

http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/home.jsp

Its arguably the best game system Games Workshop has released. Its a skirmish/scenario driven game and the Two Towers book has several scenarios based around Helm's Deep.

Steer clear of War of the Ring though...kinda pricey and is used for massed battles.

[win chiu woo]

Can't wait to see the finished product!

[Zaukrie]

Finished the mountain base on the left side, my 11 year old's ramp in the back to take stuff down from the big door on the right into the caverns, and started the outer mountain and roof on the right side yesterday.

I need to test the sculptamold to see how well it covers the gaps and other issues with the plastercloth.

[smoweeks]

looks good! can't wait to see the finished product!