Pterowaffe

00 It’s a rare thing to see a painted mini in my collection, and even rarer for it to be shown to the public! But I was so proud of this – well, the idea more than the actual paint job.

What’s German for Farm?

00 The castle has come a long way since May and my enthusiasm is still raging at full strength (which is weird for me since I get bored quickly on large projects). I’ve not felt this excited about a model since I made my own Weathertop a few years ago. But I realise that I […]

A little further along

00 You’re probably sick of seeing the same old gatehouse façade time and time again. Well, this’ll be the last time until I put the roof on ok? The curtain wall to the left of the gatehouse is coming along nicely. I’ve clad the stonework on a couple of sections and started doing the battlements […]

Men at Work

00 Have been hard at work on the castle each night this week and it’s starting to take shape now. I have cut out the walls for the Great Hall and glued the buttresses in place on the front. Also, I have been repeatedly casting a section of random stone wall I made a while […]

Schloss Schwarz Eingangstor

00 The castle gatehouse is coming along at a pleasing pace. As it progresses I am getting a clearer picture of how much effort is needed to build this table and, yes, once again I have bitten off much more than time will allow me to chew! So I’ve begun to set myself daily tasks […]

Meanwhile back at the castle…

00 July is going to be the month I spend working on the castle gatehouse. I will alternate between the castle and other smaller terrain features for this game table, in order to keep the interest levels up (it’s so easy to get bored witha big project). The plan is to get the Gatehouse completed […]

Bag End Build Off

00 A friend of mine (DurinsBane) and I are having a friendly competition to see who could build the best model of Bag End. It started off as a bit of meaningless rivalry between two friends and a good pace was set with regular updates on the One Ring website (click here). Unfortunately, the updates […]

Busy, busy, busy, pt 2

00 Work on the barracks is progressing at quite a pace! I am being unusally productive – normally I take ages to build anything, but this one seems to be taking shape incredibly quickly. Here are a couple of shots of it nearing completion. I’ll post more shots when it’s finished too. The roof is […]

Busy, busy, busy

00 The Jurassic Reich table is progressing very nicely at the moment and I think I’m ahead of where I’d like to be at the end of June. The castle has been put to the side while I get some of the smaller projects out of the way. I’ve finished a sentry box and road […]