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 […]

Checkpoint Charlie

00 My first finished piece of terrain for the Jurassic Park demo game. I made the sentry box a week or so ago but put it on a base last night and painted it up. It can be used for any WWII game in the European Theatre since these sentry boxes were found all over […]

More Fun with Posters

00 I did these over the past few days… I’ve also made a master model of a 6″ x 4″ section of rough stone wall, which I will make a mould from and cast up several times to do the wall surfaces of the castle. It’ll save me an enormous amount of time and effort […]

Dinolager – a new beer?

00 Nope, it’s an enclosure for dinosaurs in the game of Jurassic Reich. I thought I might get some of the small models out of the way first so I can concentrate on the castle and landscaping and not have to rush these other things at the end. So last night I started working on […]

This is so much fun…

00 … but I hope I don’t offend anyone by these: Had a bit of fun with Photoshop over the past couple of days. I just thought it might be a cool idea to do some promotional images for the game using actual wartime propaganda or war bonds posters, but with a dinosaur theme. What […]

Taking Shape

00 Been working on the main gatehouse over the past few days and it’s really starting to take shape. I’ve merged elements of Teutonic medieval architecture into the original Corvin Castle design to try to make it more German than Romanian, but still keeping its essential spookiness. The strong vertical lines and deep shadows are […]

A castle takes shape (virtually)

00 I had a play with Google’s SketchUp program ( http://sketchup.google.com/download/gsu.html ) last night. As a 3D rendering tool, it’s very basic – but that’s ok, it’s supposed to be. If you’ve never used a 3D package before, then it is worth taking the time to do some of the online tutorials until you get […]

Construction work continues despite shortages

00 Day 2 of construction saw the extension of the stonework on the gatehouse and the addition of the overhanging window thingy (a ‘machicolation’ for the architecturally minded). I’ve cut the rear panel out as well, but at this stage, I haven’t decided exactly how the interior of the cast will look – need to […]

With a new knifeblade in hand…

00 I have made a start on the castle, cutting out the entry gate and plastering a part of it ready for scribing in the stonework. The picture here shows the gate compared to a 1:56 scale Opel Blitz – checking it for size against a number of vehicles and figures showed that it was […]

Yes, it’s real and it’s in Transylvania

00 With my castle concepts still suffering from a lack of creepiness, I took to Google today and cast the net outside of Germany for inspiration. And hit the jackpot. This place is called Corvin Castle and is in Transylvania (a part of Romania). When I saw the photo below, I thought initially that it […]