Spodding

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 reminiscent of Albert Speer’s architecture which makes it perfect for a Nazi stronghold. Plus changes to the top of the tower will give me somewhere to put some pterodactyl nests.

Been reworking the Sketchup model too since there were some significant flaws in the original drawing. I’ll post an update when I get a bit further along.

Here’s the tower as it stands at present, with some suitable WWII minis for scale purposes.

Gatehouse, wall and a tower

The gatehouse with Sturmaffe

Big, innit?

Window closeup

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 was a movie set, but it turns out to be a real place. In daylight it is beautiful, but with this lighting, it is possibly the creepiest castle on the planet.

This will be my inspiration!

I want to make a model that I can use in a number of games beyond the exhibition game in May. I plan on using this with AE-WWII, SoTR, Warmachine, Pax Limpopo and Rules of Engagement. It will be compatible with any European conflict from the 14th century onwards.