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When someone hands you a large carboard cylinder and asks you to build something, what do you do?
I decided to make my first foray into the world of plogs, and thought a Wizards Tower would be an ideal start, having seen and loved the new Witchfate Tor.
Firstly, the main materials;
Add to the tube and fibreboard squares a large amount of insulating foam block and off to work I go.
I began by deciding on doing two separate buildings. The first, and easiest, would be a simple ruin of only one level and in one piece.
The second would be more complex, consisting of one base unit, onto which one of two different tops could be placed. One top would be smashed and broken, the other would be roofed and complete.
In order to begin, the first order of business was to slice up the tube;
The bits above are all for the main tower building. Next came some structural work ( ceilings and stairs ) using the blue foam;
The tubular section top left of the picture is for the smaller ruin.
In the centre of the picture is the first stage of cutting out the stairs, and the circular piece to the lower left is the ceiling/floor section of the main tower. As you can see I have begun sketching out ideas for where thngs will go when its put in place.
Its worth mentioning at this point that I tend not to pre-measure much of my work. Ifind that working "on the fly" works best for me.
So, individual wedges were cut out of the stair section, and the blocks were cut from these;
This block was then split into three horizontally, to make individual stairs. An involving process, but one that allowed me to match the stairs to the curvature of the tube;
At this point, I lost access to my camera and forged on ahead a bit with the small ruin. I shall update the pics in a wee bit.
I decided to make my first foray into the world of plogs, and thought a Wizards Tower would be an ideal start, having seen and loved the new Witchfate Tor.
Firstly, the main materials;
Add to the tube and fibreboard squares a large amount of insulating foam block and off to work I go.
I began by deciding on doing two separate buildings. The first, and easiest, would be a simple ruin of only one level and in one piece.
The second would be more complex, consisting of one base unit, onto which one of two different tops could be placed. One top would be smashed and broken, the other would be roofed and complete.
In order to begin, the first order of business was to slice up the tube;
The bits above are all for the main tower building. Next came some structural work ( ceilings and stairs ) using the blue foam;
The tubular section top left of the picture is for the smaller ruin.
In the centre of the picture is the first stage of cutting out the stairs, and the circular piece to the lower left is the ceiling/floor section of the main tower. As you can see I have begun sketching out ideas for where thngs will go when its put in place.
Its worth mentioning at this point that I tend not to pre-measure much of my work. Ifind that working "on the fly" works best for me.
So, individual wedges were cut out of the stair section, and the blocks were cut from these;
This block was then split into three horizontally, to make individual stairs. An involving process, but one that allowed me to match the stairs to the curvature of the tube;
At this point, I lost access to my camera and forged on ahead a bit with the small ruin. I shall update the pics in a wee bit.