12/01/2018

The work on the stronghold continues, but its size is so large, and the staircase reduced, that prior to completing the stone walls, a few months will pass!

The stones, as already mentioned, are obtained from strips about 8mm thick, cut and modeled one by one. At this point, I am expecting to have a jaw-dropping final effect!

After having worked on the first wall, now I'll proceed with the volumes related to the shape I' m going to model. I'll start with the right base:
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I will create the first entrance on this wall. As for the thickness of the building, I will get this through thicker pieces of polystyrene, like this 5cm thick panel:
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Before removing the excess material, I will mark the entrance on the piece of polystyrene:
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I'll remove the material to build the entrance:
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Starting the roof with stones:
tutorial costruzione roccaforte fantasy

tutorial costruzione roccaforte fantasy
The right side will be covered with a polystyrene panel which will eventually be coated. Before covering it, however, it is advisable to harden the structure using pieces of polystyrene as reinforcements:
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tutorial costruzione di una roccaforte fantasy

This is how the block will look once closed:
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I will add the last lateral module:
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I will continue with the insertion of stones into the volumes:
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Creation of staircase

The whole model will be developed essentially on 3 levels. To get to the upper level, I' ll take inspiration from what is in the photo: a staircase.

This scenic element is very easy to realize: I'll prepare a series of laths about 4mm thick. The longest batten will be the one that will give the dimension of the length of the staircase, the thickness of each batten will represent the height of each step. In order to estimate the length of each step, however, it will be sufficient to divide the total length of the staircase by the sum of the steps.
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Once the measurements will be calculated, each batten will have a length equal to the total length minus the length of the single step. This is how the completed staircase looks:
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In the next session I will proceed with the installation of all the volumes, thus allowing the model to start assuming its final shape. Here's a small anticipation:
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