[WH]: venturing into 3d - A warmaster castle is being born

[leaxe]

- the castle tower is solid one piece. Only the top can be removed.

- My personal opinion is that it looks MUCH better than the FW one. I do not have the original FW fortress, only have closeup pics of it, but I have the wizards tower at home and I would trade it immediately for another wizard tower with stone texture like this...

- Top of the tower can hold 2 bases easily:



- Pricing: I will have a number by the end of this week

[Malika]

Looks nice. And theoretically perfect. I do think the design would have been better if those stones around the windows and such stuck out a bit more. I know it's slightly less realistic, but on the scale we're talking about these accents make the model more...I dunno...convincing (not sure that's the right word).

But beyond that the model looks really great, what material are you casting it in?

[Stormwind]

These look /amazing/ and I can't wait to see how these progress.

[leaxe]

Hi,

Casting will be in resin. I have no idea of the exact type. Will ask the caster.

We were thinking a lot about making the model pure fantasy style or more realistic. At the end it stayed like this. We figured that the windowsill can be accentuated by painting.

And this way it makes the orcs harder to take hold and climb in.

[Malika]

Fair enough!

By the way, did you ever check out the stuff done by Tabletop World?

[leaxe]

yes, we know their excellent stuff.

[Malika]

I think what makes their stuff so awesome is that it looks very natural. The walls aren't perfectly straight and that sort of thing, making it really look as if they've been built stone by stone.

However, on a scale such as Warmaster that might be a bit overkill.

[marell le fou]

My personal opinion is that it looks MUCH better than the FW one. I do not have the original FW fortress, only have closeup pics of it, but I have the wizards tower at home and I would trade it immediately for another wizard tower with stone texture like this...

I have the FW one at home and i would say the tower and walls are really really inspired by the FW one. But it's ok, they are great. Some few additions, or modification. emplacement of the door, etc. I think the crenels are really the same. The size is the same too. The work on the stones. The global aspect is really very prooch (not to say the same).

So i would say it's a very nice job for those two components and i would buy them eyes closed if i did not had mines already.

BUT

The gate is ugly



What are those big fatty flat towers on each side ? Come one, guys, you can do far better than just picking the same file than the one of the little towers and had one third of it width and one more window.

It looks really... Boring. Too straight. Too big. Too massive. Too flat. More like a Napoleonian era construction.

The FW one may look too "medievalish" but at least it looks fun and nice.



I love the well ! Very very nice idea.

[Islacrusez]

Perhaps a little visit to Stronghold/Stronghold 2/Stronghold 3 artwork might be in order? Might give some inspiration, albeit medieval, on how to approach a change if one is on the cards?

[Stormwind]

Marell, that is a Work In Progress - I think you will see some more detail and "embellishments" on it before it is complete!

[leaxe]

hi guys,

I am really grateful for all input! Its good to have several oppinions and ideas, so keep it coming!

the picture is just WIP. No texture or details yet.

We will post more pictures when the gate section has progress.

The wall section is being done now.

[BlackEd]

Leaxe, the castle is looking really good so far. I like everything I see.  Good work!  Keep it up!

Do you plan to cast the towers as a solid piece?  Are you going to have a hollow are inside to save on weight and resin?

Are you going to cast the castle yourself?  I would love to do it for you, but alas, I am in North America.

[marell le fou]

Marell, that is a Work In Progress -

Yep, but as it's the two massiv towers i dislike, i had to say it now or it would have been too late

Why not proposing two different walls ?

for example one with hoarding.





And one with a stair in the inside, and one with stables ?

There was an attempt to make a more german looking castle from GW. You can see it in the unreleased section of the CCM wiki, in the warmaster section :

http://www.collecting-citadel-miniatures.com/wiki/index.php/Warmaster_-_Unreleased

[leaxe]

It is never too late. If it is too late, we add the idea to our list.

The wooden plank style tower top is already in the list.

I collected loads of pictures a while ago.

The warmaster link is useful, thanks!!

[marell le fou]

I was not especially proposing a wooden roof, more a wooden passage along the wall. But both idea can be interesting.