Medieval Gates - Wall & Towers

The central part of the diorama is the main gate. This is basically a walled section with a large gate opening and a nice set of wooden gates set between a pair of stone towers.

The main wall is made as a card form approx 6mm thick. The stonework is printed and cut and then wrapped and glued to the card wall.

Card base with paper coating.

Wall standing upright.

There are wooden doors in the pdf file for printout which can be cut out but I decided to do a balsa wood version to get a more hefty version of the door. They are made from one main piece which is scored into planks and then top and bottom planks glued on. The finished doors are stained with brown ink, different planks with more or less diluted ink to get a colour variation. The door braces are cut from the printed sheets and glued in place.

Balsa wood doors add weight to the model.

The two towers are made also from card in a basic rectangle box and covered in the printed paper.

Card boxes make a sturdy base for the paper wrapping.

I managed to get one of the roof sections primed in black automotive primer. This is a solvent based primer which dries fast but can only be done outdoors in good ventilation. So no priming for me tonight....boo hoo !!!

The main gate section looks like this as a work in progress.

The individual parts make up the gate assembly.

It will eventually sit on a base of cobblestones or similar and will have an additional walkway above the gates plus doors , windows etc in the towers.

Next step are the buttresses so I can glue the towers to the walls securely.

Join me in the next blog.