Dessert fortress

[dykio]

Hi guys,

i had a bit of a motivation problem for the painting of figures so i decided to build a fortress for my ffl and arabs. Now this is a combination of wip and gallery so quite a long post, Hope you enjoy it !!

Since we bought some stuff at ikea we had loads and loads of cardboard lying around so i thought why not use that.

So i started of by cutting and gluing the rough shape of the fortress together.







normally i draw something so i know how it has to be build... but in this case i just went along and in the end (after throwing away what i didnt like) i became like this



i have never used only cardboard as a base and wanted to put plaster over it. Since i had no idea how the carboard would react i decided to put some paint over it first. Just cheap wallpaint btw.





doors and small windows i made from cheap toothpicks. These are flat ones and very usefull



i just glue them on a piece of cardboard and then cut them in the right size



And the wooden support beams i made of coffee stirrers also cut to size



and it really started to look like something



the next step was putting plaster on it. also just cheap plaster mixed with only water. I dont have any photos of this proces because it was really really really messy and i also had to do it quite quick before the plaster dried. So a tip from me... just make smaller portions of plaster

But the result wasnt to bad and even more important... it stayed on





next i made the main doors. Now here is another tip. Better first make a plan how to fix them instead pf what i did doig it at the end. Ik had to cut pieces of plaster away to fix them and the whole step was quite frustrating.





but in the end i got them fixed.. and after some colour washes etc it looked like this



and so it was finished and the new inhabitants arrived

















and they even took their own plant with them



I hope you enjoy this and next time it will be some figures again !!

Laterrrrrr

[Fire at Will]

Great work, has similarities to my first cardboard desert fort (long gone) that I created due to the cost of the Airfix model.

[Konrad]

You are creative.
A good idea very well implemented.

[Bessiere]

I admire most those projects created from "waste" material. Excellent job creating this outpost.
Cheers,
Bessiere

[Ben90]

Brilliant stuff!

[Minuteman]

A very fine example of what can be done with scrap cardboard and other basic modelling materials, plus of course some modelling skill and ingenuity. This is a very convincing desert stronghold, well done!

[Susofrick]

Great stuff and it's nice that you save us from the messy pics! Remember when Paul (Paul's bods) made a monastery out of the Airfix Sahara fort.

[MABO]

Very cool result. I like this kind of wips.

[C M Dodson]

An excellent recycling scheme right up my street as they say.

I use cardboard that is well compressed as opposed to the gappy variety and then coat it with decorators caulk to get the finish.

This is an excellent demonstration of what can be achieved.

Best wishes,

Chris

[santifernandez]

Basic materials and a good finish to make a diorama or have a good time playing.
Santi.

[Santi Pérez]

I agree with all the previous opinions, dykio. You have achieved a great result with very modest and cheap materials. And the fortress has a very "desert" look!

Santi.

[Rich W]

Very nice work. You should be really pleased with it!

[Peter]

Wonderfull fort Dykio!

[Jaques]

Hi dykio.
Excellent job. I really liked the fort.

Regards.

Jaques.

[Beano Boy]

Super-Cool Scratch-build,
i admire it greatly! BB

[PaulRPetri]

I just love that fort.

[Michael Robert]

Wonderful fort, Dykio,
works fine and looks really good. I am also a strong adherent to "simple means" - that is my whole philosophy of 1/72 scale. Simple and economic and still good effects.
Greetings
Michael