Battle Scenics: Castle

Ken was disqualified from the display building contest because he is part of the gaming industry. But . . . his castle and terrain are so incredible and well documented that we gave him a Pro 4-in-1 Kit anyway! It turns out that he had borrowed his tools from his local gaming store, and needed a set of his own.

"Attached are some photos of a castle I built for the contest...a good reason to get me of my duff and produce some much needed gaming terrain. The process of building the castle stayed within the guidelines of making something completely or mostly out of foam and utilizing the Hot Wire Foam Factory foam cutting tools. In my opinion these are the only foam tools that anyone will need or should want, period. I did use a few strips of foamcore and balsa just to show others how easily these tools accommodate other materials."

1. Building the foundation was accomplished by gluing two foam sections together, I used these since they would not really be seen in the final product anyway. You need to have some visual idea to work with. From there its like putting pieces of a puzzle together. In this puzzle you have to make all the pieces. I continued building upward using smaller shapes. The rocks are formed by bending wire to various shapes. The Router, sculpting tool, pro-knife and engraving tool are used extensively throughout.

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