Of Towers and Gateways

     I had a moment to spend on the Starfort. Operationally unprepared to start cladding the fort in card I opted to build a few of the details that make it scream "Spanish!" Corner tower were a must and the spirit of the Baroque era demanded some sort of fancy gateway. While I was contemplating the off-cuts pile it occurred to me that if I made tiny sections of wall that would connect the bastions to one another it would save a lot of space on the table. There was a handy heap of blue board in 5"x5" squares. These were left over from the build phase and were exactly the  right size for wall segments. So, off I went.

 

first I dug out my old Nemesis, the hot glue gun, and glued the squares into three-high stacks 

(this is exactly wall height)

 

then I fired up "Proxie " my recently repaired (thanks again OldSarge) 

Proxxon Hot Wire cutter and trimmed the blocks so all the edges were true

 

the Proxxon cutter is adjustable, 

you can move the spool on the arm so as to be able to cut angles 

tomorrow will be spent clearing away the off-cuts

 

the wire is nearly invisible, but the cut it makes isn't

the fence holds the work straight as you push the material past the wire

 

and voila! you have a section of tapered wall

 

the fort with a small section made into a gateway

 

and the same with a full-sized chunk of wall

 

the towers were built of scrap items that I have kept

it will look much better after I have plastered and painted it

I swear!

for details on how I built it see my post from building Fort Matanzas