The Tower of Orthanc

THE SHORT VERSION

Doug Bachelor recounts building a larger Orthanc after deciding that his first tower would be dwarfed by the Games Day venue. Foamboard structure and thousands of individual details create a transportable model, while surface carving, dark paint, metallic sprays and tinted windows give it character. The account records six weeks of repetitive work and improvisation, including the late discovery that the neat surfaces needed extensive distressing.

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Find this article in White Dwarf 292, pp. 134–135.

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