The Necromancer's Tower, Part 2 of 2

The Necromancer's Tower, Part 2 of 2 - The Tower

A few weeks ago I posted the first half of this project, which was the platform the tower would sit on. Initially I had planned for this to all be one piece, but I decided to keep them separate for a more modular approach. I'm happy with that decision, and I think both pieces look great. As always, my pictures are bad. I've had a hard time getting any natural light in these grey winter days, and my tabletop lights in the basement give off a lot of shadows, so excuse the poor quality pictures.

Edit: I should note that this is mostly just finished pictures. More pictures of the construction can be seen in the first post.

Here is a picture of the tower on the platform, with a few cultists running around.

This little window room is the only real feature on the tower, and I feel like it gives some much needed character. I made a little window sill with a popsicle stick, and used some Empire shields to give a sense of old heraldry, now rusted. There are a few metal bands, just greenstuff, to add more variety. I also went a little crazy stuffing moss and lichen into crevices.

The shingles and the stove-pipe chimney. Im really happy with these shingles, and they were waaay easier than the normal ones I do with craft foam. These were just strips from a beer box that I cut up raggedly and stuck on with white glue. I just did one row at a time and let them dry. Once they were all on, i filled in the empty spots, and hit it with some mod podge, black paint, and sand, for stability and texture. I painted them blue, and then drybrushed on top.

As a former roofer, I knew I needed some kind of cap on the top, but I couldn't make a cone that looked good. I stuck this little Skaven-basing-bit in a pyramid of foam, and glued it to the top. I then took some green stuff and made a band with some rivets to hold it all together. Paint it all up with bronze and silver, and then I used 'Aethermatic Blue' contrast paint to add the greenish corrosion (I know GW makes Nihilakh Oxide, and I'm sure there are other similar products), and then I used some brown and orange stippling for rust.

This is another Skaven bit that I used for a bit of character. A lantern or incense burner, old and rusty, lighting the streets.

So that's my tower! It took a lot of work, but not nearly as much as I expected. As always, now that I have finished this project, I have set my sights on an even larger project! More news on that when I can get my act together.

Cheers!

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