Pics. in my gallery, have no idea how to update myself to posting images to my posts.
Read the bbc, place this type that info in help section, trust me I'd only screw it up, was used to the old system.
Cheyenne

Great update, I think things are progressing nicely. Stone work looks great. Did you have a reference for this build or was it a conception of your own?

I had a look at the pics..They look great. Things are coming along wonderfully. Can't wait to see the next installment of progress pics.

Mary (++)

Looking very nice. One question comment - the door to get in the keep at the top of the stairs - would that have taken some damage when the wall was hit right above it? Do you have plans to damage the edge a bit?

You are doing a fantastic job with cork. A wonderful lesson in execution.

Looks great. I did not read your initial messages, what are you using for the stonework? Are you sculpting or using individually molded pieces? Thanks,

Charles

Thanks gal & guys, Paul, this came out of my melon, could have been a 60's thing, just kidding, I wanted to put something ancient - Euro near the river to contrast the Ger., Belg., Lux. type town.
Mary, thanks and just read about your new endeavor, "Dames in Dio - land.", " Chicks on cyanoacrylate ", " Sheelas of scratchbuilding ", " Babes and Bazookas " ok I'd better stop now. Attn. - the following has been an attempt at humor.
Seriously, good luck with the site Mary.
Scott, thanks man, I wanted the castle/keep thing to represent an old structure worn by time and place some birch trees in the inside of the turret amidst the rubble, sorry should have stated that in the orig. post so as not to have people believe that it's battle damage.
Cheyenne

It's looking better all the time Cheyenne. I can't wait to see this finished.



Cheers
Henk

Hey Cheyenne:

Looks great. Lots of creativity. What figs are those?

Thanks Henk for donating your knowledge to the computer impaired.
Early this morning the - post your pic. in your post easy button was not there.
After going to the craft store for some stuff and then returning - wallah it's back.
Charles, thanks, the stonework is cork, inspired by blockhaus.
Henk, thanks.
Brian, thanks the figures are old Coree ones that I use for size ref. during building stuff.
Thanks fer lookin - Cheyenne
Oh and the wine is Old Croc from Australia, a nice Chardonnay


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Cheyenne, I have to agree this gets better and better with each new update. Also do you plan on using the Coree figs in the dio? I think they are great looking figures. I have to admit when I see your name in the forums as a poster I look at it first to see if its an update on this. great work!! Cheers Kevin

Hi Mate
Out standing work love the way you build these beautys the texture of the cork really lends itself to what you are doing ..hark i hear a faint voice from NJ saying "more snow more snow"lol lol.
Got to say that the german in the tower with hands on hips and the sexy lighting looks like a "Flasher".
Keep th updates rolling and i concour with the other poster that when i see your name on an up date post iam in there like a long dog .
Speak soon more snow tonight
Cheers Chris

Cheyenne,

looking at your outstanding work I hate to bring this up, but I feel that the wooden support and floorbeams look out of place. You are doing a marvelous job in depicting a weather worn ruin, rather than a battle damaged building. But in old ruins there is very rarely any wood left, even oak beams. They would have either rotted away, or been "recycled" by the local builders.

Cheers
Henk

Hi Henk, ya know I was thinking about that [ none of the beams are permanent - sub assembly ], but it looked even worse with nothing.
I want to add alot of rubble and time worn debris, maybe I'll add a couple small stands of Birch trees and ground cover, instead of just one growing out of the mossy debris. Maybe that will populate the inside area, also maybe a m.g. post, any other ideas ?
Cheyenne

Hi Cheyenne, I think that inside the tower you can put earth and grass. We have here a lot of derelict castles here in Spain I and I see that and grass and brush grows at every ruined corner . also in wet conditions you can see this plant that grows climbing in the walls and can cover entire house ( is name in english, please
)
congratulations for your work:-)
Carlos

Well, Jackhammer stole my words, this just keeps getting better and better. I can't wait to see it finished.

The thing with (castle)ruins is that there's not all that much 'rubble' in them. Carlos knocks the nail on the head, there will be moss and grass in ( damp, plenty of damp ) corners, but if you want it to be an old ruin, don't add any rubble. This would have been cleaned out in the past. Most castle ruins are in the state they are, because people ( mostly local builders) in the past broke them down for the stone to use in local building. I understand that if you don't add rubble the unknowing public will probably look at your dio and say " look at that, so much damage and no rubble", but that's their ignorance...
As your tower is next to the river it will be rather damp, so I would add plenty of moss and vines, even make it totally overgrown, but not add any rubble.
I'll try to find some pic's of ruins to give you an idea.

Cheers
Henk

EDIT the word that Carlos ( and me...) were looking for is of course climbing Ivy..

Thanks Henk

Cheyenne , if you tipped castle ruins or keep ruins in Google and click images you can see a lot of photos of english castle ruins that can be usseful for you.

a good sample of a ruined german castle


see also:
http://www.castles.nl/eur/be/col/col.html
can be a good start
good luck

Henk, Carlos thanks for the info, and Henk you're right about someone asking the - " where is all the rubble " question. People also assume that the damage is war related. I really don't want to give that impression . Actually the only battle damage on the entire build will be on the same side of the dio - the bridge ends.
Ok so I'll loose the timber - add grass, moss and some small stands of Birch in the nooks and crannys.
Carlos, thanks for the ref. pic. it's beautiful and the link.
Cheyenne