Re: Model Hogwarts Build Update
I UPLOADED the photos of these drawings and plans to the Hogwarts Movie (HALF BLOOD PRINCE) gallery folder and they are there in large format. I'll explain where I am at this point. I will upload the files to this thread. They're not as big so if you want to see them better go to the gallery for good large format up close shots. HOPE they don't mess up people's computers and you can see well enough on the screen.
Here is what I've been up to. Still collecting photos like crazy, still studying the photos of the original model, rewatching the films, looking at the screen caps that I grabbed to study the architecture of it all and it's layout. I have also been totally redrawing the plans of the building layouts in a scale that will likely be HALF scale of what I plan to build this in and in a size I can read clearly - and I can use the drawings I've done measuring as I go, doubling the sizes and building the buildings from that. There are THREE main drawings at this point and I have numerous others yet to do.
This first photo is of the Great Hall along with adjacent buildings and structures.
This second photo is of the Admin building (labeled Durham with the bell towers, the greenhouses, the Astronomy Tower and adjacent structures there).
Next is a photo of the Main tower courtyard, the Clock Tower and it's courtyard along with the bridge and a few other minor things.
Those are the three main plans I've redrawn and still have quite a number of reference drawings I want to do - mainly side views and not just top down views. Need elevations as well as floor plan or whatever you want to call it to figure out the layout for space.
The next two drawings are what I did to figure the layout in HALF the scale I plan to build this in. The first is the scan of the layout I posted earlier that shows the plan from the book along with the rendering I did to figure out the layout of the space similar to how it is on the big model in the UK. It's ALL going to have some VARIATIONS and COMPROMISES as I have said from the beginning but HOPEFULLY I can get it close enough to be a fun build. The SECOND drawing is essentially how I was able to figure out the "footprint" that this model will take without the landscaping including all the rock work and the big lake layout. I know I'm going to have to compromise in a lot of cases building this because it's essentially going to be micro-mini version since I don't have 80' diameter of space to do this nor a 25' high room to accommodate. But this is just for fun to see if I can get the detail as such a small scale - or closer than anything I've seen since I first found photos of the original model.
So here is the layout as I scanned it and worked out the shape.
Here is a photo of the many scans I did and printed all at the same scale so I could tape them all together and have one layout for the footprint. And since I'm doubling it (and have to add in space for the Owlery still to add) it's going to take up a fair amount of space. But the space I have in the finished basement of my home should accommodate it both length and width. We'll see. ALL the drawings I did CAN be measured and DOUBLED for a decent size build OR with the right math - it can be 1.5 times the size. BUT I'm hoping for double the size of the drawings. Again time will tell. Soon I'll get all the drawings done and then start building buildings one at a time - a piece at a time, detailing it to the max as much as I can and then working out the landscape structures. It appears that the biggest structure - the Astronomy Tower COULD be as much as 30" or more tall which means I'll have to get everything else down from almost the floor up - although I DO have a 7.5' high ceiling in the basement. So perhaps I can get it all up on a structured base a foot or so off the floor. It's going to be built modularly so I can take it apart since I'll likely sell it off later on - after it's built and after I find out how much it's going to cost in supplies, time and so forth so I can recoup my $$.
Anyway here is the composited photo.
I also hope to add Fiber Optic lighting to whatever degree I can work it out for lighting effects and such. This is insane but I love the structure and the architecture for sure - which is why I have chosen to start building this huge model and detailing it to the absolute maximum I can for size.
So there it all is - comments, questions and so forth as you feel compelled. Thanks for looking.
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