Archive&Future
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I thought I had already made a thread for this but apparently not....
I absolutely adore Miyazaki's films, and Howl's Moving Castle is among my favourites; I spent several months humming and ha-ing about whether to build the titular castle; and what scale to put it in at....Eventually I guesstimated the size of the 'real' castle and settled on 1:100 scale, as it's the smallest scale I could do that you would be able to see any figures at.
I started by hand-drawing a scaled castle from the front-on, and blocked out the 'forehead' in foam
A piece of MDF was added for the battlements
Several layers of bondo and smoothing out:
Then the lower jaw roughed in foam
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Turret domes turned (Here's Rodger doing the primary turret)
[url=https://flic.kr/p/rJVLex]
Then I turned one of the towers on the lathe, along with the turret dome that sits atop it
A central core, needs to be solid, so I cut it from the hardwood meranti
All the components so far! The majority of these are going to be vacuum formed in 2mm styrene to save on weight and for ease of assembly
There's a long way to go but due the original's hand drawn nature, I thankfully feel no compulsion to worry over specific measurements and proportions. Depending on what reference I look at, the 'forehead' either seems far too tall, or just right; but as long as the vibe is right then I'm happy.
At any rate, it will be the painting that makes or breaks this once it's assembled
Thanks for looking and stay tuned for more!
I absolutely adore Miyazaki's films, and Howl's Moving Castle is among my favourites; I spent several months humming and ha-ing about whether to build the titular castle; and what scale to put it in at....Eventually I guesstimated the size of the 'real' castle and settled on 1:100 scale, as it's the smallest scale I could do that you would be able to see any figures at.
I started by hand-drawing a scaled castle from the front-on, and blocked out the 'forehead' in foam
A piece of MDF was added for the battlements
Several layers of bondo and smoothing out:
Then the lower jaw roughed in foam
[/urll]Turret domes turned (Here's Rodger doing the primary turret)
[url=https://flic.kr/p/rJVLex]
Then I turned one of the towers on the lathe, along with the turret dome that sits atop it
A central core, needs to be solid, so I cut it from the hardwood meranti
All the components so far! The majority of these are going to be vacuum formed in 2mm styrene to save on weight and for ease of assembly
There's a long way to go but due the original's hand drawn nature, I thankfully feel no compulsion to worry over specific measurements and proportions. Depending on what reference I look at, the 'forehead' either seems far too tall, or just right; but as long as the vibe is right then I'm happy.
At any rate, it will be the painting that makes or breaks this once it's assembled
Thanks for looking and stay tuned for more!
looking forward to seeing more 
