For those that have picked up the Pegasus #4923 Gothic building (sugg. ret. $29.99 US) but wondered what to do for a roof, here is what I came up with.
Last year I bought this kit, but have been thinking on and off of how best to place a "lid" on it. The other day I just grabbed the model and decided to do something finally about that issue. :wink:
I first placed the kit's plastic support arcs into the wall pieces that can be used to hold up a second level. Some gamers are dropping in a cut piece of plasticard, for example. Then I made up a staircase using LEGO bricks and put it into the corner of the kit that has a solid wall piece (without windows). Using wooden coffee stir sticks I made up two sections of safety railings and glued them onto a fitted piece of foam-core that I had glued a printed floor pattern onto.
With the second floor piece done, I used some corrugated cardboard from a box (as an experiment) and using a craft glue gun made up a sloping roof section. For added strength I glued a section of foam-core to the sloped roof section and then trimmed the outside edge with more wooden stir sticks.
To make a steeple/bell tower I stacked two paper mache boxes bought at a craft store, one of them being a "bird house" shape. I cut arches in the bell tower which btw removed the "bird hole" from one of the box sides. By gluing that top piece onto the lower box's lid it allows access for a model (sniper?) that is climbing from the roof access hatch up to the top of the steeple. As a bit of roof trim I glued some craft wood dowel pieces on the roof corners. Total cost of this roof was under $5.00.
I think that it does a reasonable job of filling the lack of a roof section for the kit, which is probably its only criticism. While not usable necessarily on a MEA-themed tabletop, the structure will fit in fine for my Europe and North American battle locales. Of course one could argue that there are Christians in the Middle East and go ahead and toss this onto a board that has a mosque at the other end of the table. :wink:
I've also picked up the Gothic ruin wall pieces so that I can represent the structure if it becomes a game casualty.
Last year I bought this kit, but have been thinking on and off of how best to place a "lid" on it. The other day I just grabbed the model and decided to do something finally about that issue. :wink:
I first placed the kit's plastic support arcs into the wall pieces that can be used to hold up a second level. Some gamers are dropping in a cut piece of plasticard, for example. Then I made up a staircase using LEGO bricks and put it into the corner of the kit that has a solid wall piece (without windows). Using wooden coffee stir sticks I made up two sections of safety railings and glued them onto a fitted piece of foam-core that I had glued a printed floor pattern onto.
With the second floor piece done, I used some corrugated cardboard from a box (as an experiment) and using a craft glue gun made up a sloping roof section. For added strength I glued a section of foam-core to the sloped roof section and then trimmed the outside edge with more wooden stir sticks.
To make a steeple/bell tower I stacked two paper mache boxes bought at a craft store, one of them being a "bird house" shape. I cut arches in the bell tower which btw removed the "bird hole" from one of the box sides. By gluing that top piece onto the lower box's lid it allows access for a model (sniper?) that is climbing from the roof access hatch up to the top of the steeple. As a bit of roof trim I glued some craft wood dowel pieces on the roof corners. Total cost of this roof was under $5.00.
I think that it does a reasonable job of filling the lack of a roof section for the kit, which is probably its only criticism. While not usable necessarily on a MEA-themed tabletop, the structure will fit in fine for my Europe and North American battle locales. Of course one could argue that there are Christians in the Middle East and go ahead and toss this onto a board that has a mosque at the other end of the table. :wink:
I've also picked up the Gothic ruin wall pieces so that I can represent the structure if it becomes a game casualty.
