The two doors lead into the vestry out the back, the centre is supposed to be a mosaic dedicated to the goddess Verena. Rather than an alter it’s going to have a pool in the centre of the floor (much like the temples in Skyrim/Oblivion). This is already done, just needs painting and detailing.

The final step then will be to add the staircase and balcony at the tower end, providing access to the bell tower and sniping platform, erm, roof top.

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So current state of play. The grounds are painted, the main cobbles need another drybrush to a lighter grey, looks very black at the moment. I’m really happy with the brown cobbles though, love the effect (paint brown, black wash, drybrush same brown).

Need to sort out the roof of the lean to at the back. Need railings for the graveyard as well as detailing and painting and so on for the headstones.

And then the stained glass windows! I’m so happy with these, to the point I’m almost proud. The finished effect is great and I really need to get the rest in. The one in the pic above isn’t fastened, just propped up for show. I’m going to use a white back drop to help the colours stand out, as shown. Bit dusty, need to keep an eye on that somehow.

But yeah, thrilled with how this is coming together. If the rest of my town works out half as well I think I’ll be happy with the overall project. At the moment just desperate to get the four in progress boards done.

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My main problem is my bloody camera batteries refuse to hold their charge, meaning I have to charge the things each time. Irksome. Anyway, the church is coming along nicely. The whole thing is more or less painted, just needs a roof for the lean-to at the back and some detailing.

I’ve finished the sheet for the windows, infact I now have it printed on acetate ready to be framed and mounted.

As you can see a few bits of reptition, but I’m happy with that. The two owls and Verena herself will go on the rear of the church. Then the two sides are a sword and two small windows, then the front has just two small windows either side of the tower. Obviously the round ones are for the top of the tower.

I need to get one cut out, then framed with thin card and put in place to see what it looks like. Then it’s a case of trying to decide what goes behind it. Because the colours are quite washed out they obviously have a lot of white in them. Print white and you get, well nothing! So the acetate windows are quite transparent. I still think some tin foil behind them might work well if I can avoid creasing it.

Also need to sort out the section for the next tile, the first canal piece. Taking a lot of effort with the casting but it’s coming along and definitely needs photographing.

Once I charge my batteries…

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The church is dedicated to Verena goddess of knowledge and justice, hence the owls and scales n such. I’ll keep that theme throughout the windows. I will most likely get bored and repeat a few, but I’d like each of the four sides to look different. I also need to sort out the circle windows for the bell tower.

Oh and if you visit that link you’ll see where the sword/scales image came from, was ruthlessly traced. As was the owl, which is why it feels slightly odd perhaps.

All for suggestions if any of my new found visitors from BoLS would like to comment

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I’ve had two goes at the stained glass windows, but I’ll do another. It’s a church of Verena, so lots of scales and owls all over the place. Should look good.

I toyed with the idea of lighting the inside, but I just don’t think it’ll ever get used and be a lot of effort. So I’m now thinking about tin foil on the inside of each window. Should serve to bounce light back around and hopefully make the windows ‘pop’.

I’m really happy with this for my first dig with hirst arts. I got so buoyed by this I did the watch tower and I think things will spiral from there.

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The other side of the roof is complete, just need to finish off this one, then join them together. Could be tricky since the glue seems to have warped the foamboard for some reason. I’ll build an a-frame then clamp the sides to it, all should be ok.

I’ve also come up with a solution for the missing pieces in the window frames, hacked an old pencil to pieces! Just needs a spot of plasticard and should be sorted.

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Bought some more ink for the printer and transparent paper so I can print out the windows. Then I’m going to cut cardboard overlays to paint up the same colour as the stonework. Should all be ok I reckon.

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As you can see still lots to do, but it’s progress. Also working on the rear wall above this part. As soon as I have a few more blocks cast I’ll be able to finish the main body and start working on the roof.

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Also started the steps at the front. Need to detail them. I also need to find a suitably sized piece of half-tubing to fill in the missing gaps at the bottom of all the arches. Sure something will turn up, otherwise I’ll be chopping doweling in half, never easy!

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Obviously a hirst arts build. I bought a precast bell tower set, but was so impressed with all the extra components I decided to build extras. I had a go at casting a few basic blocks of my own to fill the gaps but it wasn’t wholly successful. I’ve got plenty of real ones now having bought a mould, so I’ll knock down the body and try again.

Yet to figure out how to do the stained glass windows. I’m going to put a solid looking wooden door in the inside of the bell tower (so you’ll still be able to see inside the base), and a lean-to type affair at the rear.

For the bell tower statues I’ve picked out a few from Denizen miniatures. It’s going to retell the story of a famous knight against the undead hordes. Should be nifty.

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