Thread: Another Castle

What a cool looking castle
Thanks for sharing mate

Log Dog

My gob is smacked, WOW!

What a cracking job the shed has done on this magnificent castle...
All the best for a great result on the fund raising, it deserves it.
Well done indeed
Cheers crowie

Can you give us a rundown on the materials used and time to build please

Hi Ray, thanks for the interest in the castle. Have a look at the other castle I built as it has a video clip of the materials and process with an explanation in the comments. As far as logging the hours spent I haven’t kept count but like all things for grandkids it was a labour of love. You’ll find the first castle on this Woodwork Forum under “Jamani Castle”.
Cheers
Robert

Originally Posted by JiffyRobert

Hi Ray, thanks for the interest in the castle. Have a look at the other castle I built as it has a video clip of the materials and process with an explanation in the comments. As far as logging the hours spent I haven’t kept count but like all things for grandkids it was a labour of love. You’ll find the first castle on this Woodwork Forum under “Jamani Castle”.
Cheers
Robert

G'Day Robert, I tried a few searches but alas couldn't find the “Jamani Castle” post on the Woodwork Forum.
Found you youtube on the castle from 2013'
Cheers crowie

JAMANI Castle - YouTube

I should have said search "Castle for the Grandboys" Crowie/Ray, sorry about that.
Anyway, here's the info that might be of interest:

The castle walls are all made from 6mm mdf sheets which I ran through the table saw at 10 mm spacings using a thin kerf blade raised just high enough to cut the horizontal mortar lines. I then used a narrow gauge chisel (Swiss Made 11/2) to cut the vertical mortar lines at 20 mm spacings. It looked good but more like modern house bricks than medieval stones.

So I experimented on a piece of scrap mdf with the same lines cut using an engraving tool ($19 at Bunnings - I didn't have a Dremel then) with a round steel gouging bit (looks like a little ball with sharp ridges). I just quickly ran it along mortar lines to round off the edges paying a bit more attention to where the vertical and horizontal lines meet - the effect was more stone like as you see in the photos. I worked outside in the breeze wearing a mask to do this as a generates a fair bit of mdf dust.

The doors were made from off cuts of decking cut to about 6 mm thick on the ridged side.

The door surrounds are 3 mm mdf sheet cut to the shape of the door with a single gouge line every 20 mm to make them look like larger blocks with a keystone at the top.

The white corner blocks (quoins) on the square structures were made by routing 10 mm deep groves in a 20 mm thick piece of pine (like you would do for box joints) and then ripping it lengthways on the table saw about 3mm thick. I cut them to the size of the structure and glued on 2 per corner alternating the "teeth" to look like individual blocks.

The buttresses are just off-cuts of molding (Bunnings again) that I ran through the table saw (blade hieght about 5 mm lower than the thickness of the moulding) and cut out every alternate 20 mm section. I ended up with long lengths of buttress that I could cut to the length of the wall sections.

For the finish I used cheap "sample" pot paints from Bunnings - Dulux "Stone effect" - that has grit in it to give a stone texture (grey for the walls and sandstone for the door surrounds, corner blocks, steps and walkways). If you can't get the stone effect paint you can make your own (3 parts paint to 1 part white sand). I high-lighted the top left hand corner of each stone with white ceiling paint to give a bit of a shadow 3D effect.

Thanks again for the interest I appreciate your comments and encouragement.

Thank you sir, found it too quick

Castle for the Grandboys

Thank you, it is a testament to your imagination and skills x 10

A great looking castle who ever gets it will have hours of fun. Sorry for late reply as I have been at a "Woodfest" here in the uk selling some of my woodturning my other love in woodwork other than toys and models.

Keep up the great builds and look forward to some more work of yours

Fantastic Workmanship

Regards

Keith