Miniature Wargames issue 498 (October 2024) has the second part of a two part series in which I show how I first built and then painted this Disney inspired Jabberwocky Tower inspired by the artist Oliver Chipping. For more information about the magazine contents see this post.
The magazine articles give much more detail than this brief Blog post, but I have included a number of illustrations to show how this model was inspired, built and painted.
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This was a sketch inspired by the Oliver Chipping illustration I found on the internet. My model copies the main themes, but does deviate from the original in some ways.
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Construction was based on corrugated cardboard and foamboard cores detailed with balsawood, card, blue foam and DAS modelling clay. It is mounted on a 3mm thick plastic card base.
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Painting commenced with an all over grey undercoat/basecoat followed by the thatch. The whitewashed walls were built up with diluted white acrylic paint.
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More acrylic white for the walls and the wooden areas picked out in brown. The base was painted in a Snakebite Leather colour that I have had mixed up as a tester pot by my local DIY store.
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the model Jabberwacky Tower completed, varnished and decorated ready for the gaming table. For more information, see the Miniature Wargames magazine issues 497 and 498.
Tony
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