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Post by jeffreythancock on Sept 8, 2018 23:29:51 GMT
Any advice for building a 15mm wicker man or bonfire for my druids?
Use brass rod (stakes), wire (twigs), and unwound string (reeds)?
Same for bonfire? Conical or cube shape? I thought about using the Baueda Joan of Arc vignette instead.
How would you make fascines of twigs for both?
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Post by jeffreythancock on Sept 8, 2018 23:48:01 GMT
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Post by lewchips on Sept 9, 2018 3:21:20 GMT
I was wondering about the same thing some years ago, but found this model on eBay 
I really enjoy building camps, but decide to buy this model instead as it fit the bill perfectly. It was a tad cheaper back then too, but it is a really nice model.
However, this is how I decide to approach my model of my wicker man back then. The basic frame was going to be made using thin dowel or skewers. I was going to use the same process for making the body and arms as I used for making gabions and wicker/wattle fencing. This was made using wire that was interwoven with string or cotton of the appropriate thickness. For the fascines I was going to use broom bristles.
It is unfortunate we lost the old Fanaticus Forum as I recall Paul Potter had photos and work in progress shots of at least one of wicker man models he had made. |
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Post by Baldie on Sept 9, 2018 5:46:05 GMT
Looked at the model a few times.
Price is high but I guess it is priced against the fact you are not going to be found in your painting room gibbering with a single tear rolling down your cheek hands locked together in a nest of super glue, string, wire and polystyrene.
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Post by Cromwell on Sept 9, 2018 8:08:42 GMT
I live in darkest East Anglia. Best you don't be messing with Wickermen if come to this neck of the woods!
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Post by scottrussell on Sept 9, 2018 8:52:28 GMT
Looked at the model a few times. Price is high but I guess it is priced against the fact you are not going to be found in your painting room gibbering with a single tear rolling down your cheek hands locked together in a nest of super glue, string, wire and polystyrene. Price does include a female sacrificial victim, a goat, and two rare earth magnets. What can these be? Osmium? Tellurium? Must be worth £18 for those alone, surely. Scott |
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Post by HectorBlackwolf on Sept 11, 2018 16:33:40 GMT
For a bonfire, I would thing a bit of clay overlaid with branches would create the right effect. Depending on the plant life in your neck of the woods, you could use actual twigs. The trees around here grow long twigs that make very convincing 15mm branches and logs.
A wickerman would be a far more involved project and well beyond my meager modeling skill.
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Post by jeffreythancock on Sept 12, 2018 1:57:17 GMT
Thank you all! I reached out to eBay seller and made arrangements to ship to US. Not cheap, but unique and a fine diorama it will make. Treat it as a camp or an edifice...?
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