28mm Motte and Bailey Fort

I've been piecing this project together for a long time. I think it's finally done.

This is a bailey-style fort made using stuff around the house. It's modular with a fully playable interior. The structure is made of the cardboard insert, covered in bbq skewers, stained. The ground is plaster covered in flock. The tower is made from an empty candle glass piece, the top of the tower is a small tea lamp, all covered in stained swizzle sticks.

The floor is a pizza box base with swizzle stick flooring, stained lighter than the exterior and with a few printed rugs added. The walls were made with Legos, lined on the interior with more swizzle sticks and covered on the outside with flocked plaster.

The spiral staircase in the center was made with some wood bits I had laying around. The center beam was a piece of an old project that already had a spiral pattern carved into it, so I repurposed it. The top ans bottom are 40mm bases, and the stairs are swizzle sticks. A tea light can be set on top of the staircase, and when the tower is placed over it, the tower illuminates.

I then made some modular walls and doors for the interior. The last few shots show it filled out with furniture.

This was a big project and it took me forever due to time constraints, but overall I'm very happy with it and cannot wait to use it!

These are all my in-progress shots-- stay tuned for some real diorama photos!