I've been working on a square tower design using various parts of CWU. I use part of the simple square topper for the top, and some of the various walls (regular and stucco) for the sides. I can have up to three stories. I've also got some windows, arrow slits, and doors on it. I set it up in Photoshop so I can turn various elements on and off and vary the type of tower I want to create. I am testing it in B/W to save on ink. It looks pretty cool. When I get time I'll take a picture of my test build with a two story wall glued to it.

This is the same thing I did to VillageWorks, redesigning and kitbashing the parts in Photoshop to let me create almost an infinite variety of designs before they are even printed out. I have to say it's fun to do. I usually set them up so I can print on one sheet rather than gluing several parts together, but that does limit the size. With my CWU square tower I can print it at up to 66% of the WWG standard size and keep the number of parts down. If I want to go larger I can still set it up with Photoshop but have to print more parts (i.e. levels, sides, etc.) that have to be glued together.

Anyone else working on a square tower?

Must take photos!!!!



Lord Abaddon of Wormwood

As promised, here are some shots of my square tower.

1) First, a refresher of the CWClassic castle I made for my wife on Valentine's Day:

2) Now, my new CWU square tower. Pop can is for scale. I made it in B/W to test it. All the design work was done in Photoshop. I can turn on and off windows and doors to customize the tower using layers:

3) Another shot, including a pic of the color version yet to be built:

What are other people doing to kitbash CWU? Or to build it, let's see some more pix!

Johnnygs

Having the structure printed upon one page looks good but do you sacrifice structural support and strength?


Lord Abaddon of Wormwood
(cut and scored about a third of my CWU, pics asap)