The following is Oleg's own description of how he built the tower:
The tower is made of (mostly) interchangeable sections, with 2 alternative tops and 2 bases.
Construction is of 3 mm birch plywood for bases, cardboard / cardboard tubing for most other structure, a little expanded polystyrene, cork for stonework (the hacked up sanding blocks look better than place mats, but the place mats were quicker), scored cellulose (from mushroom boxes) for windows, and card (from cereal packets) for tiles.
… And lots of waterproof wood glue.
I washed stonework with various mixes of runny polyfilla and sand, wood glue and detergent (to penetrate into cracks better).
Painting was with spray on undercoat under cheap Chinese acrylics. I generally paint blocks of colour and wash very thin black + burnt umbar over it all at the end.
I want to print some painted designs to glue onto the shutters.
The whole lot will get varnished to preserve the surface as much as possible.
Each level is approximately 53-55 mm high.
The main tower sections are 110-120 mm in diameter.
There are 3 'steps' within each level, to represent stairways.
Doorways can be blocked with little 'stone' plugs.
I will probably make a 3 figure wide dedicated gatehouse, probably in 3 levels.
I might make an 'earthen' mound as well.
More 2-3 section high wall sections (basically wooden blocks) are on the way.
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