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hey,

i was wanting to make helms deep and wandered how people make the curves walls, anyone willing to tell me how it is done.

madman12367

Check my Helm's Deep model, it's just below a few threads down. Thread's called 'Helm's Deep Model [Pic Heavy]' The curved walls were achieved by just simply bending them since they had no paper back sides. They were glued into place and held by elastic bands. If you want more detailed info I'll see if I can get some, or remember anywhoo.

Ring

i have just realized my long wall is crap compared, and out of proportion, anyhow do you mind if you get some more detail on how you made it?

Well first of all what materials are you using to make the walls? I used foam without the paperback sides which allowed it to bend very well. It was originally something like underfloor noise reduction but it's no longer stocked in the UK. You need two people ideally for this job, one to hold and bend the wall while the other glues it in place. This alone wasn't enough to hold the wall in place at the start so elastic bands were used. It was left for several days and the same was done with the inner wall. My early pictures might give you an idea.. It's been at least 3 years since I did it so I'm a bit rusty on how I did all the steps.

see, i am using polystyrene and i have opted for the cut bricks out and make the curve that way, looks nice and i get a nice curve what do you suggest?

Can't say really I'm afraid. I've seen a few people do it before using that technique and it's quite difficult. If you have any pictures of your progress I would be most pleased to see. It's always nice to talk to a fellow Deeper

well, yesterday i went to Tesco and they had about £100 worth of polystyrene sheets, and they just gave them to me! the best part is that the pieces the size of the wall bent round so i could itch the bricks and make the full wall, although i did finish one bit of the wall i will show you some wip