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Building the Black Gate
Part one: The Gateway
© Lotrscenerybuilder 2008
Step 5:
We are doing well! There's only the parapet to finish. Time to get out your toothpicks.
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This time we are going to use the Boromir Front & Back templates ready as they come from your printer (if all works well, the prints should arrive at your place having the correct scale; with an extra 0.2cm, both Boromir strips should span the whole length of the gate door. In our case they proved to be a bit too long; therefore we removed the extra 0.1cm at the ends. If they are too short - too bad). Glue both templates onto 2mm cardboard and leave them to dry between two volumes of the Encyclopaedia Britannica - to prevent cellulitis.
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Meanwhile, cut four 'master-spikes' from your cocktail-sticks (you can give them different colours to keep them apart - and keep them well, because you are going to need them on nearly all parts of the gate).
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Cut out both Boromir strips. Also, draw the third Boromir Gangway strip onto 2mm cardboard and cut it out as well. To cut out the twenty-four 0.3cm Bill (small) pieces we do need another 1.5cm strip of 2mm cardboard. Again, the template and the picture tell you what to do.
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Use the master-spike and twelve cocktail-sticks to measure off twenty-four A-Spikes
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Sharpen their bottom ends with your hobby knife.
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Draw a guideline at a distance of 0.7cm from the top on the backside of the Boromir Front element. This line marks the position in respect to the gangway element.
Also, draw a guideline at 0.3cm from the top on the backside of the Boromir Back element.
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Glue the Bill (small) pieces onto the Boromir Front element. Their positions are marked with a red dotted line (it's two pieces at every interval). Glue the A Spikes on top of them. Study the picture for the right position of the spikes (All the sharpened spikes - no matter their length - are going to be glued in place by having only their sharpened bottom parts protruding beyond their supports).
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Cut off a 0,6cm strip of 2mm cardboard. Use the Bill (medium) template to produce fifteen of these elements (we used our knife to cut out the individual parts along the black lines…
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…then, we made the red line half-moon shapes with the aid of a pair of scissors).
Next, cut off fifteen B Spikes, have their bottoms sharpened and glue them to the Boromir (medium) pieces as shown in the picture.
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Glue the finished Boromir-spikes in place (at the red lines). That leaves us two red strips to complete.
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Copy the Bill (large) template twice onto 4mm MDF. Use the fretsaw to cut out both elements. Sand them lightly. Also, cut off two C Spikes and sharpen their bottoms (we're not sure if the formulation is a decent one...)
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If you put the spikes onto the Bill (large) elements, you will see that the spike is slightly smaller in width. Therefore we are going to cut away some of the MDF on both sides. You may use a knife or a file - or both. Hopefully the pictures show you what we want to achieve: a kind of 'axe- blade' shape which links up nicely with the spike.
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Use some filler to mask the seams. A filling-knife becomes handy here (you're definitely going to need one when we arrive at the towers). When dried up, polish the lot. Don't glue them to the front element at this stage!
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Cut off forty-three D Spikes. No need to tickle their butt. Just glue them onto the Boromir Back element. Try to keep the upper tips in line.
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Glue the Boromir Gangway element perpendicular to the Front element along the 0.7cm guideline.
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Put some glue on top of the Merry elements before gluing the gangway on top of the gate frame.
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Make sure the spikes are directed in a more or less vertical position.
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In the same way, glue the Boromir Back element onto the frame along the 0.3cm guideline. It should fit perfectly against the back of the frame.
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Glue the two Bill (large) elements into place.
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