The Burgomeister's Mansion

The Mansion was built by the current burgomeister’s great, great (Maybe) grandfather who had a very lucrative trading company based in the docklands of Marienburg. Dealing mainly with exotic goods and expensive relics from throughout the known world. This business and his friendship with the ruling families of Ostland and Marienburg helped to elevate his status and wealth to epic proportions. He wished to display his wealth by building a Stronghold based on the design of the Ostland Elector counts grand palace in his home province of Ostland.

These pictures were taken before any weathering, stressing or detail was added to the model.

These pictures are of the completed parts of the model.

This model took 3 years to complete and stands 1.2m or 4ft in height. The model was constructed out of sheets of expanded PVC, which can be scored to give texture, wood grain, cracks, bricks etc. This is one big onion, it’s about the layers. This is the peak of the proverbial mountain. It’s design is based on the pine clad peaks of Ostland, mirroring it’s environment. It uses the resources of the surrounding landscape, timber, stone and clay bricks and tiles.

I designed and built this model as I wanted to explore the extent of my model making skills within the Warhammer genre. This was a side project to break up the monotony of building a Warhammer castle which was beginning to feel like working in a factory. The castle is still unfinished, pictures to follow. I am happy with the final model and intend for this to be part of a larger model again, I have to designs, I just have to find the time and the will to make it.