Tulou and Fortress (Part 4) - Sketches

I think I've got the basic structure of the tulou sorted out in a way that will make it aesthtically pretty cool, but also functional as a piece of gaming terrain. 

The idea is to have the outer shell of the tulou attached to the base, which lets me texture it and paint it up. In the middle will be a series of modular rings that can be added to the structure storey by storey.    


 

At this stage, I'm thinking that the ground floor of the tulou will be a combination of workshops, storerooms and communal spaces, maybe a mess hall and a kitchen, and since this is a military barracks, then maybe a set of cavalry stables. The two upper storeys will be the sleeping areas for the majority of the troops. Videos I've watched today suggest that the boxed set will contain 50 figures, so at 16 rooms per storey and 2 storeys of rooms, that gives plenty of room for the troops of the starter box. I'll make these upper storeys so they can slide one-by-one into the middle of the shell, they'll be constructed from a combination of wood and plastic. The next piece will be a circular roof to go around the outside of the structure and to cap the whole thing as a finished piece. 

So it looks like we've got a plan. Time to start mocking something up with paper and cardboard then draw a more detailed schematic before the full version is built. 

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