Castle with their own hands made of stone. We make a decorative mini-lock with our own hands. The final stage. Building lighting

On the garden plot, people often embody their fantasies or what they saw while traveling, ideas peeped on the Internet on different sites, and then build rock gardens, garden sculpture, original planters for flowers, wooden crafts, garden scarecrows and much more. This gives the summer cottage a uniqueness, makes it special. It is useful to involve children and grandchildren in such activities, they really like to take part in the creativity and decoration of the garden.

One of the types of such crafts on the site is the construction of mini castles from natural materials, most often from small stones, river pebbles, coarse gravel. This is a very exciting activity. It is necessary to start building such a stone castle by choosing a suitable place on the site. It is convenient to place it near the playground, for example, or near the resting place for the whole family. For this, a plot of 1-2 sizes is suitable. square meters depending on the intention.

It is advisable to draw a sketch of the future on paper on a scale, determine how many towers it plans to build, whether they will be connected by a fortress wall, an arch, and sometimes they make a small moat around the castle, through which a bridge is being built. It is useful to look in books or on the Internet for photographs of real or miniature castles when developing your castle project.

Next, you need to take care of building materials, prepare cement and sand, or buy ready-made cement-sand mixture for street work. Then bring enough stones for construction, and they will take a lot, think about what to make the roof, windows and doors in the castle from. If there is a river or sea, then you can collect medium-sized round pebbles. Suitable coarse gravel from granite, limestone, sandstone. The main thing is that the stones are of the same type and approximately the same size.

When everything you need is prepared, you can start building a mini castle. The easiest way to build a castle is from three rounded towers. To do this, use the old metal pipes with a diameter of 10-15 cm, which are dug into the ground and poured with cement for stability. You can take pieces of asbestos-cement pipes, they are also suitable for building towers. It is better to make towers of different heights. Then, starting from the bottom of the pipes, masonry is made of stones on the basis of cement mortar, attaching them sequentially one after the other.

At the height at which the windows in the tower are planned, the laying of stones is stopped, plastic bottles of brown or green color are taken, a cylinder of a suitable size is cut out of them, a window with a frame is painted on it, the cylinder is cut vertically from the side opposite the window, superimposed on pipe, continue laying from stones to the very top of the pipe. It turns out a window in the tower of the castle.

Then you need to make a roof for the tower. For these purposes, you can use various materials that are at hand. It is convenient to make it from thin tin, bending it in the form of a cone, painting it oil paint. You can cut out a “tile” from linoleum and nail it with carnations to wooden frame. Another option for making a roof is to overlay a cone of cement mortar with rectangular pieces. ceramic tiles, it also looks like a tile.

When the castle towers are ready, they begin to build walls that will connect them, or make a fortress wall around the towers. An arch of stones is often built in front of the entrance. The entire inner territory of the castle is carefully covered with fine gravel, after laying a non-woven material under it to prevent the growth of weeds. If desired, you can increase the territory of the castle by constructing new towers, walls, arches, bridges. To give the castle more authenticity, figurines of gnomes, knights, princesses are added, the walls are decorated with the image of dragons, flags and pennants are hung out.

It is important to harmoniously fit such a castle into garden plot. If the castle acts as an independent ensemble, then low flowers or ornamental grasses are planted next to it, which will give it more naturalness. And such flower arrangements can be changed annually, then the mini castle will look different all the time. For this purpose, low, but spectacular annual flowers are suitable, for example, pansies(viols), thin-leaved and rejected marigolds, small-flowered, daisies, primroses. Of the perennials, dwarf hosts, alpine aster, and Carpathian bell are used.

Sometimes a mini castle made of stones just serves as a frame for a small flower bed, inside which annual flowers are planted. This original flower bed in the form of a castle will decorate the lawn or front garden area. Flowers are planted inside the fortress wall of the castle, picking up not too high compact forms of undersized annuals.

On the Internet you can find many photos of sand castles from different beaches of the world. There are real masterpieces, and it's a pity that this beauty has only a few hours to live.

Member of our portal Eleksys has a long-standing weakness for sand castles, this is firstly. The second fortunate circumstance: he has long been using his garden plot as a testing ground for creative ideas, where “under the influence of FORUMHOUSE” a lot of truly delightful things have been done.

Eleksys made various compositions, but it was mini-castles that took root best of all, because they could be entered in any place on a site of any relief and with any features. And at some point, he decided to give his favorite sand compositions longevity by mixing them with cement.

The best proportions for the construction of castles were identified empirically: sand - 2 parts, cement - 1 part. Also, empirically, there was an understanding that sand should not be mixed with cement immediately, but be sure to dry it in the sun. In addition, the sand must be sifted - a small amount of debris can ruin the building, especially for small parts.

The garden castle is only called “mini”, in fact it is a three-dimensional building, and it is unrealistic to build it in one go. That's why Eleksys developed his own scheme: he first prepares individual modules, and then, in a few days, assembles his masterpieces of small architecture, like a designer. So, the last, most complex castle, he assembled in just two days.

Eleksys Member of FORUMHOUSE

Neighbors thought he fell from the sky.

Eleksys I am sure that everyone can build such castles, . But in many ways, the users of our portal owe this detailed instructions, wherein Eleksys told how to make the main modules (components) of a typical design.

towers

To make a turret, you need to roll a cylinder of a suitable radius from a sheet of iron, for example, 25 - 35 cm, and fix it with screws or wire. Further trick: to reduce the consumption of the solution, unnecessary cans or bottles are placed inside the cylinder, you just need to make sure that the thickness to the ballast is at least 5 centimeters. Further it is clear: we pour a thick solution into the iron cylinder and wait for several hours for it to seize. That's it, he grabbed it - just enough so as not to crumble after removing the formwork.

This one, as it is called Eleksys, a slightly seized solution, we begin to immediately cut. The technology of work is the same as when cutting parts sand castle. For cutting, any tools that are at hand are used: screwdrivers, carpentry chisels, various strips of tin to form various architectural elements etc.

A tower in the form of a simple cylinder looks too ordinary and even somehow dull, so it makes sense to make a variety of grooves.

Eleksys

I wrap the cylinder with a long strip of tin, use this strip as a guide, and use a screwdriver or chisel to select the annular recesses.

We take a knife and make a deepening of windows and loopholes in the cylinder. Teeth are the easiest to cut hacksaw blade for metal. It's easy, you just need to make cuts of the desired depth and choose a solution between them.

In the lower part of the tower, you can make an imitation of masonry, and if we make an “old” castle, then there are traces of destruction and decay: cracks, chips, crumbling plaster, etc.

The inventor of sand-cement technology says that aging is the most interesting job for him.

The tower is almost ready, we are making the roof. It may be a cone rolled from tin. The same cone can also be a form for pouring the solution. When the mortar sets, we knock out the finished roof from it. Thus we do right amount towers, roofs, put somewhere for storage and proceed to the construction of walls.

Walls

We make walls in two versions: fortifications and building elements.

Now Eleksys regrets that he did not photograph the stages of construction, so we have to be content with the description. So, to make the wall - part of the building, we knock together a frame of a suitable size (the width of the boards is from 5 cm), put it on flat surface, covered, for example, plastic wrap. In the lower part, you can place a small arch bent from a tin strip -. We fill the frame with mortar (to save money, you can pour broken bricks or pebbles under it, but only where you do not plan to dig through windows or doors). At the bottom of the wall, you can mark the foundation by sticking small flat gravel there, so that it protrudes by five millimeters. You can, again, imitate the foundation by “drawing” it with a scalpel or sharp knife. Until the mortar has set, flat stones of a suitable size can be used to mark future windows.

If we are making a fortress wall, then at this stage we simply fill in the frame and that's it.

Now we are waiting for several hours, remaining vigilant: the mortar should seize, but it cannot be overexposed, because the walls will be difficult and inconvenient to process. In general, we are waiting right moment and disassemble the frame.

To make a fortress wall, we mark the teeth and remove the gaps between them with any flat tool. Eleksys performs this work with an ordinary metal ruler. We draw loopholes and windows, take out the solution from them, removing its remnants with a soft brush.

Eleksys

Probably everyone has seen in the movies how archaeologists work.

Ready walls, without moving, we leave to lie in place for about a day, then you can safely take them away for temporary storage.

Lock installation

Having made the necessary number of details of the castle, we are waiting for a clear, sunny day and proceed to the construction of the foundation, which, in essence, will be an ordinary pile of stones laid on a thin layer of mortar.

Eleksys

The castle looks more beautiful on some elevation, on a pile of stones.

Having prepared the foundation, we again apply a layer of cement mortar on it, and then proceed to the assembly. We install a tower, attach a fortress wall to it, a tower again to it, then a wall - an element of a building, again a tower.

We attach several bricks to the wall - an element of the building, this will be the rectangle of the castle itself. But this is if the inside of the castle is hidden from view. If not, then you will have to make another wall, as well inner part fill with solution.

I, like some of you, had an idea-fix to do something pleasing to the eye against the backdrop of a country landscape. The choice fell on a mini-castle, since it is the easiest to enter it anywhere in the site, taking into account its geological features. Moreover, you can build creatively, adding or changing its elements on the go.

The main material is sand and cement for the longevity of the composition. After experimenting, I settled on a composition of 2 to 1 (i.e. 2 parts sand and 1 part cement). Sand is best dried in the sun, then it is easier to mix with cement, and also sifted for use in elements with fine detail, as debris can ruin the part.

The castle has a fairly decent volume, so building it all at once is unrealistic. To do this, first I make separate parts of the castle, so that later I can build it from cubes in a couple of days. The last, third castle was assembled in two days. Neighbors thought he fell from the sky when they saw him.

So, consider the elements of a typical design.

Let's start with the towers. A cylinder of the desired radius is rolled up from a sheet of iron (I have about 2-30 cm). The cylinder is fixed with wire or self-tapping screws so that it can be easily disassembled later. Anything is placed inside the cylinder - bottles, cans - to reduce the consumption of the solution, but the thickness to the ballast must be at least 5 cm. Fill with a fairly thick solution. We give him several hours to set to such a state that when the formwork is removed, it does not crumble. You can choose the height of the cylindrical formwork yourself. It can be equal to the height of the tower, or less, but then the formwork will have to be disassembled and assembled above the already seized lower part.

We immediately begin to cut the raw, slightly seized solution. The cutting technology is the same as that of the sandboxes. For cutting, I use a set of tools available to everyone. I have these screwdrivers, chisels, a medical scalpel, a hacksaw blade for metal and various strips of tin to form various architectural elements.

A simple cylinder is boring, and this is where the flight of fancy begins. I make various grooves by wrapping a cylinder with a long strip of tin, using this strip as a guide, with a screwdriver or chisel I choose annular recesses. Then, in the lower part, you can imitate masonry, destruction, plaster chips, cracks - after all, the castle is ancient.

For me, aging is the most exciting part of the process. At the same time, we do not amuse ourselves with making windows, loopholes, picking out the desired recess with a knife. If there is a desire to make a turret in the upper part of the tower, then we turn off the cylinder with a diameter of a couple of centimeters more and a height of 10-15 cm, insert it inside plastic bottle to save the solution (after complete setting, it will be removed).

We fill the form with a solution and, after partial setting, carefully remove the cylinder formwork and make the required number of windows, teeth - as fantasy tells. I cut the teeth with a hacksaw blade for metal - I make cuts of the required depth and pick off the excess solution between the cuts.

The roof can be made from tin cones, and you can use this tin cone as a mold for pouring mortar (I do this). After complete setting, carefully knock out our roof from the mold. Do not forget that we are still preparing individual elements of the castle. We'll put it all together later. So we figured out the tower. We have all the elements ready and stacked somewhere in the corner.


Let's start building walls. Our walls will be either fortress (1) or an element of the building (2).

There is no difference in their production. We assemble a rectangle of the required size from boards 5 cm wide. We put it on a flat surface (I have an old kitchen table) having previously placed either a film or a piece of roofing material so that the solution that is then poured in is not absorbed. You can place a metal arch in this frame - this will be a door or gate. Pour the solution into the frame. Where no windows or doors are planned, gravel or broken bricks can be poured to the bottom to save mortar. After the mortar is poured to the desired height, you can take pretty pebbles from gravel and poke them at the base of the foundation so that they protrude with flat edges above common plane solution about 5 mm.

If there is no gravel, then after partial setting with a sharp knife or scalpel, you can imitate the foundation. You can also mark future windows with pebbles. Thus, your task is to make such flat elements. To speed up, I make 2-3 such rectangles at the same time. Having made such a wall once, you will understand that they are made easily and very quickly. As a rule, we are interested in the outer side of the castle, the inner part does not represent anything, because it is not visible.

So, after a few hours, the solution of our future walls seized very (!) This moment so that it was malleable, but did not collapse, and if it was overexposed, it would be difficult to process. We carefully disassemble the frame and we are left with a flat rectangle on the table. If you are making a wall with teeth, then we make the gaps between the teeth by gradually removing the solution with a flat tool (I use a metal ruler for this). Next, loopholes and windows are made. Draw whatever your fantasy tells you. To remove the remnants of the solution, I use a soft brush (probably seen in the movies how archaeologists work). In the end, you will have something like the following on your table.

Leave the finished walls for about a day on the table. Then they can safely be removed from the table and also put in a corner. When the required number of elements has already been made, we select a sunny day for mounting on suburban area. There is another important point here. The castle looks more beautiful on some kind of elevation, on a pile of stones. So prepare a foundation for it. If you use stones, always place the stones on a small layer of mortar first. If this is not done, then the stones will move over time and destroy your beauty.

When the foundation is prepared, we proceed to the assembly. First install on cement mortar, previously applied to the foundation, for example, tower No. 1. We attach wall No. 1 to the tower for mortar. Then we install the tower number 2.

The castle is already beginning to take shape. You are filled with excitement. Next, add wall No. 2 and finish with the installation of tower No. 3. My towers were heavy, so men need to tinker. Thus on this stage Here is the design (top view)

But wall #2 will be part of the building, so I take some bricks and form a rectangle of this building. In order to prevent the solution from getting into windows or doors from the inside, I close them from the inside with something flat (I use pieces flat slate or fragments of flat tiles).

I have the inside of the castle hidden. But if you want her to have beautiful view- you need to make both wall No. 3 and pour the inside for the monolith concrete mortar Or fill it with construction debris.

When this structure grabs, form over the building gable roof. It takes me two or three bricks to do this (a mortar is thrown with a spatula and leveled under a cone).

So from the main basic elements, slightly changing them depending on your imagination (for example, you are tired of round towers - make rectangular formwork and the towers will be square, etc.) you can make a complex castle - like this for example.

A castle made of concrete is not very beautiful. How to decorate it?

About imitation. The boulders at the base of the foundation are made very easily as they are of arbitrary shape. Imitation brick requires more patience. Under the ruler, I scratch a series of horizontal lines and then make vertical notches at characteristic intervals. We brush off the debris with a brush. Where the surface is very rough, it can be smoothed by moistening with water from a spray and ironing with a soft brush. When the assembled castle is completely dry, you can tint it a little. Roof to give the appearance of tiles. I use acrylic paint with the right color, for painting brick imitation I purchased such colors for acrylic - black, red, brown, yellow. Green can be taken to imitate moss. With a soft brush, lightly touching the masonry different colors I color the surface. In this case, only the convex surface is painted, while the recessed part remains gray. The effect is amazing. From half a meter it seems that everything is made of small bricks. In one place of the castle, I even imitated a destroyed brick wall. I did not expect such an effect. For a year the castle survived the winter and the paint is like new.

Can you make parts at home? I work in a garage. But in principle, you can do it at home if you don’t litter too much. In this case, the details can be broken down into even smaller ones. Those. for example, make a wall in two parts - the upper one where the teeth and the lower one where the gate. Similarly, make a tower from two or three cylinders or cubes. Then it's easier to transport. This allows you to prepare the castle even in the winter-spring time, and in the summer to assemble it in a couple of days. This is how I prepare dry mix. I fill half a bucket with dry sand, add cement and it mixes very easily with a small children's spatula. I pour all this into a small tub and do the next batch until I fill it. Thus, the dry solution is always in sufficient quantity.

I wish you all success in your work. And be sure to share your results.

First mini castle

The first castle-flower bed was made about eight years ago. The rest is recent - last year and the year before last. The lighthouse is real - it glows at night.




Sometimes you really want to surprise others with something outlandish. A do-it-yourself castle in the country is an image from a fairy tale that conquers with its elegance and at the same time simplicity. The miniature structure creates a romantic mood even for adults, not to mention children.

Figure 1. A decorative stone castle will be a great addition to a rockery or alpine slide.

A small, hand-built castle is now entering the design vision suburban area. Various designs of castles fit perfectly into European style landscaping of private property. A miniature building can become the center of a playground, or it can simply emphasize the romantic nature of the inhabitants of the dacha.

Features of mini locks

From the remains of concrete, putty, paint and boards, you can make a small castle.

The mini-castle in the country is a small architectural form landscaping cottages or other suburban areas. The main tasks of the building are to enhance the aesthetic perception and emphasize a certain design style.

Often such an element serves as a children's attraction. Castles can be made in the form of an exact copy of the famous historical buildings of knightly times or built according to a specially designed plan.

In terms of placement, the mini-castle often becomes a separate design element of the cottage, built on a specially designated site, but more often it is used as an element of the composition, being part of a flower garden, fountain, spring, playground.

Buildings may differ in technical solution- simple (only the building itself) and complex, including special multi-colored lighting (and even light music) with electronic elements.

Construction material

The construction of castles can be made from a variety of building materials, as well as improvised means. Wide use find buildings different size from stones, and both ennobled (marble, granite) and wild ones can be used, natural stones(for example, pebbles). The fixing of such building materials is usually carried out using cement mortar, but sometimes clay, lime or gypsum compounds are used, as well as standard building mixtures.

Lanterns along the sidewalk can be decorated in the form of a tower.

Many decorative locks erected by pouring concrete. For the implementation of such projects, small formwork is mounted. The main advantage of concrete structures is durability, strength, moisture resistance and Fire safety. At small sizes for houses, concrete reinforcement is not necessary, and for large figures, a reinforcing mesh can be used.

It is difficult to do without wood when creating small architecture. wooden details easy to process, they can be given any shape. The need for antiseptic treatment makes it difficult to use. Many locking elements have to be made from sheet metal, giving it a cylindrical or conical shape.

As building material finds the use of foam. This material with a dense structure, when cut, becomes small building blocks or blocks that form an entire wall. You can use plastic different type and size. Various improvised means are widely used - bottles, pipe trimmings, parts of old household appliances etc. It is difficult to list all the materials that are used in construction, it all depends on the imagination of the performer.

Structural elements

Real castles were built in different time and therefore had a slightly different style. Most often, the concept of castle architecture is associated with the Gothic style, characterized by various spiers and pointed roofs. With all the variety of styles, one can distinguish characteristic structural elements locks:

Figure 2. A flower bed can be placed inside the castle walls.

  1. Hill and moat: castles were built using natural protection - hills (hill, mountain) and surrounded by a moat with or without water.
  2. Courtyard: A protected area inside a fortress wall, often with outbuildings and dwellings for guards and servants.
  3. Donjon: the central tower of the castle for the owner to live - a fortress inside the fortress; the shape of the donjon was different - quadrangular (England), round, polygonal, irregular in shape.
  4. Fortress wall: a high wall with battlements at the top for sheltering warriors and with loopholes.
  5. Protective towers: similarly to the wall, they had battlements and loopholes, most often they were round, but square shapes were also used, they were always located at the corners of the wall and in the middle part.
  6. Gates: to strengthen the security, they were equipped with watchtowers, the entrance was usually blocked by an arch, required element- drawbridge.

The layout of the castle territory itself depended on the terrain and had a triangular, rectangular or polygonal shape. In a number of countries (for example, in Germany), a circular layout with a central courtyard without a clearly defined donjon was common.

Required Tools

When building a castle with your own hands, you will need the following tool:

Figure 3. Sketch of the castle-bed.

  • hacksaw;
  • hacksaw for metal;
  • metal scissors;
  • electric jigsaw;
  • file;
  • chisel;
  • putty knife;
  • Master OK;
  • hammer;
  • Grinder;
  • plane;
  • sandpaper;
  • ruler;
  • roulette;
  • shovel;
  • vise;
  • electric drill.

Manufacturing features

Do-it-yourself castle construction begins with drawing a building plan and its individual details.

The plan can be a reduced copy of a well-known real building or a completely invented author's decision.

Figure 4. Putty and paint can be used to decorate the castle towers.

Then the installation site is cleared, an elevated location (hill) and an imitation of a protective moat are provided.

Stone castle. On fig. 1 shows an example of a simple stone castle of the author's project. For the construction of towers, three pieces of a metal or plastic pipe with a diameter of about 6-7 cm are installed vertically, pebbles are laid around them and connected with cement mortar. Tin cones are installed on top. Inside the towers, after removing the pipes, a brown dark plastic bottle is placed, which decorates the loophole windows.

In the case when the castle architecture fits into the overall design, the characteristic stone elements are combined with others. design solutions. On fig. 2 shows a flower bed castle.

Fortress wall. One of the most simple ways the construction of the fortress wall is the use of sheets of dense foam. On fig. 3 shows a diagram of such a wall with towers. A foam plastic 3-5 cm thick is used, from which the desired shapes with teeth are cut. Towers are formed from additionally fixed pieces of foam. On top of the towers, you can make a roof of flower pots. Similar structures can be made of concrete, having previously installed the formwork.

Towers and donjons. For the construction of towers, you can use foam plastic for pipe insulation, foam pipe insulation with a diameter of 11 cm, plastic pipes, asbestos-cement pipes, etc. Decorating elements are attached with waterproof glue. The teeth and loopholes are carefully cut with a knife.

In the manufacture of towers or donjons of round shape from concrete, plastic bottles can be used as formwork different diameter(outer layer), and inside - any rod. The thickness of the concrete wall must be at least 3 cm.

Castle decoration

To ensure aesthetic perception, the constructed structure should be ennobled as much as possible - painted using bright colors. acrylic paints; fix overhead carved elements, install coats of arms, flags, pennants, and other symbols of chivalry. On fig. 4 shows an example of the design of the towers.

If necessary, the walls of the building are covered with finishing facade plaster.

I, like some of you, had an idea-fix to do something pleasing to the eye against the backdrop of a country landscape. The choice fell on a mini-castle, since it is the easiest to enter it anywhere in the site, taking into account its geological features. Moreover, you can build creatively, adding or changing its elements on the go.

The main material is sand and cement for the longevity of the composition. After experimenting, I settled on a composition of 2 to 1 (i.e. 2 parts sand and 1 part cement). Sand is best dried in the sun, then it is easier to mix with cement, and also sifted for use in elements with fine detail, as debris can ruin the part.

The castle has a fairly decent volume, so building it all at once is unrealistic. To do this, first I make separate parts of the castle, so that later I can build it from cubes in a couple of days. The last, third castle was assembled in two days. Neighbors thought he fell from the sky when they saw him.

So, consider the elements of a typical design.

Let's start with the towers. A cylinder of the desired radius is rolled up from a sheet of iron (I have about 2-30 cm). The cylinder is fixed with wire or self-tapping screws so that it can be easily disassembled later. Anything is placed inside the cylinder - bottles, cans - to reduce the consumption of the solution, but the thickness to the ballast must be at least 5 cm. Fill with a fairly thick solution. We give him several hours to set to such a state that when the formwork is removed, it does not crumble. You can choose the height of the cylindrical formwork yourself. It can be equal to the height of the tower, or less, but then the formwork will have to be disassembled and assembled above the already seized lower part.

We immediately begin to cut the raw, slightly seized solution. The cutting technology is the same as that of the sandboxes. For cutting, I use a set of tools available to everyone. I have these screwdrivers, chisels, a medical scalpel, a hacksaw blade for metal and various strips of tin to form various architectural elements.

A simple cylinder is boring, and this is where the flight of fancy begins. I make various grooves by wrapping a cylinder with a long strip of tin, using this strip as a guide, with a screwdriver or chisel I choose annular recesses. Then, in the lower part, you can imitate masonry, destruction, chipped plaster, cracks - after all, the castle is ancient.

For me, aging is the most exciting part of the process. At the same time, we do not amuse ourselves with making windows, loopholes, picking out the desired recess with a knife. If there is a desire to make a turret in the upper part of the tower, then we turn off the cylinder with a diameter a couple of centimeters larger and a height of 10-15 cm, insert a plastic bottle inside to save the solution (after complete setting, it will be removed).

We fill the form with a solution and, after partial setting, carefully remove the cylinder formwork and make the required number of windows, teeth - as fantasy tells. I cut the teeth with a hacksaw blade for metal - I make cuts of the required depth and pick off the excess solution between the cuts.

The roof can be made from tin cones, and you can use this tin cone as a mold for pouring mortar (I do this). After complete setting, carefully knock out our roof from the mold. Do not forget that we are still preparing individual elements of the castle. We'll put it all together later. So we figured out the tower. We have all the elements ready and stacked somewhere in the corner.


Let's start building walls. Our walls will be either fortress (1) or an element of the building (2).

There is no difference in their production. We assemble a rectangle of the right size from boards 5 cm wide. We put it on a flat surface (I have an old kitchen table) after placing either a film or a piece of roofing material so that the solution that is then poured is not absorbed. You can place a metal arch in this frame - this will be a door or gate. Pour the solution into the frame. Where no windows or doors are planned, gravel or broken bricks can be poured to the bottom to save mortar. After the mortar is poured to the desired height, you can take pretty pebbles from gravel and poke them at the base of the foundation so that they protrude with flat edges above the general plane of the mortar by about 5 mm.

If there is no gravel, then after partial setting with a sharp knife or scalpel, you can imitate the foundation. You can also mark future windows with pebbles. Thus, your task is to make such flat elements. To speed up, I make 2-3 such rectangles at the same time. Having made such a wall once, you will understand that they are made easily and very quickly. As a rule, we are interested in the outer side of the castle, the inner part does not represent anything, because it is not visible.

So, after a few hours, the solution of our future walls seized very (!) This moment so that it was malleable, but did not collapse, and if it was overexposed, it would be difficult to process. We carefully disassemble the frame and we are left with a flat rectangle on the table. If you are making a wall with teeth, then we make the gaps between the teeth by gradually removing the solution with a flat tool (I use a metal ruler for this). Next, loopholes and windows are made. Draw whatever your fantasy tells you. To remove the remnants of the solution, I use a soft brush (probably seen in the movies how archaeologists work). In the end, you will have something like the following on your table.

Leave the finished walls for about a day on the table. Then they can safely be removed from the table and also put in a corner. When the required number of elements has already been made, we select a sunny day for installation in a summer cottage. There is another important point here. The castle looks more beautiful on some kind of elevation, on a pile of stones. So prepare a foundation for it. If you use stones, always place the stones on a small layer of mortar first. If this is not done, then the stones will move over time and destroy your beauty.

When the foundation is prepared, we proceed to the assembly. First, we install it on a cement mortar previously applied to the foundation, for example, tower No. 1. We attach wall No. 1 to the tower for mortar. Then we install the tower number 2.

The castle is already beginning to take shape. You are filled with excitement. Next, add wall No. 2 and finish with the installation of tower No. 3. My towers were heavy, so men need to tinker. Thus, at this stage, we got this design (top view)

But wall #2 will be part of the building, so I take some bricks and form a rectangle of this building. In order to prevent the mortar from getting into windows or doors from the inside, I close them with something flat from the inside (I use pieces of flat slate or fragments of flat tiles).

I have the inside of the castle hidden. But if you want it to have a beautiful look, you need to make both wall No. 3 and the inside for the monolith, fill it with concrete mortar or fill it with construction debris.

When this structure grabs, form a gable roof over the building. It takes me two or three bricks to do this (a mortar is thrown with a spatula and leveled under a cone).

So, from the main basic elements, slightly changing them depending on the fantasy (for example, if you are tired of round towers - make rectangular formwork and the towers will be square, etc.) you can make a complex castle - like this for example.

 
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