Petworth Miniatures

The Castle Experiment ..continued The Privy Stairs

It has been awhile since I worked on the castle. Something just didn't feel right about it and it sat rather forlornly on the table for a few months being avoided. I liked the overall shape but just couldn't seem to get excited about continuing.

Then I realized that I just didn't like the large pieces necessary to build the main keep and went back and redesigned it as separate rooms that join together. It seemed a shame to tear down the parts already built but things sped along rapidly after that.
Now the main keep is a series of 6 separate rooms and they are nearly finished.

Each room is going to be similar to the Hungerford Manor rooms; individual free standing structures, but they have added tabs to slot together. That should make things easier to build.
Here is one of the walls.

I added false ceilings to each room to hide wiring. Things were moving along nicely. The main tower stairs were already done and I wasn't going to change those and then. Suzy mentioned a privy!.

OMG you can't have a castle without a gard de robe. I find those strangely fascinating and have way too many photos of the ones I have seen in various castles. The view through that 'opening' is always scary and I can only imagine having to use one. That would be necessity overcoming all fear of heights.

But definitely a necessity. The only place I could find to put one was on a wall of the stair tower. You don't want a gard de robe over a window or a door way. So the tower came apart and the wall was recut and although it is a lacking a bit in privacy the castle now has a gard de robe.
I think it will need a door but for now necessity will have to overcome modesty.