Constructing The Red Keep-The Base

Welcome to my second Game of Thrones 3D puzzle! This time I'm constructing the Red Keep and I'm going to do more of a step by step set of posts to give you a better idea of how it goes together, as it is hard to explain clearly! I started by putting the base of the puzzle together yesterday.

This is the unpacking of the flat sheets that every part of the puzzle is on. Every bit here is clearly numbered and you just press each piece gently around all its edges and it pops out, ready to use.

Next I worked on each of the four parts of the base which when glued together form one large piece. This is the first part. The greenish ground print piece attaches to a thin brown rim piece, (which is seen when looking at the second photo) giving it the 3D shape for the base. On the underside of the base, I attach the support struts. You can see the strut fully in the second photo and the upper part (the tabs) slightly protruding on the first photo. This base feels pretty solid compared to Winterfell but I'll be using glue to give it that extra support.  

I did the same for each of the other three parts and this is how they looked, front and back, after being constructed and glued.

Next it was time to join two of the parts together to form one half of the base, and join the other two parts together for the second piece which was pretty straightforward. You can clearly see the struts joining parts one and two for stability and the same with parts three and four. This leaves the two parts ready to join as one base.

I then quickly joined the two pieces together to complete the base. This part took seconds as it was easy to see where the attachments were. Now we have our completed base! In the second photo I tilted the base a bit to give the better idea of the 3D element to it.

  
There we have the completed base! I glued it for that added bit of stability but it feels pretty solid and I'm ready to start constructing the actual buildings now, which will be fun! I'll update again when I do the next bit, as I'm in no real hurry to finish the project and will work on it depending on time and mood!