Building #1 - The Church (wip)

 Although I've taken a leisurely approach to this build in the last week, I've still managed (from my viewpoint) quite a lot of progress on this build and even managed to maintain at least an hour a day on the build.
The photograph on the right shows the front of the church (obviously), with peons scurrying about .

The other three photographs in turn show -

i. The right hand side of the church

ii. The rear  of the church with curved apse(?), where the altar would be found.

[Note: As Christian  churches are always built on an east-west line, with the altar in the east, this gives us a good orientation of the entire village.]

iii, The left side of the church, showing the only noticeable feature on this wall - a hole !

Note the 'arched building' on the left of the Church

Showing the general cross-section of the church

The very peculiar eliptical hole (window ?)

My build started with drawing out the plan and the front and rear walls of the church on a sheet of foamboard (A2), then gathering the other materials I'd need for the build.

Sketched plans, and all the tools needed

Two figures that will be used as statues on the front

A thick cardboard tube, used for the roof-top and the end bit

The roof top cut from the tube.

Rough assembly of the bits - the front is left seperate for ease of working on.

Vaulted roof will lie between the ends, rather than on top as shown.

Work started on the front - lots more to do.

I have also cut out the pieces for the sloping roof sections and the vertical walls from the vaulted roof, but they're nothing remarkable.

There's still a lot to do, the front to finish off, the steps to cut out and that tower to start ! The latter is almost a full build in itself ! 

That's it then for this week, more on this next week - probably. 

Thanks for taking the time to visit, and as always your comments are both welcomed andappreciated,