Heroic Dreams - All Things Medieval

For the past couple of weeks I have had a run on sales of medieval castle projects and maybe this is because people have been finding the stuff I am writing about these projects. But I think it might be more that we are coming into the end of winter and people, being inside so long because of cold weather and snow have been looking for interesting projects to while away the rest of the season.

Either way these are just some nice projects regardless of the season. The first Medieval Castle here is one that I received as a gift and I really enjoyed it. If you look at it on Amazon.com you can see the review I wrote about it.

It is really amazing how wonderful a project like this looks when it is completed. For me there is something very appealing about miniature worlds.

Make This Model Medieval Castle (Usborne Cut-Out Models) I was given this project as a gift and thoroughly enjoyed it. You need to have some paper working skill to make it come out really good. I used a little too much glue when attaching the parts to the base so the base came out just a little wrinkled. When you do a project like this always be sparing with the glue. The subtle colors of this model are really nice.

Castles To Cut out and Put together

Cut and Assemble a Medieval Castle : A Full-Color Model of Caernarvon Castle in Wales. I like the idea that this is a replica of a real castle.

Make This Medieval Village Interesting idea to make a whole village. You could probably do some miniature wargaming with this.

Easy to make Castle  This one really has a great Stronghold Keep look about it. This says “easy to make” but it looks really nice.

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I told you about the two Boris Vallejo Drawings up for auction, and the interesting story of how the owner got them by trading one of his sculptures for them.

The owner contacted me and sent me a link to a picture of the actual sculpture that was traded! This is pretty cool, and the sculpture is gorgeous; Boris of course has good taste in sculpture. If you want to see the sculputure I have posted a link to it here. It is of a nude woman with a sword and it is gorgeous. This artist is talented! While you are on the site check out the sculptors other work.

 (This is a nude so you have to be over 21 to check it out. By clicking on this link you verify you are over 21)

The Boris Vallejo drawing/sculpture exchange

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If you are a fan of fantasy, then you are no doubt a fan of Boris Vallejo. He has been doing drawings and paintings in the fantasy genre for decades now and he is the top dog in the whole realm. He and his wife Julie Bell are the king and queen of fantasy  art -bar none.

 I was recently contacted by a collector offering at private auction two original pencil drawings by Boris! Can you imagine how my heart skipped a beat. Imagine that! The possibility of owning a real Boris! - And it gets better. The owner is a sculptor and he traded with Boris one of his sculptures for the drawings!!! OMG the world is a strange and beautiful place.

Now you are probably curious about the drawings and yup the owner was nice enough to send me some pics and allow me to show them to you but, they are nudes so if you are under 21 you can’t view them. But if you are over 21 feel free to take a look! They are gorgeous and I am not positive, but to me they look very much like works from the series of covers he did for the John Norman Gor novels.

Here are the Boris Vallejo Pencil Drawings and more information about Boris- And if you can’t afford private collecting Boris and Julie have a great new book of art out that you might be interested in The Boris Drawings

If you are seriously interested in the auction, or if you want to see more of the collectors offerings visit his website at: studioSL.com or contact the owner at: borisdraw@studioSL.com

About the drawing in this blogpost: It is an excerpt from one of the auction pieces and it is copyrighted. Do not copy or reproduce in any manner.

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