THE GRAND TEMPLE OF HAXOR
I figured that if I was building a Khemrian themed table for HGC, it should at least have a temple. Otherwise where else would the Liche priests hang out between battles? This temple's only sort of based on Egyptian temples. It has the usual angled walls, but some of it's styling cues come from either the other Khemri stuff I've made, or stuff which just looked good to me.
Incidentally, It's named after the Grand Temple at Luxor.(A Haxor, usually spelt HA><0R, is a Hacker in the starnge alpha numeric language which hackers use, called HA><0R Speak)

MATERIALS:

  • Thick corrugated card
  • Thin card
  • Polystyrene sheet (.5cm or 1.5cm)
  • Khemri Banner
  • Vampire Count's skeleton shield bosses
  • Wedding cake pillars
  • Plaster
  • Sand
  • Orange-brown, beige, white, black yellow and blue paint.

First off, I made the stone plinth the temple sits on. I had some 0.5cm polystyrene sheet from somewhere, so it was a simple case of cutting three sheets, each slightly narrower to form steps. The top step is 17 by 25, the bottom step is 19 by 25. If you don;t have such thin sheets (they are rare), simply use one sheet of 1.5cm, and carve the steps. Now that the base is done, it's time for the temple building. Mark out two rectangles of corrugated card 23 by 7cm. Mark in 1cm from each top edge. Draw a line from the bottom corner to this mark, and cut out the resultant shape. Now, mark up two rectangles 12 by 7, and repeat the edge marking procedure. These four pieces form the walls of the temple.

NOTE: The vertical measurements of all pieces involved will depend on the exact height of your pillars. Measure things against them before doing anything.
Now, setting aside the front wall, mark a point half way along the top of each wall. Measure 1cm to either side. Draw a line 2cm down from each mark, and connect them to mark out the windows. Cut the windows out, and glue thin card blanking plates across them. Now glue the temple together using supaglue.
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Now glue the temple to the plinth (It's as good a time as any.)

Cut out a rectangle of corrugated 6cm by 7cm. Also, cut out two pieces 7cm high, 2cm at the top an 1cm at the base. (These three pieces form the entrance) Take the large piece, and mark out a door 5cm by 4cm, with an arched top 1.5cm tall. Cut this out carefully so as not to rip the piece. Glue the door pieces together, and glue the door to the temple's front
TIP: You can make the temple look more weathered by adding exposed brick work. Simply cut out a piece of thin card the same size and shape as a wall, and remove a chunk from it. Cut the chunk into small rectangles, and glue the blank plate and the resultant bricks to the wall. When you plaster the walls, spread the plaster over the edges of the bricks so that it looks like the adobe cladding has fallen off.

Mark out a rectangle of thick card 23cm by 15cm. This is the roof. Mark out two rectangles 23cm by 3cm. Rule a second line, 2cm up. Mark points 1cm in from each edge at the top. Now, mark in points 2cm in from each edge on the lower line. Connect These points. Cut out one of These pieces.

Mark the center point of the other, and mark out a semi circle about 8cm across (I used the inside of a roll of gaffer tape for this) centered on the bottom of the piece. Cut this lot out, and you've got the front and back walls of the roof. Now, make two pieces like the first, but 15cm long. Glue the walls to the roof, before gluing the roof to the temple building. It should over hang at the sides and back by about 0.5cm, and 3.5 to the front, where the pillars will be. Mark out another semicircle of corrugated card, and cut it out. Glue this on the front of the other so it stands out from the wall. Cut out an identically shaped piece of thin card. Now, blutak your Khemri banner to this semicircle, and use it to mark out the 'wedges'. The semicircle needs to be divided into 5 pieces.

The radiant spikes on the banner pole are correctly spaced, so mark out from each, and measure to the edge. Cut down These lines almost to the point they meet. Widen the cuts, and remove the banner. Glue the thin card to the front of the semicircle

Now, the temple is ready for plastering. If you want, you can also add a base from Thick card, but it isn't entirely necessary.
Once the plaster is dry, sand it to a reasonable smoothness, and get rid of un natural protrusions.
Now, glue the banner to the center of the semicircle, and a skull shaped vampire counts shield boss to top o each 'wedge'. Also, glue a shied boss to the center of the door's lintel.Spread PVA over the base, and sprinkle with sand.
TIP: For a more weathered appearance, try adding some sand to the plinth the temple is sitting on.

Now the temple's ready to paint. Treat the sand in the same way as for the other desert pieces. Paint the temple beige, and dry brush with white. Dry brush the wedges of the semicircle with yellow and blue alternatively. Paint black inside the door and windows. Paint the banner and skulls in an appropriate metallic, such as Gold, or Bronze. Paint the pillars up in the same way as the walls, before gluing them on. (It's easier this way.)