Lion Gate of Mycenae - WIP

Started on some terrain for use with the recently painted Foundry Trojan War figures. Working on repairing/reworking the Lion Gate I made many years ago. The lion heads were originally facing each other (arching upwards toward the top of the center pillar), but after seeing the heads facing out in several sources, I carved them off and was in the process of having them facing outwards. I gave up after a while, but hope to finally finish this long-standing project.

In addition to reworking the lions' heads, also added another row of stones to the top of the gate structure, and adding the crenallated parapet. The left side wall will be worked on next - it has a base of natural stone as the foundation which I need to figure out how to make it.

Being cheap, I used left over spare pieces of foam from earlier projects. Here's what the pieces looked like prior to adding spackling over them - sort of a Frankenstein look.

Here's an old photo of the original Lion Gate - basically just a facade - along with Redoubt figures. The figures are the very first 28mm figures I ever collected - and still have them to this day, almost 30 years old!

A couple of pictures of the gate, present day. Amazing it's well over 3,000 years old.

Artist's rendition of the gate during Mycenaean times.

So much for now, thanks again for stopping by and hope you all are doing well.