Blood & Plunder: Port Wall & Gibbet

For my Blood & Plunder table I plan to utilise an existing pair of 2" high terrain boards that will sit on top of a "water" cloth. The problem is of course the 2" high difference between the land and the sea. So I require a harbor or port wall to separate the two and to integrate with the gun battery.
The wall is constructed using exactly the same techniques used in making the gun battery, albeit much simpler as there is next to no cutting and NO angles. To break up the monotony of a plain wall I decided to insert a wooden pylon mid way. This led to the idea of hanging a gibbet from the pylon, as a "welcoming" to any newcomers to the port. A short tutorial follows of how I made the gibbet and it's post.

Port wall & gibbet

Cut out a section of "Granny Grating" (if you can wrestle it from your Nan)

Find an appropriately sized cylinder and bind the grating with strands of copper wire. Carefully fix with super glue.

When dry remove it from the cylinder and cut out some of the sections of grating to make larger openings

Cut out two round sections of grating to fit in each end. Carefully fix with super glue

Make a loop of wire to hang the gibbet and fix with super glue

Spray the gibbet by holding onto the copper wire strands, then clip them off.

The post is made from different sized craft sticks, some toothpicks and wire. Drilling small holes to accommodate the different sized sticks is recommended

Painted and put in place, with some crochet thread as rope attached

Without the hanging gibbet the post could be a hoist or other port-side thingy

The completed piece, with a rusty gibbet

The two existing pieces married together

A picture of the battery and wall in place - some more port walls to go

If you have any questions don't hesitate to comment below.