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I resume the construction of the lord's house. 😃 And I started with the tower - keep - on which all the buildings are based. I added some openings and Romanesque arches. The top will also be modified... I also started with the half-timbering of the facade, starting with those above the lower door (the simplest ones).- 789 replies
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Building a Medieval fortress - by Waitoa - Del Prado 1/87
Ekis replied to Waitoa's topic in Non-ship/categorised builds
I have not determined a precise period, but I am aiming rather at the 14th century for several reasons. ☺️ I locate the village during the foundation of the bastides in the south of France during the whole of the 14th century. The spirit in which they were built responded to security needs with elaborate walls with loopholes, hoarding, corbelling and crenellations. There are economic needs that can be seen in the architecture with slightly wider streets, covered market squares with a dedicated building and almost systematic paving of the streets. In fact, I chose the period that allows me to have the most buildings still visible to serve as examples, with the construction also of large religious buildings such as monasteries and other cloisters, the period of French Roman Art to match the pieces of the kit, and allow me to create others with the most possibilities. The Romans have indeed left traces, but I prefer for my village to start again from elements really identifiable by their medieval architecture without making visual mixes. 🏰 -
Building a Medieval fortress - by Waitoa - Del Prado 1/87
Ekis replied to Waitoa's topic in Non-ship/categorised builds
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Hi Anthony, I also tried to do a HMS Victory myself before the one still in Portsmouth. ☺️ For my part, I wanted to get closer to the 1737 Victory (which sank in 1744) with a number of modifications in colors, layout and rigging. But I started from the Victory kit from Artesania Latina at 1:84, which imposed some constraints. I think it is close to your project, the Victory of 1765 being quite far from the one we know, restored in 1929. Especially on the back castle which was totally modified. Here is the link of the thread to see the result: https://modelshipworld.com/topic/20337-hms-victory-1737-by-ekis-finished-artesania-latina-scale-184-inspired-by-the-victory-of-1737/?tab=comments#comment-619613
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Hi Kurt and thanx for keeping this thread alive! I really appreciate it. 😃 For the name of the village, we'll see that at the inauguration: I'll find a name close to the south of France... And no, there will be no barracks other than the watchtower already made: the main part of the defense being ensured by the villagers themselves, contrary to a lordly fortress or castle of the time.
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Thanx Waitoa ! I use AK interactive's Wash for Wood which I dilute differently on wood or stone. Then I add a little mold in places with the Slimy Grime Dark from the same brand. If it's too dark, I brush with a dry brush. And for wood, I first stain it with a dark wood stain (rosewood for example) before applying the same AK products, and I bleach some places with acetone.
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Thats'it: barn finished! Not much to add to the previous posts: the pictures speak for themselves... 😁
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Oh oh! It seems that you are suddenly moving away from what was planned by the kit on the assembly of this cloister... I think I recognize an assembly that is familiar to me. 😁 Bravo for the initiative and the thickening of what should have been a simple corridor with arcades. I'm going to look at all this with great attention. 😉 -
Thanx Kurt! In fact, as long as all the houses in the village are not finished, it is impossible to determine the population... Especially since there may be farms or a port in the future outside the walls!
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I progressed on this building: Addition of pillars on the facade, cladding on all sides of the first floor, beginning to install wooden spikes instead of tiles (rather long to do, that ...). 😁
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Ekis replied to Waitoa's topic in Non-ship/categorised builds
Good job! You managed to finish this first building: congratulations for your perseverance. 😉 The main roof is a little too low compared to the stone walls. It should follow the triangular slope behind the pediment and cover the wall of your apse. But Romanesque art accepts many different options in construction. I can't wait to see the next building: what have you decided to do next? You finish the cloister first? -
Yes, of course! Buildings have always changed function according to the needs of the moment, except for churches, of course. But from there to making a building burnt down, or completely under construction, I'm not sure. I think that I am already going to make sure that I put the whole thing in place, to go through some ideas to present and age this village. Later, if I make extensions, I will still be able to transform certain parts. 😁
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In fact, there are a number of things you can safely leave to dry for several weeks. Potatoes, nuts, hay of course, for example. But you can also leave apples without any problem, just long enough to sell or distribute the harvest. Underneath, you can either have stables for cows, sheep or, as was often the case in the Middle Ages, a pigsty. In front of the building there may be one or more pens for the animals. Here again, in the villages, the animals lived in the middle of the village with the inhabitants...
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No, I don't have elves, but the structure of the first floor in cardboard was indeed made at the same time as the 18th century crane presented in another thread. For the filling of the barn, it is indeed hay (in fact hemp cut in very small pieces), potatoes or apples, and other vegetables... (in fact, they are millet seeds for the birds and coriander seeds)! 😁
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Before continuing with the lord's house, I started work on a connecting building between the fortified gate and the Manor. Not only to continue the wall, but also to build a barn-drying shed. I saw this construction this summer in the south of France, I thought it would be quite suitable... After some research, it is indeed a building of the 14th century, I adapted all this to my fortifications. The photos are visuals of the building site: it's not finished at all! 😁 There are still the doors of the stables, the covering of the upper part which must be partly closed, some details. A small precision of its location :
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I haven't yet resumed the construction of the village... But, as I had started something different on vacation, I preferred to finish it before resuming... So this is a cardboard Shipyard model ! It's at 172 scale (the village is at 187) : it's an 18th century harbour crane located in Lueneburg, Germany. It still exists and is operated by 2 inside man-wheels and fully covered. I chose to leave half of it open to show the inside of the crane. A little warning for those who would like to get into it : a lot of patience, rigor and an almost inhuman touch as the parts are so fine and fragile... But on the other hand, everything is there in the details and mechanisms! 😁 And this is the final result once aged, with its stone base added. I may use it one day if I have a boat at the same scale and time to make a dock... 😉
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Building a Medieval fortress - by Waitoa - Del Prado 1/87
Ekis replied to Waitoa's topic in Non-ship/categorised builds
Well done: the apse with its circular roof is well done! 😉 -
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Ekis replied to Waitoa's topic in Non-ship/categorised builds
Those Preiser action figures are nice. You must have spent a long time painting them... I'm not sure if I'm going to put them in the village: I'll decide when the construction is finished. But I had also spotted the "Mittelaltermarkt" pack to paint. -
No, right now, I'm brushing the stones, and I wash them with water with a brush. And as I age the buildings after the wooden pieces are laid, I can't put anything in until everything is done, including the vegetation. PS: I've taken a few days of vacation, the village will be on break for 2 weeks.
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Thanks Emmet! I've been on board for a while now... and you can see this finished model by going back a bit to the previous page. 😉
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Building a Medieval fortress - by Waitoa - Del Prado 1/87
Ekis replied to Waitoa's topic in Non-ship/categorised builds
I think it's going to be really hard to continue with the original stones... 😁 -
These are very thin transparent protective sheets for pharmaceutical patches ! 😁 It so happens that the relief cross of these sheets perfectly matches the cross-mounting of the glasses of the time on the windows ! But you can find a slightly tinted rhodoïd paper on packages of all kinds of products when you do your shopping ! 😉 @Kurt Johnson In fact, it's exactly the same thing in French! If a religious person speaks of the "Maison du Seigneur", then everyone will understand that it is the church... But if we say the "logis du seigneur" , then there's no doubt about the most luxurious house of the local owner... (And don't apologize all the time for the second degree in your posts, I can very well tell the difference between a serious person and a note of humour...! Even in English). 😂
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