Medieval Fortified Village by Ekis - 1/87 scratch base kit Aedes Ars

[Kurt Johnson]

Ekis,   Can I rent the market hall for a family party in June?

 

Kurt

[Ekis]

2 hours ago, Kurt Johnson said:

Ekis,   Can I rent the market hall for a family party in June?

I have to talk to the burgomaster (mayor) of the village, who will ask the Lord... But first of all, it must be sunny: there is no wall!  
In June, it can still be humid...

[Kurt Johnson]

put in a good word for me.

 

Kurt

[Kevin]

i just love this project

 

[Ekis]

I finally finished the cloister roofs!
I was also able to test a first ageing of the church/cloister ensemble before inserting, later, some vegetation.
Some tests are also being done on the hall...

So, here are the final views of this part : I'm going to throw you a tsunami of pictures ! 😁

 

 

Some views with my hand and ruler to realize the scale!

 

Close-up on the base of the hall:

[Canute]

Nicely done, Ekis.

[lmagna]

Looking very good Ekis

 

One down and ??? to go!

[popeye the sailor]

very impressive ...........you've done a spectacular job with this project.   .......took you .......what,  20 years to bring 'er back out.....and look what a splendid model!  kudos!   

[Kurt Johnson]

Is that the hand of God in those pictures? Kind of reminds me of Monty Python.

 

Kurt

[Edwardkenway]

Amazing!!!! You've done good, very realistic but in miniature 😁 The market hall  is absolutely medieval Europe. 

Edited March 12, 2020 by Edwardkenway

[modeller_masa]

Wow. The giant's hand is really big.

[mtaylor]

I didn't realize it was that small.   But wow... looking great.  I do really like like the photo below.  

 

[Ekis]

I finished laying the tiles in the covered market.

So I'm moving on to the suite that will be the "rural" house... Actually a town house. I'll have more to do, but this is the one from the basic kit.

 

And I'm transforming a bit what was planned: everything was to be made of stone. My version will have half-timbering on the first floor, which will be filled with bricks, the ground level remaining in stone.

The back wall is a part of the village wall: it will be with large stones for the sole, and normal size for the rest. 

 

 

 

 

A 1st thin structure (1mm) of the studs is in place: it allows the 3mm thick bricks to be wedged. Once the bricks have been sanded, a 2nd layer of 2mm stained wood will come flush with the bricks

 

Edited March 16, 2020 by Ekis

[Ekis]

The construction continues quietly with the installation of the openings.

On the back, the stones are part of the outer wall, so they are rougher on purpose. The first bricks between the half-timbering are also started to see what it looks like.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A little idea of the mess on the desks:

 

 

 

[Edwardkenway]

Very Nice work again. Can I ask are there going to be any columns/pillars for the first floor overhang?

[Ekis]

Thanks for your answer: I still appreciate it! ☺️
Yes, of course, there will be pillars to support this very heavy first floor.
For this first house, I don't know yet whether I'm making them out of stone columns or wooden pillars.
I'll see that at the end of the construction...

But it will look like this type of thing:
 

[popeye the sailor]

really nice....the houses look great!

[FriedClams]

Beautiful work Ekis.  Your village is really coming along - nice work.  I especially like the dusting on the statue and the half-timbering looks very authentic.  Such a cool project!

 

Gary

[Egilman]

I'm at a loss for words..... You can find this architecture all over europe, but the cloister has a definitely northern italian feel to it....

 

Beautiful job.... it will be spectacular when finished....

Edited March 17, 2020 by Egilman

[Louie da fly]

Beautiful work, Ekis. Very convincing - it really gives you the "feel" of the time and place.

 

Steven

[Ekis]

Thank you all for your comments: it really motivates to keep putting stones and bricks on top of each other!
There's still a very long way to go to the end of this village, but if I manage to shape all the ideas I have planned, then it will be a success for this stone model.

 

It has waited 20 years for me to build it, it deserves some attention... 😁

[Ekis]

A suite for this house.

The half-timbered bricks are done: tedious work!

The walls are being finished, the woodwork is ready to be ironed in stain. The 1st floor is glued, I will be able to complete the walls.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Bobbuild]

Wow Awesome work

[mtaylor]

This just gets more impressive every time I look in.

[lmagna]

Fantastic work.

 

I have never seen post and beam construction with the fill area so much thicker than the beams. Interesting look.

[Barbossa]

Stunning work and a pleasure to follow your progress.

Reminds me a documentary about Guédelon castle where craftsmen are using the building techniques and tools way back then.

[Ekis]

7 hours ago, lmagna said:

I have never seen post and beam construction with the fill area so much thicker than the beams. Interesting look.

Thank you all!

 

In fact Imagna, what you see at the moment is the placing of the bricks and stones with a first layer of wood that helps to glue properly and make the cuts.
In order not to put dust everywhere on the studs during the sanding, I first finish this step before "filling" the gaps with a 2nd layer of wood, this time tinted dark like at the time ...
But this final step will be in place only when I will not make any more dust, including with the roof tiles.

[Ekis]

Small update :

- finished stone walls

- the studs are in place

- the first floor roof canopy

- window shutters

- all doors

 

There's still work to be done:

- the tiles in their entirety

- the stairs on the right (stone) and left (wood)

- stone doorsteps

- paving on the floor

- the pillars of support

- overall ageing

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Kurt Johnson]

Ekis,

 

l just finished looking at your Flickr site and all your work is gorgeous!

 

Kurt

[Ekis]

Many thanks, Kurt ! 😃