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Phoenician traders made a permanent trading camp on the northern edge of Dartmoor around the year 1,000 BC. These particular traders were worshippers of Baal, a weather god, who had particular power over lightning, wind, rain, and fertility. Judging by traditional Dartmoor weather, Baal must be in a pretty bad mood most of the time. Eventually the settlement became known as Baal's Ton. Now, in the enlightened 17th Century, the settlement is known by the locals as Belstone. In nearby Belstone Cleave, a coven of witches have made their home. All sorts of evil happenings are occurring and the local villagers have sent a message to the Witchfinder General, pleading for help. The coven are able to summon and control the terrifying Ghouls that inhabit Taw Marsh. These Ghouls were probably once human and were living in the marsh even before the Phoenicians arrived.
(https://i.imgur.com/7zDEIlm.jpg)
The Ghouls of Taw Marsh
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Very, very... GHOULY! :-*
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Very, very... GHOULY! :-*
Thanks! ;)
The Witchfinders will need to be very careful to avoid an encounter with Old Dewer (as the Devil is known around these yere parts). Dewer the Hunter rides out from Wistman's Wood on his headless black horse with his pack of Wisht Hounds. Human victims are either lured or driven to the Dewerstone where they are forced to leap over the precipice into the gorge below. It is said that their fall is accompanied by maniacal laughter, the sound of thunder and blue forked-lightning. The next day there are no bodies to be found below. It is also said that anyone who witnesses these events will die within the year. Lonely travellers passing that way have often seen cloven hoof prints at the top of the Dewerstone.
(https://i.imgur.com/z0jnQGY.jpg)
One of Old Dewar's Wisht Hounds
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Wonderful start to the thread - looking forward to reading more soon.
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Wonderful start to the thread - looking forward to reading more soon.
Thanks, Muzfish4.
I am currently painting some witches and some troopers from the Okehampton Trayned Band. They'll be up next.
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I am currently painting some witches and some troopers from the Okehampton Trayned Band. They'll be up next.
Have you ever heard of red-eyed black ponies with pointed teeth and claws instead of hooves dwelling there...?
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Great setting for a game, having done the Ten Tors as a younger fitter man it is a seriously gloomy and creepy place.
Just need to add in the Ghost of Crazywell Pool and a few deranged convicts escaped from the gaol..... :o
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Have you ever heard of red-eyed black ponies with pointed teeth and claws instead of hooves dwelling there...?
No, I haven't. Do they have a name? I have seen a few odd things wandering about the moor at night though!
Great setting for a game, having done the Ten Tors as a younger fitter man it is a seriously gloomy and creepy place.
Just need to add in the Ghost of Crazywell Pool and a few deranged convicts escaped from the gaol.....
Pleased to hear that you have completed Ten Tors. I have been associated with the event for the last ten years and have always been impressed by the spirit of those taking part.
You shouldn't go to Crazywell Pool on Midsummer's Eve though. Apparently, if you do, you will see the face of the next parishioner to die! Also, it is said that Piers Gaveston hid out there during one of his banishments from the Court of Edward II and consulted the Witch of Sheepstor.
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No, I haven't. Do they have a name? I have seen a few odd things wandering about the moor at night though!
Neither did I, but I thought such might fit nicely... :D A name? Snaplings perhaps...
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Very interesting
Dartmoor is one of my favourite places 8)
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Neither did I, but I thought such might fit nicely... :D A name? Snaplings perhaps...
lol lol lol lol lol lol
Love it! I will have to have some Snaplings in the game now!
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Very interesting
Dartmoor is one of my favourite places 8)
It is a great place isn't it. I love it. It's really nice to set my games there with all the Dartmoor folklore and legends (plus a few bits I made up!).
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It is a great place isn't it. I love it. It's really nice to set my games there with all the Dartmoor folklore and legends (plus a few bits I made up!).
I shall enjoy following your project :D
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lol lol lol lol lol lol
Love it! I will have to have some Snaplings in the game now!
Perfect! I´m pretty sure I saw some in the distance when I was strolling the tors at dusk...
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Perfect! I´m pretty sure I saw some in the distance when I was strolling the tors at dusk...
After a couple of pints of cider consumed here, maybe? ;)
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After a couple of pints of cider consumed here, maybe? ;)
It looked like that, but don´t they all? Cider was indeed responsible for the frequent intoxication back in the days... ;)
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;)
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Going to Devon is easy for me...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apfelwein
Apfelwein is made from pressed apples of a small, indigenous tree known as Speierling (Sorbus domestica) or Speyerling, an endangered species that is easily confused with the wild apple.
Apfelwein is mainly produced and consumed in Hesse (where it is the state beverage), particularly in the Frankfurt, Wetterau, and Odenwald areas. Some of these regions have regular cider competitions and fairs, in which the small, private producers participate. Cider songs are composed and sung at these events.
lol
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Apfelwein is mainly produced and consumed in Hesse (where it is the state beverage), particularly in the Frankfurt, Wetterau, and Odenwald areas. Some of these regions have regular cider competitions and fairs, in which the small, private producers participate. Cider songs are composed and sung at these events.
Sounds lovely, I would love to go to one of those cider fairs! Cider songs are the best! lol
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A bit of a WIP here for my first building. It has to be a pub of course! Initially it will represent The Tors Inn at Belstone where the Witchfinders intend to base themselves. The nearby church of St. Mary's has a cucking stool, which may well come in handy! I have got some paint on the Okehampton Trayned Band troopers, just need to highlight and finish them off now.
(https://i.imgur.com/mMst5Rx.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/MBKVvcA.jpg)
The Tors Inn, Belstone
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Looks like an interesting project. Will you be using the Witchfinder General rules?
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Looks like an interesting project. Will you be using the Witchfinder General rules?
Thanks. Yes, I have already bought a copy of Witchfinder General from Dashing Dice Games.. I've had one quick read-through and I really like the look of it. I'm just trying to paint enough figures to try out the rules, now.
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It's getting better and better! ;)
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It's getting better and better! ;)
Cheers! :)
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I've finished painting the first witch of the Belstone Cleave Coven. Rest assured, pretty much all the other witches (there will obviously be 13 in total) will have pointy hats! However, one Witch, three Ghouls and a Wisht Hound does not a game make, so back to the painting desk.
(https://i.imgur.com/bBvYYPS.jpg)
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Excellent! 8)
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Excellent! 8)
Thank you, it was a nice mini to paint.
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Who makes this particular witch?
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Who makes this particular witch?
It's from the Blue Moon 'Headless Horseman' set:
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Of course! I recognized but couldn't place it.
What about for the other witches forthcoming?
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What about for the other witches forthcoming?
So far I have Heresy, Westwind, Micro Art Studio, Reaper and am awaiting a delivery from Rapier. That will give me 10 witches and I need 3 more (although if Rapier suit my purposes I may get some more of them).
Does anyone know anymore witches with pointy hats? ???
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Some very nice stuff!
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Does anyone know anymore witches with pointy hats? ???
Casting Room Miniatures:
(http://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0976/0688/products/UND011_1024x1024.jpeg?v=1442063358)
(http://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0976/0688/products/UND012_1024x1024.jpeg?v=1442063359)
Horrorclix Coven of Witches - the sculptures are actually very nice, just repaint and add the hats!
(http://940ee6dce6677fa01d25-0f55c9129972ac85d6b1f4e703468e6b.r99.cf2.rackcdn.com/products/pictures/183457.jpg)
Horrorclix Conjure Hag
(http://vignette3.wikia.nocookie.net/horrorclix/images/9/90/Conjurhag.jpeg/revision/latest?cb=20130128234118)
;)
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Many thanks, dinohunterpoa. I'm going to start looking at those now. Some very useful ideas there.
I like the look of the Horrorclix Coven of Witches but can't find one on eBay. Does anyone in the UK have one to sell?
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Mad Lord, I was going to forward you a link on Ebay, but it was sold when I was typing this... ;D
Try a Horrorclix / Heroclix forum there in UK! (that's how I find really good and cheap Clix minis in my country) ;)
I suppose you already have this old one from Reaper:
(https://www.reapermini.com/pages/figure_finder_image.php?sku=03549_w_1.jpg&image=3)
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Thanks, I'll try a forum, hadn't thought of that. Yes, I've got that Reaper one, just painting it now!
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Witch number two completed. I'm still working on their names!
(https://i.imgur.com/mVLoM9V.jpg)
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She's a bit scary (in a good way) :)
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She's a bit scary (in a good way) :)
Cheers! :)
I couldn't quite get the lighting right for the photo, her face looks a bit odd!
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She's a bit scary (in a good way) :)
I think she's a bitCHY WITCHY scary (in a good way) :)
Mad Lord, keep it coming! ;)
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I'll second the Horrorclix witch suggestion:
(http://displacedminiatures.com/resize.php?img=/images/0.img.1285619308P9200373.JPG&h=1000&w=1000)
(http://displacedminiatures.com/resize.php?img=/images/2.img.1285619308P9200376.JPG&h=1000&w=1000)
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I like this project, especially in putting it on Dartmoor.
From an old list I had cobbled together from various sources to use in an ECW setting, here's some female names as suggestions:
Agatha Annot Blandiana Brilliana Charlotty Darina Embeline Evara Everild Finell Grace Hannah Jemima Labine Ledyn Mahalia Mercy Nerine Philochrista Rediviva Rejoice Rose Silvana Tamesine Tamor Ursulie Veronia Wera Willina Zephora
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LeadAsbestos, that witch looks superb, I must get that Horrorclix, still searching.
LCpl McDoom, many thanks for the list of names, I shall definitely be using some of those, cheers.
Mad Lord, keep it coming!
Will do, dinohunterpoa.
Thanks for your encouragement, chaps! :)
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Horrorclix Coven of Witches
(http://ep.yimg.com/ca/I/yhst-23582626927024_2252_158628121)
Mad Lord, found one in a US online store here: http://www.ddgamezone.com/honi0coofwi.html (http://www.ddgamezone.com/honi0coofwi.html)
I think that if you ask them to snap the mini out from its base (it can be done very easily), it can be shipped to UK very cheap as a registered letter! ;)
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Horrorclix Coven of Witches
(http://ep.yimg.com/ca/I/yhst-23582626927024_2252_158628121)
Mad Lord, found one in a US online store here: http://www.ddgamezone.com/honi0coofwi.html (http://www.ddgamezone.com/honi0coofwi.html)
I think that if you ask them to snap the mini out from its base (it can be done very easily), it can be shipped to UK very cheap as a registered letter! ;)
Thanks, will try that, cheers! :)
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Working on some scenery as well, you can't be without a graveyard can you? ;)
(https://i.imgur.com/HAXutxL.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/778yb8g.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/7pXO7AK.jpg)
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Looks great! I can't wait to see this painted. Rave on Mad Lord! lol lol
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Looks great! I can't wait to see this painted. Rave on Mad Lord! lol lol
Raving away now, old bean! lol
(https://i.imgur.com/Ogl40Q2.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/A8FzDWR.jpg)
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That's taking shape rather nicely. What about a lychgate entrance? They always look suitably creepy.
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That's taking shape rather nicely. What about a lychgate entrance? They always look suitably creepy.
I hadn't thought of that. That's a very good idea, thanks! :)
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I hadn't thought of that. That's a very good idea, thanks! :)
I think it would really set it off.
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Looking great so far. ;D
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It's a great project 8)
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Yes, it's getting better and better! :-*
Mad Lord, when the graveyard is finished, you'll need a suitable gravedigger, a couple of body snatchers and maybe an old underground crypt with a gorgeous vampiress in a marble sarcophagus... ;)
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Mad Lord, when the graveyard is finished, you'll ... a gorgeous vampiress in a marble sarcophagus... ;)
If nothing else, then that! :D
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Looking great so far.
It's a great project
Yes, it's getting better and better!
Thanks, everybody.
gorgeous vampiress
dinohunterpoa and Michi, that's a big YES!
suitable gravedigger
Can anybody suggest a 17th century gravedigger mini? ???
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Thanks, everybody.
dinohunterpoa and Michi, that's a big YES!
Can anybody suggest a 17th century gravedigger mini? ???
Front Rank Miniatures have a pack of C18th civilians. One wearing a smock with a shovel and one holding a pick in a stocking cap.
http://www.frontrank.com/product-category/18th-century/18th-century-equipment/
If you want C17th, what about some labourers from an ECW range, Can't think of any off hand but there must be some artillery crew types that could work?
How about these from Redoubt?
http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=83891.0
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Thanks, those Redoubt civilians look fine, I'll get those. A couple of them will do very nicely as grave diggers, the rest can be tinners on the moor.
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Malamute was right on spot as usual with the Redoubt minis; but a couple of suggestions:
Body Snatchers/Gravediggers from Casting Room; more victorian than 17th Century but can be used because their are more easily recognizable as "night workers":
(http://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0976/0688/products/VC017_1024x1024.jpeg?v=1442063178)
This gravedigger from Reaper is "atemporal" and full of character IMHO:
(https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/24/25/6d/24256db3a32dca31f877ae5b5b34d90d.jpg)
:)
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If you want C17th, what about some labourers from an ECW range, Can't think of any off hand but there must be some artillery crew types that could work?
Foundry's "Engineers" set includes men in shirtsleeves with pick and shovel:
http://www.wargamesfoundry.com/our-ranges/english-civil-war/english-civil-war-infantry-and-officers-collection-bcecw004/ (http://www.wargamesfoundry.com/our-ranges/english-civil-war/english-civil-war-infantry-and-officers-collection-bcecw004/)
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Some more very helpful suggestions there, gentlemen, thank you. The engineers look tempting and I love that Reaper gravedigger.
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Still pondering on how to do the lychgate so, in the meantime I have been tiling the roof of the mausoleum/gravedigger's tea room.
(https://i.imgur.com/ZpxDsAC.jpg)
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May not be quite you're looking for in the way of gravediggers, but these made me chuckle: http://www.warmongerminiatures.com/collections/frostgrave/products/und023-skeleton-gravediggers
:)
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I do like the one with the hat! The one coming out of the ground has given me an idea, I've got some plastic skeletons somewhere. If only I could find them!
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Very nice models!
The "skeleton at work" sign is PRICELESS! lol
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The Hound of the Cabells
If you were to visit Holy Trinity Church today at Buckfastleigh you will find only an empty shell. Built in the 13th century the villagers thought they might stop any interference from the Devil by building a very steep set of 196 steps to access the church. In 1849, Satanists broke into the church and lit a fire which caused considerable damage. Then, in 1992, Satanists again broke into the church and lit a fire under the altar gutting the church completely.
(https://i.imgur.com/JKq5cnx.jpg)
Holy Trinity Church, Buckfastleigh
At the time of my coven at Belstone Cleave the Squire of Buckfastleigh was one Richard Cabell, a ‘monstrously evil man’. He was a passionate fox hunter but the good people of Buckfastleigh believed he had sold his soul to the Devil.
One stormy Dartmoor night, Cabell was drinking with his fox hunting friends at his home at Brook Manor. Believing his wife to be cuckolding him Cabell, in a drunken rage, beat her severely. She managed to run out of Brook Manor, followed by her faithful hound, straight out onto the moor, hoping to avoid the enraged Cabell. But it was not to be. Squire Cabell snatched up his sword and gave chase. He caught up with her on the moor and ran her through with his rapier. At this point, the faithful hound leapt upon Squire Cabell and tore out his throat. The ghost of the hound is said to prowl the moor to this day howling for his mistress and appears to each generation of the Cabell family.
(On the 5th of July 1677 he [Richard Cabell] passed away and was laid to rest in ‘the sepulchre’ but that was only the beginning of the story. The night of his internment saw a phantom pack of hounds come baying across the moor to howl at his tomb. From that night onwards he could be found leading the phantom pack across the moor usually on the anniversary of his death. If the pack were not out hunting they could be found ranging around his grave howling and shrieking. In an attempt to lay the soul to rest the villagers built a large building around the tomb and to be doubly sure a huge slab was placed on top of the grave to stop the ghost of the squire escaping. Even after taking these measures people have reported a strange red glow emanating through the iron bars. Other folk have reported seeing a whole host of demonic creatures gathered around the grave trying to get the promised soul for their master. From: Legendary Dartmoor (http://www.legendarydartmoor.co.uk/buckfastleigh_church.htm))
(https://i.imgur.com/M9ttV88.jpg)
Richard Cabell's Tomb, Holy Trinity Church, Buckfastleigh
Local legend has it that if you run around Cabell’s tomb seven times and then put your hand through the bars of the tomb, the Squire’s ghost will bite your fingers! If you are visiting Buckfastleigh, why not give it a try?
If the story of Squire Cabell, his wife and the faithful hound sound familiar, there is a very good reason for it. A Devon journalist and author, Bertram Fletcher Robinson was a very good friend of one Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and took him on a tour of Dartmoor in 1901. According to legend, the coach driver for the tour was named Baskerville. Robinson told Doyle the legend of Richard Cabell inspiring Doyle to shut himself away in the Duchy Hotel in Princetown and write The Hound of the Baskervilles.
However, the point of this rather long ramble is that I thought I could not ignore this gruesome tale of Dartmoor legend without including a hound of my own, the Hound of the Cabells. He doesn’t look as scary as I would like but he’ll have to do.
(https://i.imgur.com/fRhRYRP.jpg)
The Hound of the Cabells
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Great to see folklore inspired gaming like this. I'm enjoying your thread.
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Good use of the local folklore there, that sometimes gets the players inspired to go researching themselves to come up with even more 'back-story'. Nicely done.
Devonshire Lych Gates - some simple ones:
http://www.britaininfocus.org.uk/gallery/churches---cathedrals/lych-gates/00876-peter-tavy-lychgate/
https://www.architecture.com/image-library/ribapix/image-information/poster/rousdon-devon-the-lych-gate-to-the-church-of-st-pancras/posterid/RIBA102724.html
http://www.stmichaelstorrington.org.uk/little-torrington-church.html
And one from a great site:
http://www.devonhistoricchurches.co.uk/index.php?page=upton-hellions
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Been at Buckfastleigh Abbey Church and also crossed that hairy hands bridge - was well worth the visit.
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Great to see folklore inspired gaming like this. I'm enjoying your thread.
I very much agree. :)
I always pass by Buckfastleigh on my way to the South Hams every year and have never visited that church, I shall have to make a detour in 2017 ;)
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Great to see folklore inspired gaming like this. I'm enjoying your thread.
+1 :-*
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Enjoying this thread :) thank you.
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Thanks for the kind and encouraging words, everybody.
LCpl McDoom, thanks for the links. I know the Peter Tavy church and the Torrington one but the other two were new to me. Progress is being made on the lych gate for my graveyard but a vital component which I left drying overnight fell apart in my hands this morning! :'(
Michi, interested to hear you have been on the Hairy Hands route. The odd thing about that is that it appears to have started as a legend as late as the early 1900's. Reports were mainly made of the hairy hands taking control of the steering of cars and motorcycles with a view to crashing the vehicle but it has happened to bicycles and the odd horse and cart. Several fatalities have occurred there. I wonder whether being in the vicinity of the old Powder Mills has anything to do with it?
Malamute, well worth a visit next year. Let me know what happened if you try the running around the tomb seven times! Although not normally open to the public, there are a series of caves below the church stretching for about 3,500 metres. Directly below Cabell's tomb a stalactite and a stalagmite have joined to create a rather scary 'Little Man', as it is known. :o
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Malamute, well worth a visit next year. Let me know what happened if you try the running around the tomb seven times!
Don´t forget to circle the ruined church anti-clockwise. Folklore has that the devil will be waiting for you at the backdoor... :D
BTW: Did you know that the citizen of Buckfastleigh refused to have the iron fence of Cabells grave being removed and collected for wartime recycling of iron and steel? >:D
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Did you know that the citizen of Buckfastleigh refused to have the iron fence of Cabells grave being removed and collected for wartime recycling of iron and steel?
I didn't know that, that's very interesting. It seems a very sensible precaution though, otherwise Squire Cabell may have been roaming the moor for the last 75 years!! :o
I take it on your visit to Buckfast Abbey, you purchased a bottle of the ubiquitous tonic wine?
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I didn't know that, that's very interesting. It seems a very sensible precaution though, otherwise Squire Cabell may have been roaming the moor for the last 75 years!! :o
I take it on your visit to Buckfast Abbey, you purchased a bottle of the ubiquitous tonic wine?
Also available in all good Scottish Cornershops...
... the taste is revolting and it's only frequently drunk by certain disreputable groups (and that includes the 'ironical drinking' by Arts students. Sadly this is not a joke)
But all chat of Buckie aside, I love this thread. Such an amazing execution.
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Malamute, well worth a visit next year. Let me know what happened if you try the running around the tomb seven times! Although not normally open to the public, there are a series of caves below the church stretching for about 3,500 metres. Directly below Cabell's tomb a stalactite and a stalagmite have joined to create a rather scary 'Little Man', as it is known. :o
I think I might give running aorund the tomb a miss ;)
But will definitely visit as its en route for us and not a detour. :)
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I think I might give running around the tomb a miss
Probably very wise! :)
This may be useful for your visit:
Cabell Mausoleum
The shelter has a pyramidal slate roof and three windowless walls, while the fourth side is closed by an iron
railing providing a view of the tomb within.
Architect(s)
Not known
Listing
Grade II* (England and Wales)
Year Created
1656
History
The names inscribed on the chest tomb are Richard and Susanna Cabell (d.1612 and 1597) and Richard, their
son (d.1655). Local folklore has it that this is the tomb of the wicked Richard Cabell of Brook Manor in
Buckfastleigh who died in 1677 “with such an evil reputation that he was placed under a heavy stone and a sort
of pent-house was built over it with iron gratings to prevent him coming up and haunting the neighbourhood.
When he died…fiends and black dogs breathing fire raced over Dartmoor and surrounded Brooke, howling”. The
story is supposed to have inspired Sir Arthur Conan Doyle to write The Hound of the Baskervilles. The tomb is
known locally as ‘The Sepulchre’, and it is said that Cabell will gnaw the fingers of anyone who dares to place
them in the keyhole.
Sir Howard Colvin has identified this as one of the first two freestanding mausolea in England, the other being
the Ailesbury Mausoleum in Bedfordshire.
Condition
The condition of the building is good (though one or two slates are slipping) but that of the tomb itself is poor; the
render is crumbling, the slab is broken and there is lots of debris lying inside the shelter (2002).
Sources
H Colvin,Architecture and the After-Life (1991), 313;
Djabri, S:The Story of the Sepulchre (1960);
S. Baring-Gould,Devonshire (1907);
A Brown,The Cabells and their Kin (1939).
Location
Churchyard of Holy Trinity,
Buckfastleigh,
Devon.
www.mmtrust.org.uk | Copyright © 2016 The Mausloea & Monuments Trust. All rights reserved.
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Excellent, thanks, we will definitely give it a visit and the ruined church. :)
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I've been away for a bit so not much progress. However, further back in this thread, Elk101 suggested having a lych gate for my graveyard. A great idea and I started scratch building but didn't like how it looked. So I bought a kit from Petite Properties (https://www.petitepropertiesltd.com/1/48th-the-old-lych-gate-kit.html) and then made the walls out of foam instead of using the supplied MDF.
(https://i.imgur.com/BhGdpDm.jpg)
It's left a gap in the walls where I removed the original posts but I can soon solve that. As soon as the glue dries I can tile the lych gate roof (it does actually have some gates, I just haven't fitted them yet).
(https://i.imgur.com/nphphyJ.jpg)
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Just found this brilliant thread - a classic piece of Snapcasery. Very interesting and entertaining and I can't wait for more.
Dashed good show, Old Weevil.....
Doug
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Now that really looks the part; love it!
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That looks great. :)
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Lych...Germanic for CORPSE. Leiche...German for Corpse. Similarities all over - cool! :D
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Doug, Elk101, Malamute and Michi, many thank for your kind comments.
Michi, those similarities with the German words are interesting. I believe in Old English that Lich and Lych were words for a corpse (I assume that they are Saxon words?).
About 8 years ago I walked the 'Way of the Dead' or the 'Lych Path' from Lydford to Widecombe-in-the-Moor at night (about 18 miles). As the scattered tenements across the moor were part of the Parish of Lydford, the dead were required to be buried at the church in Lydford. Forest and Stannary Courts were also held at Lydford. Dartmoor dwellers were forced to carry the deceased from their homes for up to 12 miles across the moor along the path which became known as the 'Way of the Dead'.
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History lesson, folklore lesson, modeling lesson - what more could we want, well done.
The stone work on the gate has come out well. Is the path a vinyl tile - looks good if so :)
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Is the path a vinyl tile - looks good if so
Thanks, it is a vinyl tile. I've put a black wash on it but it still looks a bit shiny. It might look better once I add the grass etc.
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Michi, those similarities with the German words are interesting. I believe in Old English that Lich and Lych were words for a corpse (I assume that they are Saxon words?).
Yes, most possible brought to your isle by the Saxons, I guess. Funnily I just read an ad that claims the five best reasons for native English speakers to learn German for their first foreign language. Number one reason is that 25% of the vocabulary share the same roots. I can´t prove it, but that´s what they claimed in that advertisement.
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Number one reason is that 25% of the vocabulary share the same roots.
Sounds very likely, the English language seems to have it's roots in so many languages, but Old English is definitely Germanic. I believe it has influences from Denmark and the Netherlands as well as Germany.
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About 8 years ago I walked the 'Way of the Dead' or the 'Lych Path' from Lydford to Widecombe-in-the-Moor at night (about 18 miles).
Soft southerners ;)
Try the Lyke Wake Walk https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyke_Wake_Walk (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyke_Wake_Walk) and there's a song to be sung as well as you go: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyke-Wake_Dirge (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyke-Wake_Dirge) (other corpse roads are available throughout North Yorkshire!)
Sounds very likely, the English language seems to have it's roots in so many languages, but Old English is definitely Germanic. I believe it has influences from Denmark and the Netherlands as well as Germany.
More seriously there is obviously a common language link between lych and lyke, up here the descent is obviously from the Scandinavian being well inside the Danelaw.
I'm always interested in the odds and sods that come up on here, I didn't know that there were corpse roads that far south.
Tim
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More seriously there is obviously a common language link between lych and lyke, up here the descent is obviously from the Scandinavian being well inside the Danelaw.
I'm minded of watching Wallander (the proper Swedish version) a while ago and being amazed and amused in equal measure at hearing some of the Swedish language dialogue being delivered in thick Cumbrian accents.
There is no difference in the way Krister Henrikson and I pronounce "Can we come in?" lol
Anyway, back on topic, this is a great thread and one that has me thinking about yet another project. Definitely inspiring. 8)
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I'm always interested in the odds and sods that come up on here, I didn't know that there were corpse roads that far south.
Tim
Aye lad they die down there as well, tha knows :)
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The Lyke Wake Walk sounds interesting, I might try that next time I'm visiting the Grim North! ;)
A bit of progress with the graveyard and Cabell's Mausoleum. I'm on to the more fun parts now, planning the graves etc.
(https://i.imgur.com/QfJKbvJ.jpg)
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Great stonework! ;)
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Great stonework! ;)
Thanks, I've decided I don't like the vinyl tile for the path now, awaiting delivery of some cobblestone sheets to see if that looks better.
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Looking really nice. That lych gate well and truly kicks the backside of the one that I knocked up a few months ago - really impressive.
Inspiring work - keep it going, sir...!
Doug
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That's coming along very nicely 8)
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Inspiring work - keep it going, sir...!
That's coming along very nicely
Thanks, Doug and Silent Invader for your kind comments. I'm just painting a couple of statues and some gravestones now.
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I think you're right about going for a textured path, it will have more visual impact. It's going to be great!
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I think you're right about going for a textured path, it will have more visual impact. It's going to be great!
You're right about the visual impact. I've already ripped off the vinyl tiles. My order arrived today and I have a choice of York Stone Paving, Granite Setts or Cobblestones. I'm going for the York Stone Paving as it looks rather nice. More soon.
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York stone paving now added, looks much better.
(https://i.imgur.com/bffVWbF.jpg)
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Looking rather splendid not, its coming together very nicely ;D
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Many thanks.
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Credit where its due, I'm enjoying seeing it come together. ;D
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Yes, that does look good. It's really coming together.
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Just catching up with this thread!
I've got a small batch of Warlord ECW/TYW figures banging around, not enough for a full-sized force for FOG:R or whatever but certainly enough for some pike-and-shotte-era skirmishing. I've been considering some sort of magical/low fantasy element as well and this entire thread is an inspiration.
Might have to pick up those Witchmaster General rules soon and see what can be done with them...
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Might have to pick up those Witchmaster General rules soon and see what can be done with them...
Even if you don't actually use the Witchfinder General rules, they are a GREAT source of inspiration and resources! ;)
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Just jumped on board, wonderful thread. 8)
Would love to do something similar, local folklore combined with good nice terrain and gaming.
Will follow keenly your progress.
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Thanks, everybody.
Will follow keenly your progress.
Not much progress recently due to Christmas festivities and guests but I'm about to get back into it again now.
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Still enjoying your work. I saw your earlier reference to a "cucking stool." I was wondering if you had given any consideration to including the one that is made by Redoubt? It looks just like the sketch you provided. If you haven't seen it, it is found in their ECW line under Extras (I think a subgroup called Specials). I'll keep checking in. Richard
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I was wondering if you had given any consideration to including the one that is made by Redoubt?
Thanks for your kind remarks, Richard. I'm a big fan of your work. I do indeed want the Redoubt one, I had seen it but completely forgotten about it, thanks for reminding me. I think as soon as I finish the graveyard the 'cucking stool' should be next.
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An update to the above, I revisited Redoubt's website and couldn't resist buying the Ducking Stool set. Cucking or ducking stools seem to have been used more for punishing 'scolds' (nagging wives) rather than discovering witches but I think the Belstone stool (which definitely existed) will be used in my games for all sorts of Hammer House of Horror type activities! ;)
‘Then was the Scold herself,
In a wheelbarrow brought,
Stripped naked to the smock,
As in that case she ought:
Neats tongues about her neck
Were hung in open show;
And thus unto the cucking stool
This famous scold did go.’
Legendary Dartmoor
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And those two ducks next to the ducking thing are PRICELESS! lol
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Lord Snapcase, after writing you about the Ducking Stool set, I realized that I had been intending to place an order with Redoubt for a variety of odds and end for quite awhile so last night I placed that order and yes, I included the Ducking Stool set. Not sure exactly how I will make use of it, but I will, and it is such a neat piece that I simply couldn't resist it.
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Lord Snapcase, after writing you about the Ducking Stool set, I realized that I had been intending to place an order with Redoubt for a variety of odds and end for quite awhile so last night I placed that order and yes, I included the Ducking Stool set. Not sure exactly how I will make use of it, but I will, and it is such a neat piece that I simply couldn't resist it.
There are some great sets in the ECW specials from Redoubt. With my ducking stool order I also ordered the Court of Enquiry set which I assume is inspired by the William Yeames painting When Did You Last See Your Father? I think I will substitute the prisoner for a witch being interrogated by the Witchfinders.
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GREAT! :-*
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Now, why haven't I stumbled on this thread before?
Very nice project, I dig those WIP photos! ;)
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Now, why haven't I stumbled on this thread before?
Very nice project, I dig those WIP photos! ;)
dig lol
Thanks Argonor for your kind comments, currently away visiting my in-laws in the Dane Law but returning to Free Wessex next week and hopefully resuming some work on this project.
Strangely enough, inspired by your posts (and Vagabond's AAR, The Saga of Argonor's Bees (http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=97032.0) ), I am considering making some home-made mead, probably not in your league but I'm going to give it a go. Maybe I'll incorporate some bee-keepers into this project. ;)
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I am considering making some home-made mead, probably not in your league but I'm going to give it a go. Maybe I'll incorporate some bee-keepers into this project. ;)
The recipe I am using actually is on my blog, if you want to have a look:
http://argonor-wargames.blogspot.dk/p/my-mead-recipe.html
It is VERY easy to make mead - I most frequently use common baking yeast, but I have also tried port yeast, which gives a different, and also very nice result. :)
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The recipe I am using actually is on my blog, if you want to have a look:
http://argonor-wargames.blogspot.dk/p/my-mead-recipe.html
Thanks for that, will read with interest.
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i hadn't seen this one before either. I was wondering why you hadn't been so busy in the Old West; But you have been very busy. Great choice of miniatures, The scenery you are building is top notch so this looks like another thread to keep up with. I have a copy of Witchfinder General but it didn't grab me. Good thing too! I want the stuff you are painting but can't afford another project :) .
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i hadn't seen this one before either. I was wondering why you hadn't been so busy in the Old West; But you have been very busy. Great choice of miniatures, The scenery you are building is top notch so this looks like another thread to keep up with. I have a copy of Witchfinder General but it didn't grab me. Good thing too! I want the stuff you are painting but can't afford another project :) .
Many thanks for your kind comments, currently away but looking forward to getting back home and getting on with this.
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The recipe I am using actually is on my blog, if you want to have a look:
http://argonor-wargames.blogspot.dk/p/my-mead-recipe.html
It is VERY easy to make mead - I most frequently use common baking yeast, but I have also tried port yeast, which gives a different, and also very nice result. :)
(http://www.tradecardsonline.com/img/cards/mythos/775/big/19.jpg)
:o
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Well, it's been a while, only 1 week short of a year since I posted in this thread. I notice that I am going to have to go back and replace the photos here after the Photofucket debacle. In the meantime, I have put together the rather nice Sarissa water mill which will be used as part of my Belstone scenery. I don't know any Dartmoor legends for a water mill although there is a very famous water mill, 'The Grist Mill' or Holy Street Mill at Chagford. The nice thing about this mill is that it can be used in many different games and it is also intended to double-up as the Much-Piddling Water Mill in this year's project, The Much-Piddling Home Guard which will appear at some point on the WWII board. However, here it is ready for some Witchfinder General type action.
(https://i.imgur.com/ReDzINH.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/ctPqlNf.jpg)
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That turned out beautifully. Every village or town should have a water mill, they're so handy for "witch dipping".
I really like the witch riding the broomstick, could you tell me who makes her? Thank you.
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Very nice indeed, does this mean witch finder general is moving ahead, hope so.
Are the ninja turtles in the background going to take part, hope so.
Do you have a river or stream to power your mill or is that next on the list?
Good to see you back posting.
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Thanks, wolfkarl.
I really like the witch riding the broomstick, could you tell me who makes her?
I can't remember at present but I'll post if it comes back to me. Maybe Westwind?
does this mean witch finder general is moving ahead, hope so.
Vagabond, sorry to disappoint but Dad's Army is coming first this year, but I do feel the love returning for Dartmoor Horror!
Are the ninja turtles in the background going to take part, hope so.
The turtles are there to remind me to paint them, but they will be making surprise appearances in various games.
Do you have a river or stream to power your mill or is that next on the list?
The current plan is to use mats although purpose-built would look better, we'll see! ;)
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..............and there we go, all photos now restored to this thread after the Photofucket debacle, thanks to Imgur. Concentrating now on my games for DevLAM '18 but I feel this could be a prime contender for DevLAM '19!!!!!!!! :)
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That turned out beautifully. Every village or town should have a water mill, they're so handy for "witch dipping".
+1 !!! :D
I really like the witch riding the broomstick, could you tell me who makes her? Thank you.
West Wind's GHW0007 - Storybook witches and old hags - please note the little child in the cauldron! ;) Amazing figures full of character IMHO, and with the blister you can have 2 witches Characters in both on foot and flying models - throwing explosive pumpkins in the poor fellows below, of course! ;D
(https://www.oldglory25s.com/images/witch_1.jpg)
(http://kulturkommissariatet.se/catalog/images/GHW0007.jpg)
Are the ninja turtles in the background going to take part, hope so.
:o :o :o :o :o
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Thanks for taking the time to fix all the photos in this thread, it's much appreciated!
Also glad to hear you'll be wandering back into this project sometime, looking forward to seeing what you come up with next.