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Offline UbiqueMatt

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Re: Castle Hourdings
« Reply #15 on: 08 November 2012, 04:57:14 PM »
Sorry for the delay in posting another image as I has previously prmoised.

I'm making slow progress with the tower but I have finally completed the hourdings.

 

Matt

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Re: Castle Hourdings
« Reply #16 on: 08 November 2012, 11:19:53 PM »
Looks great!

Offline Captain Blood

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Re: Castle Hourdings
« Reply #17 on: 09 November 2012, 07:40:18 AM »
Really like that. Looking forward to seeing the finished castle  :)

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Re: Castle Hourdings
« Reply #18 on: 09 November 2012, 10:04:26 AM »
Very nice  8)

cheers

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Offline painterman

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Re: Castle Hourdings
« Reply #19 on: 09 November 2012, 10:21:01 AM »
They look spot-on; great construction and the decoration works really well.
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Re: Castle Hourdings
« Reply #20 on: 09 November 2012, 02:43:37 PM »
Very smart! I like the look of the hoardings. Well done

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Re: Castle Hourdings
« Reply #21 on: 09 November 2012, 04:48:36 PM »
Excellent work. Though for those who are lazy (like me) and have Hudson & Allen castle pieces (not like me), http://www.wargamescenics.com/ now offers laser cut hourdings.

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Re: Castle Hourdings
« Reply #22 on: 10 November 2012, 11:35:55 AM »
Wow. It looks really good!
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Re: Castle Hourdings
« Reply #23 on: 10 November 2012, 01:58:20 PM »
That´s a lovely bit of scratch building!!!  :-*
I knew the truck didn´t want to hit me...it had dodge written on the front

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Offline UbiqueMatt

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Re: Castle Hourdings
« Reply #24 on: 12 November 2012, 04:52:38 PM »
Thanks for all your comments and positive feedback.

I'm still (yep - STILL!) trying to work out the stairway and entrance problems but hope to finish this off soon.

@Dawnbringer - I wish I'd have seen that before I started this model, it would have saved me a whole lot of grief!  lol

Regards,
Matt

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Re: Castle Hourdings
« Reply #25 on: 21 November 2012, 09:03:22 AM »
I agree with previous postings that the Medieval world was generally more colourful than most people realise. I am sure most castellans would not have missed the propaganda/morale value of painting hoardings with their heraldry (many pieces of which would be prefabricated and stored for ease and speed of assembly in time of conflict). These would almost certainly be concentrated around the main entrance etc.
Painting was also an effective method of resisting rot and adding a measure of fire resistance.

It should also be mentioned however that this bravado probably had a price. Attacking archers would have used any visible fixed point to aim at. A conventional cruciform arrowslit enhanced the field of vision through the horizontal openings allowing defenders to view the target before it entered range. At White Castle, Wales, the slits are off-set (called displaced traverse slots). This has been hailed as a design advance since it still gave the defender the extra vision, but did not provide the attacker with an 'X-marks-the-spot' point to aim at.

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