Medieval building site

[Snafu]

Building  a castle using the same techniques and materials used in the Middle Ages?

Unbelievable. But the folks over at Guedelon project in France do it since many years.

http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gu%C3%A9delon

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Gu%C3%A9delon_in_2014?uselang=de

 I love this project and  tried to make a little diorama of a medieval building site. I tried do build something in a kind of modular way, so certain parts of the diroma can be replaced.

Scale ist about 1:72. Figures are from Toma and  Heckler&Goros. Two guys are children in 28mmm from a set i used in a diorama on vikings some time ago.

http://ganzklein.blogspot.de/2012/08/viking-civilians.html

Please find some more pics on my blog =>http://ganzklein.blogspot.de/2014/07/medieval-building-site.html

Hope you like it!

[Dr DeAth]

Very nice, I'm going to steal a few ideas from your build for sure 

[Black Burt]

Nice model, captures the feel of a medieval building site very well.
I have been following the Guedelon project for a couple of years on the internet, maybe one day I will see it for real.

[Captain Blood]

It's like the set from Pillars of the Earth 

That's a nice little scene. Well done 

[Silent Invader]

Pillars of the Earth was my first thought as well.

Well done!

[Paul]

I like it.
What are you using to make the walls on the Fachwerkhaus?

I hope H&S doesn´t visit...The crane Needs a braking system 

[Snafu]

I like it.
What are you using to make the walls on the Fachwerkhaus?

I hope H&S doesn´t visit...The crane Needs a braking system 

Hi, according to Wikipedia :"It is noteworthy that medieval cranes rarely featured ratchets or brakes to forestall the load from running backward. This curious absence is explained by the high friction force exercised by medieval tread-wheels which normally prevented the wheel from accelerating beyond control."

Fortunately one of my construction workers took the time to show us the process of making a timberframed wall.

1. Use a piece of foamboard. This is 3-5mm styrene foam covered with paper on both sides.
2. Peel off some of the top layer of the paper
3. This gives a nice rough structure
4. Use a normal ballpen to draw the outlines of your timber framework. Apply enough pressure to emboss the lines.
5. Use the ballpen to fill the outlines with color
6. Kind of drybrush the planes inbetween. Don't apply to much color here.