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Author Topic: Not-So Merry England: UD 6/2 Hedge Gates  (Read 84097 times)

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Re: 17thC England: UD 11/2 part deux: the plan for the hamlet
« Reply #30 on: February 12, 2020, 12:53:07 PM »
Looks great, following with interest...

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Re: 17thC England: UD 11/2 part deux: the plan for the hamlet
« Reply #31 on: February 12, 2020, 01:28:30 PM »
Looks great.

If you wanted it a bit more historical it is worth remembering that the plots would generally be deeper than they are wide with ranges out the back (eg for kitchens/stables/stores, etc).  So rather than the square foot print they would be an oblong with the short face on the road.  This pattern remains in many old towns.

This may also help with playability as the ranges would often have a courtyard and rear entrance out onto the fields.  Thus many more routes and types of terrain for characters to traverse.

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Re: 17thC England: UD 11/2 part deux: the plan for the hamlet
« Reply #32 on: February 12, 2020, 01:40:06 PM »
Thanks for the input  :)

TBH I’ve kept it narrow as I don’t want it to dominate the whole table too much. I generally play on a 3 foot wide table and so with this about a foot wide at the mo, I’ve got room either side for woods and perhaps a ridge line, plus open ground in which cavalry can manoeuvre.
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Re: 17thC England: UD 12/2: chimney & sole plates added to test house
« Reply #33 on: February 12, 2020, 10:28:22 PM »
So after discussion elsewhere I’ve added a chimney, incorporating it as if it were a later addition to the property. I’ve used Wills plasticard - English Bond - which at 1/76 makes the individual bricks quite small, which is fine because they’ve been handmade by an itinerant brickmaker.

The sole plates are glued to the 1mm sheet styrene base I used to assemble the house on. The soles are cut from the kit sprue .

I still have some tidying up to do, including scoring of wood grain in a few places.




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Re: 17thC England: UD 12/2: chimney & sole plates added to test house
« Reply #34 on: February 12, 2020, 11:09:02 PM »
Looks good  :)
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Re: 17thC England: UD 12/2: chimney & sole plates added to test house
« Reply #35 on: February 12, 2020, 11:58:17 PM »
Excellent  :-*
I’m doing a similar village,though I cheated and bought a stack of Ziterdes buildings(plus a wooden block house,that I bought from a talented chap years ago,it is after all for fantasy),kudos to you :)
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Re: 17thC England: UD 12/2: chimney & sole plates added to test house
« Reply #36 on: February 13, 2020, 01:54:09 AM »
Very nice - another nice looking board in the making SI.
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Re: 17thC England: UD 12/2: chimney & sole plates added to test house
« Reply #37 on: February 13, 2020, 08:18:54 AM »
Thanks chaps. Now I need to buy some more .....  ;D

I’m doing a similar village,though I cheated and bought a stack of Ziterdes buildings(plus a wooden block house,that I bought from a talented chap years ago,it is after all for fantasy),kudos to you :)

 :D

I’m glad the blockhouse will have a great home. Your lake and the BSC entry are all so evocative - really looking forward to that whole terrain set coming together  8)

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Re: 17thC England: UD 12/2: chimney & sole plates added to test house
« Reply #38 on: February 13, 2020, 08:33:42 AM »
That is looking rather good ;D
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Re: 17thC England: UD 11/2 part deux: the plan for the hamlet
« Reply #39 on: February 14, 2020, 09:49:19 AM »
Thanks for the input  :)

TBH I’ve kept it narrow as I don’t want it to dominate the whole table too much. I generally play on a 3 foot wide table and so with this about a foot wide at the mo, I’ve got room either side for woods and perhaps a ridge line, plus open ground in which cavalry can manoeuvre.

Makes sense.

Re the chimney if you're worried about the brick size I've used the 7 mm (O gauge) slaters sheet in the past and the scale looks fine with 28 mm

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Re: 17thC England: UD 11/2 part deux: the plan for the hamlet
« Reply #40 on: February 14, 2020, 10:27:55 AM »
Thanks folks  8)

Re the chimney if you're worried about the brick size I've used the 7 mm (O gauge) slaters sheet in the past and the scale looks fine with 28 mm

Thanks for the Slaters prompt. Brick sizes were all over the place so it’d be good to have some chimneys with larger bricks. The flint / stone walling sheet also looks like it’d make a good substitute for the cobbled section of the street.  8)

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Re: 17thC England: UD 17/2: Baseboard for hamlet (wip)
« Reply #41 on: February 17, 2020, 07:37:20 PM »
A little bit of progress, with some changes to the baseboard for the hamlet, for bigger gardens and a more interesting overall shape. This will represent a clutch of houses beside a source of good water; the spring-fed pond and well.






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Re: 17thC England: UD 17/2: Baseboard for hamlet (wip)
« Reply #42 on: February 18, 2020, 12:31:47 AM »
I like where this is heading... :)

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Re: 17thC England: UD 20/2: Hamlet road/track textures done
« Reply #43 on: February 20, 2020, 08:36:22 PM »
Not much time of late but I’ve managed to put down the road and track textures plus have added a small set of steps:


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Re: 17thC England: UD 20/2: Hamlet road/track textures done
« Reply #44 on: February 20, 2020, 09:01:41 PM »
That baseboard is a very good idea :)

 

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