Not-So Merry England: progress UD 20/11/24

[Silent Invader]

Thanks chaps 

I thought it’d make for a more interesting terrain challenge to have the two parallel strips of rough ground with the fallow field in the centre. Btw I’m making a second identical tile so I can butt them together for longer strips. 

[Silent Invader]

Have assembled the beacon, which uses a 3D printed brazier from OSHIROmodelterrain.

The ladder is from the GW Laketown House sets (two joined together).

[has.been]

A beacon! Now that is a bright idea.

I'll get my coat.

[Silent Invader]

More completed terrain items. Some of the image colours are a bit off as the cloud and sun combo couldn’t make its mind up.

I now have 3 woodland (or trees in parkland) tiles (each with 3 trees) plus two scrub tiles:







The four part hill is done though it’s a bit difficult to perfectly align the pieces without a level table to place it on. It can be used as a single hill, four corner pieces, as two short spurs, or as two long ridges.



















And finally the first of the animals, some sheep (these are the plastics by Pegasus Hobbies):

[OSHIROmodels]

Lovely greenery 

[Elk101]

They'll work very nicely with the rest of your set up.

[Dr DeAth]

Some excellent additions there Steve.

[Silent Invader]

Thank you kindly gentlemen 

The next set of additions should be a bit more interesting   

[Ragnar]

Nice!

Is that scrub made from scouring pads?

[Silent Invader]

Thanks

Is that scrub made from scouring pads?

It’s rubberised horse hair with various Faller leaves PVAed on top

[Silent Invader]

More completed terrain

The sconce, dug into a hillock:









And with barricaded entrance:







The three field system (growing, fallow, ploughed), a total of 30cm x 45cm:



There’s almost 1,000 tiny tufts (500 each tile) planted in the growing field strip:



Btw, the fallow field will not be rough terrain (the ‘soil’ has been pushed back into the furrows to somewhat level its surface):





The old orchard:



The beacon:



A small enclosure of some of that new-fangled corn (remember, this is North Essex in mid 17thc); 25mm-based minis will fit between the rows:







And finally, what I regard as A BIG FAIL  This was going to be the communal privy but whenever I look at it I think ‘Allotment Shed’. I’ll either remake it, burn it, smash it or sell it (feel free to make suggestions  ).



The matter of the aforementioned ‘shed’ aside, the final terrain tasks include  upgrading about 2.5/3.0m of hedging (Essex had retained field boundaries from Roman times) and upgrading the terrain mat.

[Dr. Zombie]

Looks excellent. Were fields in England that regular laid out?

Old fields in Denmark are all kinds of weird shapes and sizes, because everyone in the village was supposed to have a bit of both the good and the bad soil. So that the fields around a village ended up looking like a patchwork of individual tiny strips of fields like this.

[OSHIROmodels]

Cracking work 

Don't burn the outhouse, just keep it for something else.

[Silent Invader]

Were fields in England that regular laid out?

Old fields in Denmark are all kinds of weird shapes and sizes, because everyone in the village was supposed to have a bit of both the good and the bad soil. So that the fields around a village ended up looking like a patchwork of individual tiny strips of fields like this.

Edited

As a generalisation, I believe much the same applied in Medieval England. However by the 17thC much of the land was leased to tenant farmers who merged plots, possibly resulting in increasing regularity. This map shows the field plan of  a 17thC Essex village. Also the fields are just a token representation for Wargaming purposes as if modelled accurately I’d need a massive table. 

[Silent Invader]

Don't burn the outhouse, just keep it for something else.

But burn baby burn