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

[Romark]

Lovely additions Steve,your gaming table will look ace once the great confinement ends 
Ps. As James said,keep the communal privvy 

[gamer Mac]

If your are going to burn down the privy , make sure you are up wind
Love the 3 field system

[Dr. Zombie]

Also the fields are just a token representation for Wargaming purposes as if modelled accurately I’d need a massive table. 

Naturally I understand that. And I certainly did not mean to take anything away from them as they look great. It was just that you peaked my curiosity as I wrote my masters degree in history about that. So I quess it sort of opened up an old warwound...

In Denmark some fields were so narrow that a farmer barely had room to turn his plough. Court records from that time is full of disputes between neighbours who had trampled the neighbours field when ploughing their own. There was a very rigid system in place to let farmers do both the ploughing and the harvest together to avoid such things but there is always one in every village...

[Silent Invader]

No offence taken or intended 

Naturally I understand that. And I certainly did not mean to take anything away from them as they look great. It was just that you peaked my curiosity as I wrote my masters degree in history about that. So I quess it sort of opened up an old warwound...

In Denmark some fields were so narrow that a farmer barely had room to turn his plough. Court records from that time is full of disputes between neighbours who had trampled the neighbours field when ploughing their own. There was a very rigid system in place to let farmers do both the ploughing and the harvest together to avoid such things but there is always one in every village...

It’s an interesting subject for England too, as the agricultural history of Essex is slightly different to most of the rest of farmed England, as the practice of enclosures carried over from Roman times (Essex having a hefty Roman presence/influence). It’s caused me quite a struggle with what to do for field boundaries, and I’ve only recently found a reference which justifies extensive hedgerows that predate the great enclosures of the 18thC.

Edit: I might have to change the title to Not-So Merrye Essexe 

[Silent Invader]

Lovely additions Steve,your gaming table will look ace once the great confinement ends 
Ps. As James said,keep the communal privvy 

If your are going to burn down the privy , make sure you are up wind
Love the 3 field system

Thanks chaps. I’ve decided I’m going to halve the privy, so it looks more like what most of us would expect a privy to look like 

[Silent Invader]

The making of the mat can be found on this thread....

https://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=109565.0

....which I’ve decided to modify to match my Olde England terrain.

I’ve added a central road. It’s shaped so that the village tile with its offset high street will sit anywhere along its length. The road needs to sit at the same height as the flocking, as all terrain items will be placed on top.

After drawing on the road, I scraped away the extraneous flock with a blade. Beach sand was then glued in place using exterior PVA, which was lightly scored with a knife for some furrows and ridges. The road has been base coated and after it is fully painted the rest of the mat will be flocked.

[Elk101]

That looks excellent, fantastic work.

[Silent Invader]

Cheers Steve

I’ve worked on the mat. I still have a bit more to do including a quick burst of matt sealer and probably some trim to the sides (perhaps modified conduit or curtain weights) to defeat the edge curl.

[PeteW]

Having just discovered this thread and read it from start to finish, all I can do is echo the other sentiments here - this is an absolute master class in the creation of wargaming goodness.

Amazing work

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[OSHIROmodels]

Looks grand 

[DintheDin]

First rate job! 

[Hu Rhu]

First class. 

[Paul Richardson]

I think this looks absolutely tremendous.

[Silent Invader]

Thanks all. 

I’ve now moved on to nearly 3 metres of hedging and halving the size of the privy!

[Mr.J]

I’ve heard, though never done this, that adding duck tape to the reverse edges flattens out any curls etc.