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

[TheDilfy]

IMHO This whole project should be saved as a "sticky" on how to build a 17th Century layout with village and artillery encampment. Amazing and inspiring work.

[Silent Invader]

Thanks very much, all the comments are appreciated 

A friend of mine, who does lots of research on 17th century, especially
the weird & wonderful, told me once that Rape seed (that vivid yellow
stuff in lots of UK fields) was grown in Tudor England.

You prompted me to google it, which revealed:

The rapeseed crop has been grown in Britain for a number of centuries, in fact, it was first introduced to the UK by the Romans. Rapeseed is a brassica and is related to such plants as the cabbage, mustard and turnip

I had no idea it was a brassica.

[Blackwolf]

Such an excellent thread,gorgeous!

[Silent Invader]

Thank you Guy 

A little progress now that I’ve been able to acquire UHU. It’s not much progress but it does give an idea as to how a hamlet could come together for anything from 13th to 17th c gaming.

[Codsticker]

That's a great layout! I don't recall seeing those buildings before; I'd like more info about your thatch please.

[Silent Invader]

That's a great layout! I don't recall seeing those buildings before; I'd like more info about your thatch please.

Thanks. The buildings were made some years back (2012) originally for WotR games with Captain Blood and then in 2018 they were absorbed into my 13thC Barons War Project. The latest redeployment is continuation of my progression from loose buildings to buildings with gardens to clusters of buildings. 

They are mostly made from conversions of the Perry thatched cottage though I didn’t  use the plastic roofs. 

Basically, the thatch is made from a lurid pink hand towel that one of my border collies (now sadly passed) used to play tug with. The abuse it received kind of loosened up the fibres and introduced irregularities. After being washed (!) it was cut up and patched onto an art board shell, being stuck in place with UHU. After that I used a lightly diluted external grade PVA-type glue to tamp down and direct the flow of the thatch. On drying, it became rock solid. After that, just painting.

[OSHIROmodels]

Nice arrangement 

[Silent Invader]

Nice arrangement 

Ta. It works well for game play and as 17thC infill though (and momentarily digressing from the threads 17thC theme) it’s not quite ‘right’ for 13thC as it lacks the strips of rear garden. For 17thC use at least, I can hypothesise that being poorer residences, they now house paid farm workers with the gardens now absorbed into the landowners’ fields.   Lol

[Codsticker]

Basically, the thatch is made from a lurid pink hand towel that one of my border collies (now sadly passed) used to play tug with. The abuse it received kind of loosened up the fibres and introduced irregularities. After being washed (!) it was cut up and patched onto an art board shell, being stuck in place with UHU. After that I used a lightly diluted external grade PVA-type glue to tamp down and direct the flow of the thatch. On drying, it became rock solid. After that, just painting.

Excellent, thank you.

[oxiana]

I'm late to this thread, so absolutely revelling in 20+ pages of catching up. But what joy, thought and skill is brought to bear on this project – absolutely marvellous! 

[Munindk]

I too have been binging the thread the past couple of days and its very inspiring

I made a brown mat without flock with the intention of placing lots of individual terrain pieces on it, but looking at your setup I think I will be making larger pieces of terrain instead.
If not a whole village, then at least house and garden as a single piece.

I might even try it for a modern urban board.

Its modularity vs esthetics and esthetics is winning

[OSHIROmodels]

Where did you get the map from?

[Silent Invader]

Thanks folks, your comments are appreciated. 

Where did you get the map from?

I can’t find the source at the mo, which is a tad annoying, but the whole Medieval map looks like this:

[OSHIROmodels]

Very useful 

[TheDilfy]

Very useful 

Indeed. It is probably worth contacting your local parish council. Many have records of maps and other historical information of the local parish going back decades maybe even centuries, others more closer to today. IMHO it is worth dropping an email to your local parish clerk. Another avenue is the local parish church (es) who may also have access to historical recorded documents, an email or friendly chat with the local vicar may be worth a try too.