BSC2022 - AKULA’s Mole’s Town Tavern & Brothel - pg2 Building the “mole hill”

[AKULA]

Where do the brave men of the Night’s Watch go for their... ahem... “rest and relaxation”...?

Mole’s Town of course, with it’s tavern and brothel 


For those that may not be fans of Game of Thrones, Mole’s Town is a rough shanty town in the Northern reaches of Westeros, effectively at the edge of civilisation. Most of the buildings in Mole’s Town are sunk into the ground, so it might make for a slightly more interesting building shape.

Ok, so according to the description in the novels, most of the brothel is actually below ground, in the cellars, with “nothing more than a shack no bigger than a privy on the surface. It has a red lantern that is hung over the door.”

I’m thinking of including a modest tavern-structure on the same base, which by itself should also qualify as a “rest place” in case there is any doubt over whether the brothel counts by itself.

I’d initially thought about just representing the above surface buildings, but I’m now toying with building the cellar as well, and making the interior playable.

I’ve used some spare bits of wood to indicate the rough layout of the buildings will be as follows - the larger rectangle is the footprint of the ramshackle tavern, while the smaller box is the entrance to the brothel (and the stick between shows where the tunnel will be below surface).



The base board is roughly 12” x 12” to allow me to build the sides up to make the cellar....at least that is the plan 

[Daeothar]

Sounds interesting enough. Will you be sculpting the patrons and their hostesses yourself  too?

[OSHIROmodels]

There’s no rest in a brothel 

[Blackwolf]

This sounds excellent Matt,however not being aware of much of GoT,my first thought was Wind in the Willows 

[Grumpy Gnome]

As always looking forward to seeing you Vision become reality.

[commissarmoody]

Should be interesting.

[Silent Invader]

Very interesting indeed

[tomrommel1]

sounds very good to me

[has.been]

Don't take their comments 'lying down'   

[AKULA]

Thanks everyone, I haven’t got a plan yet, but at least the research should prove interesting.

There’s no rest in a brothel 

Is that why you make terrain now? 

Don't take their comments 'lying down'   

 

[OSHIROmodels]

Is that why you make terrain now? 

Idle hands etc etc 

[AKULA]

Well I’ve made a start...the added complication of hearing this week I might be out of a job at the end of the month means that I can’t afford to buy any additional materials, so this build is going to be based upon what I’ve got in my existing supplies.

The baseboard is 5mm MDF and is roughly 12” x 12” .

The blue foam shows the outline of the underground play area - the large space will be the cellar which the brothel sits in - it is actually underneath the ramshackle tavern, so the large rectangle will give you an idea of the footprint of the larger building. The smaller area represents the entrance to the brothel which is described as “nothing more than a shack no bigger than a privy on the surface”...so very different from the TV series.



The cellar walls are 4cm high - I’m going to rest the floor of the tavern on these walls, and build up the exterior with more blue foam so that only a small section of the cellar wall is visible from the exterior.

[Burgundavia]

Well I’ve made a start...the added complication of hearing this week I might be out of a job at the end of the month means that I can’t afford to buy any additional materials, so this build is going to be based upon what I’ve got in my existing supplies.

The cellar walls are 4cm high - I’m going to rest the floor of the tavern on these walls, and build up the exterior with more blue foam so that only a small section of the cellar wall is visible from the exterior.

Ugh, sucks about the job. Hopefully not.

Regarding the outside - are you going to build it so this can sit on a larger gaming table or be standalone?

[Blackwolf]

Progress! Excellent 
Sorry to hear about your job(tho’ it’s not happened yet,fingers crossed).

[AKULA]

Thanks both 

Regarding the outside - are you going to build it so this can sit on a larger gaming table or be standalone?

It’s going to fit in with my wider Game of Thrones Project (below) - I’m using a flat gaming mat, but building some height up with the terrain pieces.

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