BSMALL2023 FreakyFenton A still still?!

[FreakyFenton]

I am currently mustering up to build some terrain for my Interwar/World War 2/Pulp collection and thought about making a moonshiner still, albeit not like one an Appalachian Moonshiner would use, but probably a more or less modest example thereof which a Schwarzbrenner would use, "Schwarzbrenner" being the term used for a producer of illegal alcohol in the german language.

As most folks are used to the american variant of a still, I figured I'd try and make a European or at least german variant thereof. 

[Vanvlak]

That's a great idea. Not sure what a scwarzbrenner looks like (Google gave me pics of bicycle wheels!), but sounds perfect for this sort of project. 

[has.been]

Trouble brewing? 

[FreakyFenton]

Taking out the shine of it with that pun. 

But despite all them jokes...

...I love my project still!

[has.been]

...I love my project still!

 

[Vanvlak]

Taking out the shine of it with that pun. 

But despite all them jokes...

...I love my project still!

Well played! 

[FreakyFenton]

I did make myself some sketches, but they are rough. So here are some pictures I've used to get a vague moodboard going for what I've had in mind. These are not necessarily german stills, but european ones. Some from Ireland or Scotland or France. And the odd one or two from Germany. I'll be going for a mix of these styles to create one! 

Furthermore, to make it tied to Hamburg and seeing as stills needed clean water to operate, I am going to make a figure that shows a Hummelmann, the typical figure of a water carrier in Hamburg and also included some pictures of a scottish cart (Schottsche Karre) and a bucket yoke (Wasser Trage). The former would be used by salesmen and other folk to move and distribute their items and you can find the odd picture in the hamburg museum of workers moving large bottles or produce about, or harbour workers moving large loads of grain or the like along. In my mind, I figured that could be used to transport mash for the still, and might provide further scatter on the piece.

The latter of my list, the bucket yoke, is the tool of the Hummelmann, who would begrudgingly carry water while passing kids would yell "Hummel, Hummel" only for him to reply "Mors, Mors." The Hummel referring to his busy working and the Mors to his quip back, from the Hamburger dialect "Klei mi an Moors" which would translate to "Scratch my ass" as a counter to insults.

Either way, I hope this somewhat shows what I am working on. A progress pick of the piece will follow!

[aircav]

This looks like an interesting little build, can’t wait to see what you do for it

[snitcythedog]

Lots of nice details and ideas here. 

[FreakyFenton]

Cheers gents! Hoping to provide soon enough!

[McMordain]

Looks like an interesting project. Good luck with it 

[marianas_gamer]

A useful gaming prop. I am looking forward to your take on this.

[FreakyFenton]

Cheers, gentlemen! Good luck to your endeavours too!

 I do hope to show something soon!

[FreakyFenton]

Okay a few pictures after some small progress. I hope they show a very rough start and might give an idea of what things will look like.

I've used two syringe covers from some medical supplies, they had an interesting shape and I kept the plastic cover to use them for projects like this. At a glance I suppose they could also work for Sci Fi builds or just for detail of some sort.

Another bit I had was a metal casing of a brush. These two will come together to form the main body of the still.

Some florist wire with rubber covering works as the worm pipe for the still. Might use an offcut from a cork stopper as some basing/impormptu furniture but will see how that works out. I have included a 28mm figure for a vague idea of scale.

[FreakyFenton]

And a further post showing some sketches I've made that are very rough.