Robin Hood - Bit of a game report with photos on page 9

[FifteensAway]

Storm Wolf, a few posts back I used the word "hoardings" - that is the word for those wooden constructions you are referring to I believe.  And it would be nice to have them but a lot of work.

And fred, yes, I think the walkways are wood but I will just live with that.  Perhaps back in the day they did put down wood.  Stone when wet can get really slippery, even rough stone, so maybe.  Can't say I really know.

[Storm Wolf]

Storm Wolf, a few posts back I used the word "hoardings" - that is the word for those wooden constructions you are referring to I believe.  And it would be nice to have them but a lot of work.

And fred, yes, I think the walkways are wood but I will just live with that.  Perhaps back in the day they did put down wood.  Stone when wet can get really slippery, even rough stone, so maybe.  Can't say I really know.

My apologies (I forget  ), however, it was more to illustrate as you have put above, I bet in reality there was much more wood used in stone castles than we see now in the 21st century when they are no longer used for their intended purpose, even if just for comfort and ergonomics. I for one know that a Greek marble pavement is fine until it gets wet, then its like an ice rink  
Also you would think that even medieval H&S would have wooden hand rails up on the insides of the drops to stop the unfortunate loss of trained soldiers forgetting where they are and taking a step baaaack, thud!

So sorry, if I forgot that you mentioned the same thing in the past (and probably better )

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No worries, Storm Wolf.  It was just a brief 'in passing' mention and not everyone knows the name.

Now, if you are a top notch modeler and want to build some hoardings to match my castle and send them to me for the cost of shipping, have at it, sirrah!   

[Digits]

That’s a great purchase and I agree the extra sections were an essential add on.  There is enough room now for you to scratch model some lean-to huttage and covered workshops for the inner walls which would really elevate it and make it looked lived in.  Maybe even the classic executioners stand so you can repeatedly enact Robins rescue of his men from Johns filthy clutches!

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Digits, thanks for that input!  And a great idea - and a bit of a stable for the knights mounts.  Oh, and I have a perfect 3D print for the executioner's stand - almost as if it was taken from the Kevin Costner movie version.  So, yes, a little scratch building is in order; can't cheat everything with 3D prints.   

[Digits]

Yes some prints may be too elaborate or big…scratching them would be easy and look cool.

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Well, now that I've got Bunker Hill's 250th anniversary game behind me, I can turn back to my Robin Hood project.  In a few moments I shall 'clean' the painting table and put Robin and company back on and hope to have enough of them done to be able to field a game around the end of June or maybe a wee bit into July.  Alas, I also have a pulp game I want ready by November that shall be competing - hard - for my attention as well.

But, for the nonce, Robin and friends and fiends it is. 

Not a fopdoodle I, but I shall sparple onwards with the Greenwood folk. 

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Hooray!  First figures painted, bases textured, and seal coated - ready to hit the table.





That is Robin Hood, on foot on the left and then mounted, with Will 'Billy' Stutley and Ulric, sidekicks (search not the folklore for Ulric, just an 'invention' of my own), and three Merry Men armed with long bows.

Already in process are Little John and Akeem.  Soon Will Scarlet, Much the Miler's Son, and Alan-a-dale will be on the painting table.  All five of those are organized same as Robin's contingent.  Friar Tuck just moved onto the painting table but not yet started - he gets an extra stand of three clerics.  Lady Marian Claire is already on the table (last name from the 1948 movie Prince of Thieves) but she only gets two ladies-in-waiting.  Yasmina, Akeem's love interest, on the other hand, gets two 'sidekicks' and a stand of three additional women; for now, she lives in my Robin Hood Myth.

The sheriff and Guy of Gisborne, same as Robin's organization again, but the sheriff gets three of his counsellors/assistants as a separate group are also in process.  Mortiana is as Yasmina, and then two dog handlers and their four dogs round out those being worked on.  That is Robin's opposition currently on the table.  Nearby are many more - as there are many more of Robin's allies in close proximity of the painting table.

I expect almost as soon as I get one group of Robin's enemies ready I will 'rush' to a table and have a game - using Fistful of Lead rules.

Feels good to get to this point.  More to do, lads (and ladies), more to do.

[Digits]

You may have already seen this but this castle gallows would be perfect for Robin Hood.  Can just see him and his men rescuing Will Scarlett from the rope!

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Digits, thanks for that link - I have something quite similar to paint, will have to dig it out and take a photo and post.  Have a considerable amount of scatter bits for this period - stocks, pillories (some with occupants), torture devices, various market stalls - heck, even a rum distillery (not sure if that is period appropriate - might be better for Three Musketeers).  And a cornucopia of crates and boxes, sacks and barrels.  Not all of this is from the 3D world but a considerable amount is - bee keepers even (must be working for Friar Tuck!).

My Robin Hood games, once fully developed, shall look quite lived in, indeed.

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So, went hunting about for the history of distilleries and found encouraging and discouraging tidbits.  One, Wiliam Wallace hung out at the Abbey most associated with the first production of whiskey.  Alas, the dating of the first distillery is near the end of the 1400s.  Does make for some interesting conjectures:

Perhaps there were early experiments in producing what would become whiskey and perhaps Mr. Wallace sampled, liked it - a lot, and it, in part, fueled his raging career?  Perhaps there should be a brand called Aqua Vitae William Wallace?  Ain't pseudo-history fun?! 

Hmm, a little further reading and amongst the many liquids distilled was human blood - now that opens up some even more 'unique' ways to put that little distillery to use. Or not.  But someone is going to love that tidbit and game it - if not already.

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Turns out, Digits, that is the one I have - had to double check.  Here it is with some figures for scale:



I also have this one, a bit more western in style but could be earlier:



I also have two of these:



And then a couple of the Bluemoon Old West gallows as well:



You might say I'm well stocked for verdicts of, "Hung by the neck until, dead, dead, dead."  And perhaps having so many will help you understand why I had to check which one I had.  There are more options out there but I think I'm good for some time to come!

And here are a couple of shots of the distillery:





The last is for scale with Billy Stutley.  A lot of detail in a small model.

And I've washed all of those in my photos and they are drying prior to assembly, where needed, and then priming and painting.  But I really need to focus on figures so I'm off to do that now.

[Digits]

That’s a lot of hanging apparatus.  Have you thought you might be slightly disturbed? 🤔

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Mr. Digits,

I must take high umbrage at your usage.  For reasons unknown you inserted the word 'slightly'.  How dare you! 

I'm quite happily far 'around the bend' - normal is just boring so I go for, well, if not disturbed, perhaps 'creatively different'.  Or disturbed.  I'm especially disturbed at the dramatic failure of the world to properly acknowledge my alternate title: Supreme Emperor of ALL the Universes.  How dare they all.   Especially those folks in that tiny little cheeky universe just to the left of the Milky Way and also that one in the Fifth Dimension - though I'm okay with some of their music. 

[FifteensAway]

On a more mundane note, I did finish a couple more men and four dogs:



So progress.  Interrupted by a distraction - 194 pieces for my pulp game have moved to the painting table area with 39 actually on the table.  But also near the painting table is a whole bunch of 'scatter terrain' meant for medieval gaming so not all distraction.  Going to try and get the pulp figures painted, the scatter terrain painted, and still make progress on Robin Hood figures in July.  We shall see how it goes.  Already painted the piece of terrain linked to by Digits that I already had.  Looks fine but I may do a little more to it to enhance it a bit before posting a photo.