British houses of olden times?

[dampfpanzerwagon]

By coincidence, I have just up-loaded some photos of a reconstructed Timber-Framed house from Tewkesbury, it might be worth having a look at.

See;
http://dampfpanzerwagon.blogspot.com/

Tony

[Red Orc]

As the Empire is to all intents and purposes Germany 1450-1650, more or less from the accession of the Hapsburgs to the Imperial crown to the end of the Thirty Years' War; and Brettonnia is France 1250-1450 (or something), I'd say where you want to be looking at is Germany, pretty specifically the Schwarzwald or Thuringerwald.

Apocayptic and flagellent cults, Thomas Muntzer, the Peasants War, The Anabaptists at Munster, Thirty Years' War... all of these figure in the mix of the Sigmarite Empire's style, history and associations. John Blanche (who's GW's main artistic driving force) is really into Breughel. So those to me seem the most likely places to start.

And German fairy tales of course...

[Silent Invader]

Didn't the Romans introduce Sweet Chestnut to Britain?  It can be used to make shingles as it cleaves rather nicely. 

[elysium64]

I live about 10 miles from here: a great resource of info.

http://www.wealddown.co.uk/home-page-english.htm

including some useful links here:

http://www.wealddown.co.uk/links-to-other-websites.htm#architecture

[rob_the_robgoblin]

As the Empire is to all intents and purposes Germany 1450-1650, more or less from the accession of the Hapsburgs to the Imperial crown to the end of the Thirty Years' War; and Brettonnia is France 1250-1450 (or something), I'd say where you want to be looking at is Germany, pretty specifically the Schwarzwald or Thuringerwald.

Apocayptic and flagellent cults, Thomas Muntzer, the Peasants War, The Anabaptists at Munster, Thirty Years' War... all of these figure in the mix of the Sigmarite Empire's style, history and associations. John Blanche (who's GW's main artistic driving force) is really into Breughel. So those to me seem the most likely places to start.

And German fairy tales of course...

John Blanche and Peter Bruegal, a match made in heaven.
Don't forget Hieronymous Bosch! Big influence of his, and Albrecht Durer.

[Red Orc]

Yes, forgot about Durer. Honestly, I don't see Bosch so much as an influence. I think he's great though and should definitely be included in anyone's list of 'artists that help you understand the Medieval European mindset'.

And Elysium, good call on the Wealden Museum site, though there's not much stone-built stuff there... 

[Christian]

I think I've seen a few episodes of Miss Marple that were filmed there.

[elysium64]

I think I've seen a few episodes of Miss Marple that were filmed there.

And one episode of thst silly fantasy 10th Kingdom

[JollyBob]

Just as an aside, a lot of old buildings round here, particularly in and around the town of Keswick are either built from or at least clad in slate, as well as using it for roofing.

If you type "Slate building Keswick" into Google Images you might be able to see what I mean. It gives a nice finish, I'll tell you that, especially when its been raining (any time except August 12 - 17, usually).

This is kind of what I mean (not a great photo though):



Slate walls with window casements etc in sandstone. Its quite typical of the area.