Fantasy

14 September 2015

Terrain Modelling Inspiration

Last week my family visited Plymouth Rock and the nearby plantation which has reconstructions of the traditional native American village of the region and a Pilgrim Village, circa 1620-30.

I found it to be very interesting from a modelling perspective and snapped a whole bunch of pictures of the architecture and building materials.  While they might be 17th Century/ECW period, they clearly have applicability for a wide range of genres.  Here are some of them:








Here are the pics from the Indian village:





8 comments:

  1. Very nice. I´d like to have a go at scratchbuilding a couple of those. I like the Details like smoke hole at the top of the gable end - pic 3 from top and wooden clad chimneys..all Wood or a brick/Stone lining? Best pics of the native american houses I´ve seen.

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    1. Every house was different and clearly reflected the skills and preferences of each individual. The houses had a clay hearth (no bricks in the early colonies) and inner core of the chimney up to around head height. I think I have some internal pics as well so I'll do another post with those for you Paul.

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  2. Aside from the Indian Village it reminds me of a village we drove through in the Ukraine a few years back. Humans are a resourceful bunch with the use of local materials to provide us with shelter, makes a nice change from a cave or lean to.

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  3. Nice pictures Paul. You could definitely get some ideas from these.

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  4. Fantastic photos Paul! Very useful for ideas!

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  5. Great photos - thanks for sharing them.

    Tony

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  6. Nice, thanks for sharing. I've been getting the itch to start Muskets & Tomahawks and this doesn't help! :-)

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  7. Excellent pictures. Many thanks for the inspiration, Paul.

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