March: Buildings for your medieval village
- Bluesecrets
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March: Buildings for your medieval village
I am trying to bring about activity and content that is useful by bringing a topic up for each month.
So welcome to March where the topic is all about the buildings that are in your medieval village. This is the discussion thread for it.
What buildings are a must? What buildings are just too cool? etc
There may be a contest...I don't know yet. I know it sounds like an excuse but I am still very much dealing with the same medical emergency. Please be kind, understanding and patient with me.
So welcome to March where the topic is all about the buildings that are in your medieval village. This is the discussion thread for it.
What buildings are a must? What buildings are just too cool? etc
There may be a contest...I don't know yet. I know it sounds like an excuse but I am still very much dealing with the same medical emergency. Please be kind, understanding and patient with me.
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Re: March: Buildings for your medieval village
So I think I would include a blacksmith and a grain mill. I'm not a historian but I think both are important to medieval society.
I have never built either except for sets. Maybe I should. It could be a good build for my yearly build.
I have never built either except for sets. Maybe I should. It could be a good build for my yearly build.
Re: March: Buildings for your medieval village
I'd add:
--some sort of meeting place, town hall, mead hall, etc.
--church, temple, place of worship
--a whole lot of houses, *especially* a whole lot of houses
--some sort of meeting place, town hall, mead hall, etc.
--church, temple, place of worship
--a whole lot of houses, *especially* a whole lot of houses
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Re: March: Buildings for your medieval village
Great idea to spark more activity!
I've never thought much about what I'd put into a village scene as I always seem to lean toward building the fortress. I'd probably want to make sure I include a church, shoemaker, barrel maker, butcher, and all variety of shops. Those would mostly be dependent on inside details, so a cutaway view might be the way to go. Some builders are extremely adept at making the wattle and daub/ half timber structures and I always admire those.
Oh, and I've always wanted to make a large wine press, so probably one of those, too.
I hope your emergency gets better soon, Bluesecrets.
I've never thought much about what I'd put into a village scene as I always seem to lean toward building the fortress. I'd probably want to make sure I include a church, shoemaker, barrel maker, butcher, and all variety of shops. Those would mostly be dependent on inside details, so a cutaway view might be the way to go. Some builders are extremely adept at making the wattle and daub/ half timber structures and I always admire those.
Oh, and I've always wanted to make a large wine press, so probably one of those, too.
I hope your emergency gets better soon, Bluesecrets.
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Re: March: Buildings for your medieval village
I agree with the lots of houses. Beyond that, I'd say a merchant, an inn and some guilds.
Re: March: Buildings for your medieval village
Great contest idea!
This is an ideas list from our LUG's new collaboration (now with suggestions from above):
This is an ideas list from our LUG's new collaboration (now with suggestions from above):
- Village houses
- Farm cottages
- Trees
- Blacksmith
- Church/Temple
- Guard towers
- Fortified buildings
- Market(s)
- Windmills
- Water Mills
- Grain storage
- Taverns
- Ruins
- Stables
- Bridges
- Town Hall/Mead Hall
- Cobbler
- Butcher
- Barrel Maker
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Re: March: Buildings for your medieval village
A wash house near a river. Not sure the expression "wash house" is ok for a medieval village but I don't know the word in english
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Re: March: Buildings for your medieval village
There is an inn, a merry old inn, beneath an old grey hill,
And there they brew a beer so brown
That the Man in the Moon himself came down
One night to drink his fill.
This thread is headed off to ye olde inn,
Bruce
And there they brew a beer so brown
That the Man in the Moon himself came down
One night to drink his fill.
This thread is headed off to ye olde inn,
Bruce
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Re: March: Buildings for your medieval village
I'd recommend a blacksmith or a fruit store. This is what my fruit store looks like. here's a link to the photos.
http://samw.org/cc/CCC%20XVIII%20Tobias%20A ... rchard.htm
Also a carpenter is a great idea, and a windmill would be so cool.
http://samw.org/cc/CCC%20XVIII%20Tobias%20A ... rchard.htm
Also a carpenter is a great idea, and a windmill would be so cool.
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Re: March: Buildings for your medieval village
I think the most important medieval village buildings are a blacksmith, a grain silo or storage, a fortified building, a carpenter shop, and a grain mill. I also think stables were very necessary, they were pretty much medieval garages. Horses were the main transport.
And like Mark of Siloam said I love wooden/wattle and daub structures. Like this blacksmith I built.
http://samw.org/cc/CCC%20XVIII%20Jo%20Worki ... 0Forge.htm
And like Mark of Siloam said I love wooden/wattle and daub structures. Like this blacksmith I built.
http://samw.org/cc/CCC%20XVIII%20Jo%20Worki ... 0Forge.htm