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06/04/2020 at 20:32 #134388Geof DowntonParticipant
The latest additions to my Biblical settlement, started here.
All are scratchbuilt from 2mm mdf and/or greyboard, with interlocking bases from Sarissa.
Firstly an apiary based on one excavated at Tel Rehov, Israel:
Beekeepers are Magister Militum Celtic civilians.
The space at the end can accommodate the anachronistic Sumer Bar and Grill; beer drinkers from Eureka, barbie from Museum.
Not everyone likes beer (I know!) so here’s a winery, loosely based on one at Ashkelon:
Grape treaders from Magister Militum, jar carrier from Forged in Battle. Jars and baskets from Baueda.
A row of shops, with workshops behind and accommodation above, again loosely based on archaeology at Ashkelon:
Moneychanger converted from Eureka Sumerian, corn merchant from Essex.
Ari, potter is converted from two Eureka Sumerians, I think the smith started out as a Magister Militum Celt and the spinner is converted from a Xyston civilian. Large dye jars from Crom’s Anvil.
Pots from Baueda and Essex. Note the Biblical bog at top left. The one it is based on was in a gatehouse at Lachish.
Finally the other side of the street:
Weaver yet another conversion from a Eureka Sumerian, leather worker and basketmaker converted from Blue Moon Celts, greengrocer a Forged in Battle Roman civilian.
Baskets in rightmost shop from Baueda.
One who puts on his armour should not boast like one who takes it off.
Ahab, King of Israel; 1 Kings 20:1106/04/2020 at 22:32 #134393Mike HeaddenParticipantThose are great! I’d no idea we knew what an apiary looked like back then!
I think I may have been inspired to work on my 6mm Sumerian town again 🙂
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06/04/2020 at 22:48 #134395zippyfusenetParticipantVery impressive modeling. Do you play games with them?
You'll shoot your eye out, kid!
07/04/2020 at 01:32 #134399Cacique CaribeParticipantWow, this is so inspiring!!!
Thanks for sharing these awesome photos.
Dan
Loads of WIPs: https://www.flickr.com/photos/9593487@N07/albums/with/7215771063052937607/04/2020 at 06:30 #134404Geof DowntonParticipantThanks gents, you are very kind!
I think I may have been inspired to work on my 6mm Sumerian town again
I hope so, I’d like to see it.
Do you play games with them?
The intention is to use them for skirmish games and/or role playing, but really it’s about the modelling!
One who puts on his armour should not boast like one who takes it off.
Ahab, King of Israel; 1 Kings 20:1107/04/2020 at 08:59 #134413MikeKeymaster07/04/2020 at 14:28 #134435Geof DowntonParticipantThanks Mike, it’s nice to have my efforts appreciated, even if that’s not why I do it.
You can see why I buy more jars every time I order from you. I can foresee a wheelwright/cart dealer in my town’s future…
…but first a ship!
One who puts on his armour should not boast like one who takes it off.
Ahab, King of Israel; 1 Kings 20:1107/04/2020 at 14:47 #134438RhodericMemberI’m in awe. I like the realism and attention to detail.
Never thought of studying what ancient apiaries looked like. Great idea!
07/04/2020 at 16:00 #134447Geof DowntonParticipantThank you. The detail is why I do it, especially finding a thing designed for something else that I can use. Eg. seed beads for loom weights, or hessian ribbon for baskets.
Never thought of studying what ancient apiaries looked like.
Neither did I. I discovered it by accident, and thought, “That’s an interesting thing to build”.
One who puts on his armour should not boast like one who takes it off.
Ahab, King of Israel; 1 Kings 20:1107/04/2020 at 19:48 #134453jeffersParticipantThese are absolutely superb.
You probably already know this, but if not I recommend watching Irving Finkel’s lectures and ‘teach yourself cuneiform’ on YouTube. Brilliant chap and hugely entertaining to boot.
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07/04/2020 at 21:54 #134459Mike HeaddenParticipantI’ll second Irving Finkel’s lectures as being hugely entertaining and well worth a watch if you are interested in the period.
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08/04/2020 at 06:46 #134466Geof DowntonParticipantI must first thank Jeffers for the compliment and then endorse the opinions regarding the archetypal hipster, Irving Finkel, although being most interested in the kings of Israel and Judah, I must confess that I am an acolyte of Francesca Stavrakopoulou. As for learning Cuneiform, I’m already finding Biblical Hebrew impossible enough!
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Ahab, King of Israel; 1 Kings 20:1108/04/2020 at 10:02 #134470MikeKeymaster08/04/2020 at 10:18 #134474Geof DowntonParticipantIf you mean the hives, they are tubes made from thin greyboard, and the ends and lids (and the holes in the lids to let the bees in and out) are done with a hollow punch.
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