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motte and bailey project...
« on: June 06, 2012, 16:34:18 »
For years this project its been around my head, specially when i haven't seen any like it. now turns out i do have time and some space, but above all most of my pieces together. Little by little ill be working on it, and trying to do as "realistic" as possible, this may be hard when the real motte and bailey models i found are just and idea. ill be posting pictures of almost every building and its variations, just trying to get a more accurate and practical idea.


this kind of fortifications was used during medieval times, and where used widely in norther europe, with its variants but with the same idea, a keep in a hill surrounded by a paladize and a ditch, the lower part, with all the quarters, also surrounden by a paladize and a ditch. its is say that was the secret weapon that help william the conqueror took over the channel and build an empire in england... this contructions usually was build in a few days, a castle build of wood. sometimes only the gate and the lower part of some buildings where made of stone.

here some examples...



 

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Re: motte and bailey project...
« Reply #1 on: June 06, 2012, 16:47:37 »
back, im intending to use the old fort walls and the steck houses, the zoo conectors to attach the fort to the steck...

Im starting with the gate... double heigh, with the western fort wood gate, but with a kind of gate house but where it can be defended, now windows or no windows?? ideas so far:

1: no windows, plain wall with a open top to defend the gate
2: windows, open on top to defend the gate.
3: windows and roof, kind of gatehouse seen in some fortifications... 

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Re: motte and bailey project...
« Reply #2 on: June 06, 2012, 17:07:30 »
The keep:

this part its been really hard and keeps me busy, with different ideas and solutions... but lets break it down...
1:its the residence of the noble.
2:has to be made of plain steck house wall
3:dimensions... my ideal should be of 4x4 steck or 2x2 house wall, by triple heigh  but when it comes down to size it comes to big... so decided to make it only 1x1x3

base, i dont know if should be stone, 'cos will change the idea of wooden fortification, or the 7400 bridge pieces as a base. or the western house wall as a base...

here what i have so far...





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Re: motte and bailey project...
« Reply #3 on: June 06, 2012, 17:09:13 »
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the last one its my favorite one.

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Re: motte and bailey project...
« Reply #4 on: June 06, 2012, 17:25:18 »
Love it... I have 3 old forts that I keep around just to throw up a wooden palisade wall from time to time... for interior buildings I usually use the cabins and horse sheds.  ;D
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Re: motte and bailey project...
« Reply #5 on: June 06, 2012, 17:28:06 »
Oh, this looks like it's going to be an awesome project! Can't wait to see it progress!
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Re: motte and bailey project...
« Reply #6 on: June 06, 2012, 17:33:50 »
Awesome work!!!I recall several of our members discussing about the prospect of creating a motte and bailey castle a couple of years ago... Your project brings that discussion to fruition!!!  :wow: :wow: :wow:

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Re: motte and bailey project...
« Reply #7 on: June 06, 2012, 19:01:53 »
Your project is very interesting. :)9 :)9 :)9
I can't wait to see more. ;)

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Re: motte and bailey project...
« Reply #8 on: June 06, 2012, 19:09:04 »
Awesome! I want to see more of this too. ;)
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Re: motte and bailey project...
« Reply #9 on: June 06, 2012, 19:53:43 »
Wow that looks really cool mate  :)