The City of Altheim (Town Hall P4!)
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dieselmonkey
Lord
Re: The City of Altheim (New Update P2)
Another small update, this time it's Eolfric the beggar, and his shanty home:
Firstly, Eolfric. He's a beggar from the Marauder MM62 range, and he's a Norscan former sailor. Crippled in a sailing accident, and left in Altheim, he makes a small living by begging, and selling items he finds around the docks, although it's mainly small daggers discarded after fights.
Next up is his home. As the homeless are not allowed within the city walls overnight, Eolfric has built a small shanty house up against the city walls near the docks. It's made up of crates, old doors, a window, and even a temple pew, the roof is an old sail, patched with what appears to be an old banner in the city colours:
And as far as the table itself goes, the roads are about half way done:
That's two of the four boards almost done, as far as the roads go, just a couple of complex junctions to finish and then on to the next two boards!
Another small update, this time it's Eolfric the beggar, and his shanty home:
Firstly, Eolfric. He's a beggar from the Marauder MM62 range, and he's a Norscan former sailor. Crippled in a sailing accident, and left in Altheim, he makes a small living by begging, and selling items he finds around the docks, although it's mainly small daggers discarded after fights.
Next up is his home. As the homeless are not allowed within the city walls overnight, Eolfric has built a small shanty house up against the city walls near the docks. It's made up of crates, old doors, a window, and even a temple pew, the roof is an old sail, patched with what appears to be an old banner in the city colours:
And as far as the table itself goes, the roads are about half way done:
That's two of the four boards almost done, as far as the roads go, just a couple of complex junctions to finish and then on to the next two boards!
symphonicpoet
Moderator
Re: The City of Altheim (New Update P3)
Holy Jimminy, this is fantastic! Love your beggar and his hut. Daggers he finds "discarded" eh? I wonder who discards 'em? Probably not the winners. Well done! Love your roads, walls, buildings, people . . . the whole nine and a half yards. Ten yards. This train goes up to eleven yards.
Holy Jimminy, this is fantastic! Love your beggar and his hut. Daggers he finds "discarded" eh? I wonder who discards 'em? Probably not the winners. Well done! Love your roads, walls, buildings, people . . . the whole nine and a half yards. Ten yards. This train goes up to eleven yards.
Smoking gun
Serf
Re: The City of Altheim (New Update P3)
That shack is superb. I can see it many settings a trappers or miners shack with little bits of scatter terrain to help set the scene.
Very well done.
Best wishes,
Martin
That shack is superb. I can see it many settings a trappers or miners shack with little bits of scatter terrain to help set the scene.
Very well done.
Best wishes,
Martin
dieselmonkey
Lord
Re: The City of Altheim (New Update P3)
So, I've got another small house done, this time it's 'The House of the Rusty Halberd':
Originally known as the House of the Halberd, it eventually changed to the House of the Rusty Halberd after the Widow Anna became too old to keep taking it down and polishing it weekly, something she did for many years. A local landmark, it's used as a reference point for locals, as house numbering isn't something that exists in Altheim.
The house was originally the marital home of Max Schwartzhelm, a mercenary sergeant, and his wife Anna. Unfortunately Max was killed decades ago during a disastrous campaign and his body was returned with his equipment (and, surprisingly, his owed wages!) to Anna. After burying him, she hung his favoured weapon over the threshold so he could carry on protecting her from beyond the grave. There was even a rumour that the halberd was rigged to swing down if anyone tampered with the door, but this was all conjecture (probably!)
Since being widowed, Anna has been living on his dwindling savings, taking in washing and the occasional lodger to keep going, and so although the house is still standing, it is starting to lose plaster in places and looking a little the worse for wear.
The house is another fairly straightforward Townscape building, with a small rear garden added, and a bay window (From https://www.antenocitisworkshop.com) attached to the front to make it less of a plain box, and I think the other windows are resin ones from there too. The Chimney is one from a Citadel kit I had knocking around in the bots box, and the door is one of my own castings.
As far as the rest of the city goes, I'm on to finishing the cobbles on the last board! Next up is painting the baseboard, still haven't decided on colours for the stonework yet.
So, I've got another small house done, this time it's 'The House of the Rusty Halberd':
Originally known as the House of the Halberd, it eventually changed to the House of the Rusty Halberd after the Widow Anna became too old to keep taking it down and polishing it weekly, something she did for many years. A local landmark, it's used as a reference point for locals, as house numbering isn't something that exists in Altheim.
The house was originally the marital home of Max Schwartzhelm, a mercenary sergeant, and his wife Anna. Unfortunately Max was killed decades ago during a disastrous campaign and his body was returned with his equipment (and, surprisingly, his owed wages!) to Anna. After burying him, she hung his favoured weapon over the threshold so he could carry on protecting her from beyond the grave. There was even a rumour that the halberd was rigged to swing down if anyone tampered with the door, but this was all conjecture (probably!)
Since being widowed, Anna has been living on his dwindling savings, taking in washing and the occasional lodger to keep going, and so although the house is still standing, it is starting to lose plaster in places and looking a little the worse for wear.
The house is another fairly straightforward Townscape building, with a small rear garden added, and a bay window (From https://www.antenocitisworkshop.com) attached to the front to make it less of a plain box, and I think the other windows are resin ones from there too. The Chimney is one from a Citadel kit I had knocking around in the bots box, and the door is one of my own castings.
As far as the rest of the city goes, I'm on to finishing the cobbles on the last board! Next up is painting the baseboard, still haven't decided on colours for the stonework yet.
Tauntaun Scout
Vassal
Re: The City of Altheim (New(er) Update P3)
WOW. This is amazing.
WOW. This is amazing.
symphonicpoet
Moderator
Re: The City of Altheim (New(er) Update P3)
That's looking absolutely great DM. I love her crooked chimney and her colorful wash. And hey, she's got the watch on one side of her and an antiquarian on the other. Should be a quiet spot. I wonder how she puts soup in the pot? Very interesting house. Doubtless a heck of a story. If the wire is also getting rusty her visitors might need the luck from that horseshoe.
That's looking absolutely great DM. I love her crooked chimney and her colorful wash. And hey, she's got the watch on one side of her and an antiquarian on the other. Should be a quiet spot. I wonder how she puts soup in the pot? Very interesting house. Doubtless a heck of a story. If the wire is also getting rusty her visitors might need the luck from that horseshoe.
Caradepato
Vassal
Re: The City of Altheim (New(er) Update P3)
This is definitively one of the most impressive projects of this kind I've seen. The amount of thought you have put into each building, so far, is unmatched. I also love the detail you've added, and more specifically the type of details - You've made it feel lived in, rather then overly ornate.
IF you ever feel like you need any ideas for more detail or structures, i'm sure the forum can oblige, because if you can keep this up to the level you have so far you will have something truly special.
I absolutely love the vegetable patch out back of Anna's house, it reminds me of how my great grandmother Lucinda made infusions with what she grew behind her basement flat in Lisbon.
This is definitively one of the most impressive projects of this kind I've seen. The amount of thought you have put into each building, so far, is unmatched. I also love the detail you've added, and more specifically the type of details - You've made it feel lived in, rather then overly ornate.
IF you ever feel like you need any ideas for more detail or structures, i'm sure the forum can oblige, because if you can keep this up to the level you have so far you will have something truly special.
I absolutely love the vegetable patch out back of Anna's house, it reminds me of how my great grandmother Lucinda made infusions with what she grew behind her basement flat in Lisbon.
Tauntaun Scout
Vassal
Re: The City of Altheim (New(er) Update P3)
Your work is filling my head with ideas for future projects.
Your work is filling my head with ideas for future projects.
dieselmonkey
Lord
Re: The City of Altheim (New(er) Update P3)
Thank you! This city board is something I've wanted to do for well over 20 years, so I've got plenty of ideas built up! I originally came into wargaming via DM'ing AD&D games in the early 80s, and then WFRP from the mid 80s onwards. I've written plenty of adventures etc, so I'm working at this project like I would a roleplaying game, with each house having an inhabitant and an actual reason for being in the city.
I eventually plan to make stat cards for all the inhabitants, so I can use them and the table in a kind of Mordheim-style game! I've plenty of scenario ideas for that too!
Caradepato":sh12oaro said:
Thank you! This city board is something I've wanted to do for well over 20 years, so I've got plenty of ideas built up! I originally came into wargaming via DM'ing AD&D games in the early 80s, and then WFRP from the mid 80s onwards. I've written plenty of adventures etc, so I'm working at this project like I would a roleplaying game, with each house having an inhabitant and an actual reason for being in the city.
I eventually plan to make stat cards for all the inhabitants, so I can use them and the table in a kind of Mordheim-style game! I've plenty of scenario ideas for that too!
Tauntaun Scout
Vassal
Re: The City of Altheim (New(er) Update P3)
It'll be like your own Ultima IV board!
It's a great idea though. Maybe I should let the winds of eBay blow me some civilian figures and make a house suitable for each one as a way of deciding how to build my towns and villages.
dieselmonkey":y1zp4y3c said:
It'll be like your own Ultima IV board!
It's a great idea though. Maybe I should let the winds of eBay blow me some civilian figures and make a house suitable for each one as a way of deciding how to build my towns and villages.
dieselmonkey
Lord
Re: The City of Altheim (New(er) Update P3)
Another new build, this time the old Garden of Morr. One of the oldest structures in Altheim, it actually predates the city walls, explaining why the crypt is built into it:
Because burials were forbidden within the city limits several hundred years ago, the Garden is no longer used for actual burials. The noticeboard is still used for posting death notices, and the wall crypt is used as a funerary chapel for coffins to lay in before being taken to one of the burial grounds outside the city limits.
Dorrian, a wandering Priest of Morr, has been the resident guardian for several years now, living in the crypt itself, and providing the necessary benedictions to the recently dead to allow them to enter Morr's Kingdom.
Because of the ages of the graves there are few direct relatives to care for them, meaning the garden is in a fairly dilapidated condition, although Dorrian makes sure the graves remain sealed and that the Garden doesn't get any worse, occasionally securing funds from the richer descendants of the interred to carry out limited repairs.
This was a fairly simple little project, brought about by memories of a small Jewish graveyard I used to live near. It was ancient, built into a row of terraced houses and was just an anonymous gate in a wall that you wouldn't know what it unless you looked carefully. I made the gate for this one a little more ostentatious, and the contents are all from the bits box. Most of the gravestones are from Renedra, and the walls are actually the same cobbles I used for the roads!
Dorrian, the priest is an old Citadel Cleric/Monk that I found headless and with one arm in the bottom of a box. A few Empire bits rebuilt him, and a skull to top off his staff seemed appropriate.
All in all, a quick project that I like, and serves as a place for characters to hide in during games!
Another new build, this time the old Garden of Morr. One of the oldest structures in Altheim, it actually predates the city walls, explaining why the crypt is built into it:
Because burials were forbidden within the city limits several hundred years ago, the Garden is no longer used for actual burials. The noticeboard is still used for posting death notices, and the wall crypt is used as a funerary chapel for coffins to lay in before being taken to one of the burial grounds outside the city limits.
Dorrian, a wandering Priest of Morr, has been the resident guardian for several years now, living in the crypt itself, and providing the necessary benedictions to the recently dead to allow them to enter Morr's Kingdom.
Because of the ages of the graves there are few direct relatives to care for them, meaning the garden is in a fairly dilapidated condition, although Dorrian makes sure the graves remain sealed and that the Garden doesn't get any worse, occasionally securing funds from the richer descendants of the interred to carry out limited repairs.
This was a fairly simple little project, brought about by memories of a small Jewish graveyard I used to live near. It was ancient, built into a row of terraced houses and was just an anonymous gate in a wall that you wouldn't know what it unless you looked carefully. I made the gate for this one a little more ostentatious, and the contents are all from the bits box. Most of the gravestones are from Renedra, and the walls are actually the same cobbles I used for the roads!
Dorrian, the priest is an old Citadel Cleric/Monk that I found headless and with one arm in the bottom of a box. A few Empire bits rebuilt him, and a skull to top off his staff seemed appropriate.
All in all, a quick project that I like, and serves as a place for characters to hide in during games!
Tauntaun Scout
Vassal
Re: The City of Altheim (New Update P4)
I hope that when you die, you are rewarded by being allowed to spend the afterlife as king of this town.
I hope that when you die, you are rewarded by being allowed to spend the afterlife as king of this town.
dieselmonkey
Lord
Re: The City of Altheim (New Update P4)
I'd better start building some higher class housing!
Tauntaun Scout":26hze91j said:
I'd better start building some higher class housing!
symphonicpoet
Moderator
Re: The City of Altheim (New Update P4)
Or at least furnishing what you have a little better? Glorious stuff, as always. This is one heck of a board!
dieselmonkey":tsudl61f said:Tauntaun Scout":tsudl61f said:
I'd better start building some higher class housing!
Or at least furnishing what you have a little better? Glorious stuff, as always. This is one heck of a board!
