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http://www.turbosquid.com/3d-models/3ds-max-fort-ticonderoga/379544

http://www.turbosquid.com/3d-models/french-fort-3d-model/367830

http://www.turbosquid.com/3d-models/3d-fort-william-henry/225547

The links above go to 3D renderings of some FIW fortifications ---- Ticonderoga, St Frederic (Crown Point, New York), and Fort Wlliam Henry. At the top of each page, there are about 5 different views you can call up.


The Ticonderoga entry is especially nice with some close-ups of some buildings. Carlo might have some interest in viewing those files.

Anyone for Hirst Arts and taking a crack at building St. Frederic????
 
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Ken,
I don't quite understand what these are.Are these models or plans that you can build?I can't help notice that Ticonderoga is $499 but Wm. Henry is only $1.99.
Mark
 
Ken...you do the most amazing research...where do you come up with these obscure websites...

a couple of questions...as I'm sure you know much more about the constuction of these forts than anyone else on this site...

where did the French find all the stones and bricks to build these forts...were they from the natural terrain or were they hauled there...which I can't imagine...it's easy to understand the plentiful use of trees and wood in fort building...and I'm sure rocks were as plentiful...were the rocks gathered in the surrounding area and broken down to size?

it also seems like I have seen pictures or renditions of North American French forts with quality precision sculpted bricks...were these fabricated on site?

how many bunk houses do you plan to put in your fort and will the roofing/chimenys try to resemble these...as in the fort Henry?

http://www.turbosquid.com/3d-models/3d-fort-william-henry/225547

in the Ticonderoga 3D images...the two free standing bastions...are their guns aimed at the surrounding waters of Lake George and Lake Champlain...
 
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Mark,

They all are computer generate graphics, so I think you can buy the files and use them in commerical applications. Beyond computer gaming, unsure what markets.

As to Mike's questions, I would assume the stone would be from a local quarry source, but the French were decidely fond of stone forts as far west as Illinois. What I do know is that the maintenance costs on these forts were considerable and they quickly fell into disrepair. Lord Loudoun wrote that the Fort William Henry was constructed of local soft pine and that he expected it to rot quickly and be near useless in about 5 years. However, he mentioned that the timber elements of Fort Carillion (Ticonderoga) were made of higher quality oak, a typical Loudoun criticism and jab at American colonials.

At Fort Conde, in Mobile Alabama, the French built a very attractive stone and brick fort of beautiful proportions. Just north of St. Frederic (Crown Point, New York), there is the reconstructed Fort Chambly (Quebec), Again, beautiful stone work.
 
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Fort Chambly Link. By the time of the FIW, Fort Chambly had become more of a staging area and military wharehouse. Fort Carillion and Fort St. Frederic built further south on Lake Champlain, then took over as the front line for the French. But the fort was reconstructed by Parks Canada and it is a beautiful structure. Note the very attractive gun embrasures, those are not windows!!!

http://www.historiclakes.org/canada/chambly.htm
 
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Ken, many thanks for posting,
these links are smashing, a great source of inspiration. The interior views of Ticonderoga are very explicative and I'm tempted to replicate the beautiful tower of Crown Point (...a huge job I fear..ah ah ah).
I don't know the reason but these buildings are very evocative for me, I am particularly fond of this period, the wild forest, these forts and fortresses, their brave inhabitants and their formidable enemies the Indians. May be I lived there in a previous life!!??
Thanks again
Carlo
 
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