mikemiller1955
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Just got 6 sets...12 pieces..
GIGANTISOROUSLY HUMONGOUS!!!
GIGANTISOROUSLY HUMONGOUS!!!
St. Francis Stockade...this thing is huge... (1 Viewer)
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Scarlet Pimpernel
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Just one question...where's the gate?
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WOWSERS Mike that is serious !!!!!!!! I am looking forward to seeing what you come up with to display these !! I sense a really, really good thread coming on 
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That is great cant wait to see the finished product then your Dio.
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That is huge! Waiting to see what you will be doing with it Michael.
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I am sure he will shortly LT, he is probably working on some super fabulous terrain base to display it all on.
mikemiller1955
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I think I'm going to wait for the entrance before I do anything...
at least a picture to look at...
lots of critics on here with too much time on their hands...
well...I can name a couple off hand anyway...hehehehe
John said...
"The masters are still at the factory for the “Entrance” bits. Due to the Chinese New Year Holidays I will not get them until late this month. No matter how much planning I try to do there is always something that gets lost in the CNY holidays!
The “Entrance” set will not be a gate , but there will be 2 options
1. A dog-leg fence section, so that instead of offsetting your walls as you have done it can be a circle with a dog leg at the entrance.
2. Since the entrance was just a gap, with some poles standing by to block the entrance, the other option will be a short end piece to add to your fence, with a pile of poles leaning up against it ready to be moved into place.
3. The Watchtower by the way will be a section of the stockade wall with a platform
I will also hope to add some damaged sections in the future. These will be designed to replace 1 piece of the wall.
Unfortunately it may mean that you may well end up with a spare stockade fence section in the end. The Chinese New Year holidays caught me out a bit on this one.
I will try and get all the bits together for next months releases so that everyone knows what is going on.
It will come down to if you want to offset the walls as in your picture, or have more of a complete circle.
Good luck, and glad to see you are having fun! I think it will be a great display!"
not sure I understand without seeing a photo...a "dog leg" in golf is a 90 degree turn...or at least a bit of a turn...not sure how to interpret this...
but the watchtower should kick some serious booty!
at least a picture to look at...
lots of critics on here with too much time on their hands...
well...I can name a couple off hand anyway...hehehehe
John said...
"The masters are still at the factory for the “Entrance” bits. Due to the Chinese New Year Holidays I will not get them until late this month. No matter how much planning I try to do there is always something that gets lost in the CNY holidays!
The “Entrance” set will not be a gate , but there will be 2 options
1. A dog-leg fence section, so that instead of offsetting your walls as you have done it can be a circle with a dog leg at the entrance.
2. Since the entrance was just a gap, with some poles standing by to block the entrance, the other option will be a short end piece to add to your fence, with a pile of poles leaning up against it ready to be moved into place.
3. The Watchtower by the way will be a section of the stockade wall with a platform
I will also hope to add some damaged sections in the future. These will be designed to replace 1 piece of the wall.
Unfortunately it may mean that you may well end up with a spare stockade fence section in the end. The Chinese New Year holidays caught me out a bit on this one.
I will try and get all the bits together for next months releases so that everyone knows what is going on.
It will come down to if you want to offset the walls as in your picture, or have more of a complete circle.
Good luck, and glad to see you are having fun! I think it will be a great display!"
not sure I understand without seeing a photo...a "dog leg" in golf is a 90 degree turn...or at least a bit of a turn...not sure how to interpret this...
but the watchtower should kick some serious booty!
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mikemiller1955
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Scott...that's interesting...what is that a picture of...
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It's a type of gate Mike, you can weave through it but it doesn't allow animals through.
mikemiller1955
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Interesting...
Longhouses have another thing in common besides their shape: they were built to serve as a home for a large extended family. An extended family includes a number of family units consisting of parents and children, plus grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins, etc. In an Iroquois longhouse there may have been 20 or more families which were all related through the mothers' side, along with the other relatives. All these families belonged to the same clan; each clan in a village had its own longhouse; the clans had branches in other villages. Clans were named for animals and birds; Turtle, Bear and Hawk are examples. The symbol for the clan was used in decorations of household objects, in tattoos, and on the front of the longhouse.
Members of a clan are all descendants of the same person. In Iroquois clans this person was a woman. All the people in the clan traced their heritage back to her through their female ancestors. Each Iroquois person was born into a clan and remained in that clan for life. Being related, people within a clan could not intermarry; one had to marry someone in a different clan. When a young woman married, her husband came to live in her longhouse, where they would make their new home. When a young man married, he moved away from the longhouse where he'd been raised into his bride's longhouse, but he continued to have close ties with his own clan.
Iroquois longhouses ranged in length from 30 to several hundred feet. Archeologists have found the post hole patterns of two longhouses that were 364 feet and 400 feet long: longer than a football field, and even longer than a city block! However, a typical Iroquois longhouse was 180 to 220 feet long. The length of a longhouse was determined by the size of the extended family that would live in it. The larger the family, the longer the longhouse needed to be. As the size of the extended family grew, because of more marriages, the building was enlarged to make room for the expanding population.
A fire was placed in the middle of the aisle in the center of each compartment for heating, cooking, and light. Smoke escaped from a hole left in the roof above it. A sheet of bark could be adjusted to cover the smoke hole in bad weather. When the smoke hole was closed, the high ceiling in the building allowed some of the smoke to rise above the living space. The two families shared the fire and the central aisle.
It is said that the Smoke Dance, which is still done today as a social dance, originated out of the need of the people to remove the smoke from the inside of the longhouse. The dancers help the smoke to rise and leave through the hole in the roof.
Longhouses have another thing in common besides their shape: they were built to serve as a home for a large extended family. An extended family includes a number of family units consisting of parents and children, plus grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins, etc. In an Iroquois longhouse there may have been 20 or more families which were all related through the mothers' side, along with the other relatives. All these families belonged to the same clan; each clan in a village had its own longhouse; the clans had branches in other villages. Clans were named for animals and birds; Turtle, Bear and Hawk are examples. The symbol for the clan was used in decorations of household objects, in tattoos, and on the front of the longhouse.
Members of a clan are all descendants of the same person. In Iroquois clans this person was a woman. All the people in the clan traced their heritage back to her through their female ancestors. Each Iroquois person was born into a clan and remained in that clan for life. Being related, people within a clan could not intermarry; one had to marry someone in a different clan. When a young woman married, her husband came to live in her longhouse, where they would make their new home. When a young man married, he moved away from the longhouse where he'd been raised into his bride's longhouse, but he continued to have close ties with his own clan.
Iroquois longhouses ranged in length from 30 to several hundred feet. Archeologists have found the post hole patterns of two longhouses that were 364 feet and 400 feet long: longer than a football field, and even longer than a city block! However, a typical Iroquois longhouse was 180 to 220 feet long. The length of a longhouse was determined by the size of the extended family that would live in it. The larger the family, the longer the longhouse needed to be. As the size of the extended family grew, because of more marriages, the building was enlarged to make room for the expanding population.
A fire was placed in the middle of the aisle in the center of each compartment for heating, cooking, and light. Smoke escaped from a hole left in the roof above it. A sheet of bark could be adjusted to cover the smoke hole in bad weather. When the smoke hole was closed, the high ceiling in the building allowed some of the smoke to rise above the living space. The two families shared the fire and the central aisle.
It is said that the Smoke Dance, which is still done today as a social dance, originated out of the need of the people to remove the smoke from the inside of the longhouse. The dancers help the smoke to rise and leave through the hole in the roof.
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Longhouse with entrance...
Four hundred years ago, an Iroquois longhouse village was typically surrounded by a palisade or "stockade." The palisade was built of tall, upright posts set into the ground, with saplings, and sometimes, sheets of bark, interwoven between them. From the inside and outside, the palisade wall resembled a wicker basket. Villages might be protected by one, two, and even three encircling rows of palisades. The palisade protected the villagers from enemy attack, and kept wild animals out, as well. Some researchers think they may have also served as a "snow fence," protecting the longhouses just inside from winter winds and snow.
Four hundred years ago, an Iroquois longhouse village was typically surrounded by a palisade or "stockade." The palisade was built of tall, upright posts set into the ground, with saplings, and sometimes, sheets of bark, interwoven between them. From the inside and outside, the palisade wall resembled a wicker basket. Villages might be protected by one, two, and even three encircling rows of palisades. The palisade protected the villagers from enemy attack, and kept wild animals out, as well. Some researchers think they may have also served as a "snow fence," protecting the longhouses just inside from winter winds and snow.
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I guess you're gong to have to add more longhouses!
BTW, this stockade set can be used for other periods, too. I have them behind my EoI samurai, and they look great!!! So buy all you want. John will make more!
BTW, this stockade set can be used for other periods, too. I have them behind my EoI samurai, and they look great!!! So buy all you want. John will make more!