I'll need to acquire 3 more wall sections from Anyscale & I think I'll make a separate base board for it but I think this will provide some nice enough terrain to fight over.
donald
Walls
Walls
I've been re-vamping my Scottish walled town for our ECW gaming.
I'll need to acquire 3 more wall sections from Anyscale & I think I'll make a separate base board for it but I think this will provide some nice enough terrain to fight over.
donald
I'll need to acquire 3 more wall sections from Anyscale & I think I'll make a separate base board for it but I think this will provide some nice enough terrain to fight over.
donald
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BaronVonWreckedoften
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Re: Walls
Happy to be corrected, but I'm not sure that walled towns were really a thing in mid-17th Century Scotland.
Kein Plan überlebt den ersten Kontakt mit den Würfeln. (No plan survives the first contact with the dice.)
Baron Mannshed von Wreckedoften, First Sea Lord of the Bavarian Admiralty.
Baron Mannshed von Wreckedoften, First Sea Lord of the Bavarian Admiralty.
Re: Walls
I think you're right - the place was terminally poor & small urban centres would not have been able to build walls. However various large towns/cities were walled eg Kirkcudbright had a "mickle gate & wall" when besieged by one of those Sassenach Carletons in the 1500s. Been there and there are remains of the wall.BaronVonWreckedoften wrote: ↑Sat Mar 16, 2024 3:34 pm Happy to be corrected, but I'm not sure that walled towns were really a thing in mid-17th Century Scotland.
I just have trouble calling my structure a "city" though it'll probably represent Perth or some such.
donald
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BaronVonWreckedoften
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Re: Walls
I just think that walls of that size and sturdiness would have been protecting a proper castle establishment rather than a few hairy-roofed bothies.
Kein Plan überlebt den ersten Kontakt mit den Würfeln. (No plan survives the first contact with the dice.)
Baron Mannshed von Wreckedoften, First Sea Lord of the Bavarian Admiralty.
Baron Mannshed von Wreckedoften, First Sea Lord of the Bavarian Admiralty.
Re: Walls
I think you're right but in my "imaginarium", the ECW in Scotland will be fought over the probably implausible impressive walls defending the mean wee hooses.BaronVonWreckedoften wrote: ↑Sat Mar 16, 2024 10:10 pm I just think that walls of that size and sturdiness would have been protecting a proper castle establishment rather than a few hairy-roofed bothies.
donald
Re: Walls
As always, you've given me something to think about.BaronVonWreckedoften wrote: ↑Sat Mar 16, 2024 10:10 pm I just think that walls of that size and sturdiness would have been protecting a proper castle establishment rather than a few hairy-roofed bothies.
Anyscale offers this:
https://anyscalemodels.co.uk/products/scottish-castle
I could clear out the domestic buildings & use this as a keep.
But I'm not sure - a medieval-looking castle is something for Lion Rampant, not the ECW.
Still thinking....
donald
Re: Walls
Most Castles in Scotland probably were exactly as the OP looks, a decent wall surrounding a tower and a few "hairy-roofed bothies"?BaronVonWreckedoften wrote: ↑Sat Mar 16, 2024 10:10 pm I just think that walls of that size and sturdiness would have been protecting a proper castle establishment rather than a few hairy-roofed bothies.