Austrian villages in the Vienna area.
I have been researching the types of architecture and village planning that are relevant to my project.
I have been very fortunate to have been able to draw upon the excellent research done some years ago by the genius known as Mr Crynns from Holland.
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His forensic observations and pictures have been very useful indeed. Further Google Earth investigations of old buildings in Aspern and Essling have been most interesting.
However, I came across the extensively researched works of the 1809 blog ( Supreme Littleness) , a French blog with nice period ( but unfortunately inaccurate) model buildings and also an excellent reference source in the form of a Thomas Brandsletter.
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Many thanks to Mr Supreme Littleness for his extensive and useful research on his wonderful 10mm project.
Thomas's blog, describing Austrian village designs of the period together with a superb knowledge of house types and their construction etc is a delight.
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Furthermore, the illustrations of villages of the time give an insightful glimpse of what I am looking to achieve along with contemporary maps of the villages.
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The layouts with the barns to the rear is most informative together with the predominance of gable ends facing the road . This all fits in with the period maps of the villages.
Thomas has very kindly assisted me in my personal enquires about the area and I am very grateful. Examples include the general absence of window shutters and also windmills, as most milling was done by water mills based on the Danube and March rivers.
Unfortunately the Austrian Buildings open air museum at Stubing and Rein Abbey has only one building from this part of Austria , but ,it is non the less, an excellent example of a Dreikanter edifice. Wonderful stuff indeed.
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Another of Thomas's links takes us to this fantastic site.
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This is a genuine gem for anyone wanting to understand the layout and architectural style of the area.
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There are many representations of the villages of Aspern and Essling but the best one I have seen has to be the following, I believe by Mr Supreme Littleness himself.
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This is an excellent interpretation, especially for war gaming purposes. However, there is a preponderance of tiled roofs, rather than thatch and the gables do not face the road. Nevertheless, it's inspirational in my opinion and no timbered houses in sight, marvellous.
Whilst space considerations in my scale of 20mm mean that an exact copy of these villages is impractical I do want to get the feel of the place so that a local of the time would feel fairly at home.
I found this period picture taken towards the later end of the century, of a local Austrian village of the area which I thought was very interesting.
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To this end I have commenced construction of various buildings. I want to get a homogenous look based on the period paintings. The ‘white wash' look is more of an off white and I have found that household emulsion ‘ Timeless' is a good for my purpose.
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The merciless camera has shown up some discrepancies with the builds but overall I think I am moving in the right direction.
Whilst tiles and wooden shingles were in use, especially on the bigger buildings and churches, thatch it seems was a major roofing material. With the local availability of reeds etc this makes sense and will be reflected in the build. This also ties in with contempory accounts of buildings going up in flames.
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Lots to do.
Chris
returns to Flintloque to paint an Ogre.
