"Pigs Wars - Norwegian vs Swedish" Topic
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| Tango01 | 12 Dec 2020 2:59 p.m. PST |
Nice Terrain…!
More here
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Amicalement
Armand
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Extrabio1947  | 12 Dec 2020 7:02 p.m. PST |
That's very nice terrain! The little vignette with the hay cart is brilliant. Especially with most of the "hay" harvested. Nice find, Armand. |
| Tango01 | 13 Dec 2020 3:59 p.m. PST |
Happy you like it my good friend! (smile) Amicalement
Armand |
| 7th Va Cavalry | 14 Dec 2020 6:29 a.m. PST |
NOODLE'S TERRAIN, PAINTING & WARGAMING is an excellent site. |
| Tango01 | 22 Jan 2021 1:14 p.m. PST |
Bad ending for the Pig War… (smile)
Amicalement
Armand
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| von Schwartz ver 2 | 22 Jan 2021 5:18 p.m. PST |
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| MrZorro | 29 Jan 2021 3:47 p.m. PST |
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| Tango01 | 29 Jan 2021 4:03 p.m. PST |
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| Robert le Diable | 30 Jan 2021 12:26 p.m. PST |
Another great site (with memorable title) to visit; commentary as lively as those by General Pettygree, and similarly impressive visuals.
I too admired the vignette mentioned above by Extrabio1947, but would respectfully point out that only during an extremely dry Summer could hay be loaded directly on to a cart immediately after reaping (indeed, it seems, half-way through reaping). Common practice for centuries was to cut the hay, leave it dry, turn it, shake it, all the time anxiously watching the weather, then build little clumps (which we called "hand-cocks") which would later be combined into similar, significantly larger clumps ("tram-cocks); both of these would have the hay arranged vertically on the outer surface so that any light rain would run down. Ideally, before building the tram-cocks, some broken branches would be placed on the ground where the centre of the stack was to be, the stack itself being compacted by one of the haymakers periodically tramping down on the layers of hay as the stack rose higher. The whole thing was held down by rough ropes ("sugan") woven on the spot from strands of hay by means of the simple tool made from a length of stout wire bent into a hook at one end and a crank-like handle at the other. So, with regard to representing hay-making in a diorama or as part of wargaming terrain, really the scene above could give rise to several, each showing a different stage of the process (the contrast between the cut areas and those with hay still standing is very striking, but really requires someone with a scythe rather than a fork). And do make sure the area of the field is actually sufficient to provide the amount of hay, or perhaps barley straw, shown in the model.
Hope it's all right for me to make this contribution; after all, a famous sculptor did once take advice about one aspect of his work from a shoemaker – but only about its sandals! Good Luck. |
| Pauls Bods | 30 Jan 2021 12:27 p.m. PST |
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