A miscellany of figures arrives ...

I picked up a job lot of Irregular Miniatures accessories off Ebay for a good price. Most of them were from the siege equipment range which are more towards 25mm in size.  I spent a couple of hours sorting through them, tweaking and basing up the ones I liked - anything I didn't want has gone into the melting pot.

After the sift through I have 25 figures, a cart and some useful accessories (weapons, barrels and chests).

The figures have been based with little thin cardboard riser - brings them up in height to ones I already have.

Building the great hall (3) ....

Had a think about the roof, decided to go with thatch. Stuck for material to use, then I found some felt offcuts in box, suitable enough.

re-inforced the basic roof with MDF formers.....

 cut the felt to approx size and stuck over the outside....

 trimmed then folded back and stuck on the underside; another double thickness piece added for the roof ridge ...

Next I made a small section of roof made up to improve the interior piccies, a piece of MDF with some cardboard roof joists, very basic but effective .....

 while in the zone got on with the basic items for the interior.., some benches and tables from thin cardboard ...

 final item a small fire pit, used some bits of clear plastic to represent flames - should work, we'll see how it looks when painted up ...

Well the big build is done, now theres all the painting to do ! 😁

Building the great hall (2) ....

Sorting out the basic interior; not too cluttered has to work as a games piece as well (will consider latter whether to add roof support post detail).

basic raised areas on the side

 raised end for the lords chair ....

 doors shut on side, simple scribed card ...

 doors of main entrance open ....

 a quick sample interior shot checking on how it looks, with dressing will look better - might have to have some roof/beam detail to give height

 the basic roof cut ....

mulling over whether to have thatch or oak shingles - may go with the latter.

Building the great hall (1) ....

another little modelling project - a great hall; footprint is approx 6inches by 11inches - the size of a piece of leftover MDF board. Aim is to use as much stuff as I have to make it, so a rummage yielded - foam board, various thicknesses of cardboard, coffee stirrers and cocktail sticks; the look will be basic - enough to be used by either the saxons or vikings....

The initial shell of foam board, one wall is not stuck on as it will be removable to allow for internal photo-shoots..

 removable wall prepared and the slots to hold it added ....

 wall in place and the back end done ....

 last part of the exterior is the front with main entrance - the 'porch' has a wooden log style roof...

so a few things to do yet - interior structure, doors, roof and items for the interior (benches/tables etc) - oh yes and paint the thing up ..... then find somewhere to keep it, yes I'm making it and haven't though about storage - I'm sure there is a little space somewhere 😉

meanwhile in Angleland ...

In the county of Wuduceastre...

Eolderman Rodor has gone to see where timber will be cut for his new hall... work is about to start ...

in the jungle of the Isle of Loost ....

Sven Eriksen had sailed south with a full crew to the southern tip of the Isle of Loost,  this was the location of the last of the seven hidden clues to the location of the treasure of the Whorled Cup....

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Sven and his men landed and set up a small camp, then they prepared to go inland ....

 one of the men shimmied up a palm tree to see where the inland ruins were ...

 the scouts moved into the jungle ....

 followed by Sven Eriksen and the rest of the men ....

as the scouts moved forward they spotted some natives.... who vanished into a thicket ...

the scouts pressed on warily, with the main body not far behind

 as they neared the ruins they could see more natives....

 they approached cautiously .....

 as they entered the ruins the natives were to their front and few behind them ....

as Sven and the rest of his men approached the ruins, there heard a series of loud grunts and shouts ....

 three large apes crashed out of the jungle and attacked the scouts (the natives had disappeared yet again ....)

 as the scouts fought off the apes, a small group of natives attacked Sven's lead warriors ....

 the apes and natives were soon dealt with and the remainder disappeared into the forest .... Sven's men set about searching the ruins...

 they were soon rewarded - a small chest was found - it contained what they were looking for ....

 they were soon off back to where they had landed; they turned back to look for a couple of men - Snorri and Erik but they were nowhere to be seen ...

Sven Eriksen reached the safety of the camp and ordered the men to start packing up and get the longboat ready; as they got started the rest of the men arrived back ....

they were soon off and on their way home ....

Where are they now .....

picking up some of the story line threads ....

Angstrom Angstromsen had sailed back south to his home after his failed attempt take control of the northern kingdom of Oppland. Once back he set about gathering as many followers as he could, he'd had no news of his cousin Harald Orsted. The longboat had taken a beating in the voyage south and had been under repairs; now in the spring it had been re-floated and was being re-fitted; today he had come down to see the how things were going  - a new sail had been fitted and hoisted up .....

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In the Northlands, Beornwulf the Bold and his lady Iliana were down by the coast; Boernwulf was gazing out over the sea - something was calling him home - all was settled in the Northlands - time to go back to Angleland ...

---oXo---

Meanwhile Sven Eriksen was sailing south with full crew (another lead for the treasure of the Whorled Cup perhaps ?)