Friday 7 March 2014

Communal tent - completed.



This is the finished communal tent, which can be used for either my Burgundian or Swiss armies. It represents an open-ended canvas covered tent, which is used for preparing and serving foods, and which were prefabricated and simple to put up as required.






There are two soldiers eating - one appears to be demanding some additional serving from the cook. The tent is also used for storage, drying washed clothes and is a sheltered spot for a dog to sleep.
The construction of the frame and converted Perry figures have been covered in previous posts.




The canvas cover is a painted sheet of thin pewter and I've left it to be removable, so that the internal features can be seen. Having spent a fair bit of time on this, I didn't want it all obscured by a very pain cover! I have another flag post and orb, on which I'll attach a small flag of a Swiss canton, so that the tent can 'switch sides' when required.




The plated food is from Mirliton (as is the thieving cat); other various boxes, barrels etc have all been collected over several years and I can't recall all the manufacturers. The clothing hanging on the line is made from green stuff and are vaguely recognisable as a hose and doublet.




I will add an open camp fire with some cooking pots and chopped wood, to be placed nearby.


13 comments:

  1. Congratulations! This is an excellent work, as I said it before details are amazing...Beautiful paint job on this masterpiece!

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  2. Just fabulous, I love it, it's a living woodcut. Excellent work Simon.

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  3. Absolutely stunning !!!

    I´m very impressed by all thedetails you put in to the viginette !!!

    Best regards Michael

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  4. That is just stunning, really, really beautiful work.

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  5. Truly stunning masterpiece. So many details right down to the clothes hanging on the line, and all beautifully converted and painted. What a re-creation of late medieval camp life!

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  6. This is brilliant, really reminds me of the living history camps at reenactments!

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  7. Oli is right, it reminds me history camps at reenactments too ! It's awesome, congratulations !
    J-B

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  8. This is simply awesome! And as others said: very authentic as well.

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  9. Marvelous! As are all the other things on your blog - I just discovered it!

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  10. Your work is very inspirational Simon, do you ever get time to use them? Keep it up, regards Chris

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  11. That is just simply superb work! Love all the little details that bring the piece to life.

    Christopher

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  12. Stunning Simon and well done on the Photos not easy to get those shots but they are perfect!

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  13. It's all been said already, but superb work. Strait out of a Company of St George display (http://www.companie-of-st-george.ch/cms/view-photo.php?file=hkb05_castle_208.jpeg)

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