28mm scale ‘Inn’.

This is my current modeling project for skirmish wargaming and so far I’ve spent about 330 kr ($54) on it. When its finished it will be a three level building; ground, first and attic. It will have a stable/storage space (depending on gaming requirements) a main building and a single wing. The base measures 34 x 24cm and the building will stand at circa 20cm. The idea is to have a building small enough to be a terrain feature but large enough to host a skirmish game within it. Also, the building should be able to double as an inn or a large merchant's house.

The above sketch is a concept based on this building from the Gammel By museum here in Århus.

Floor plan. Floor plan 2.
First floor. First floor 2.
Main building attic. Main building roof.
Perspective front. Perspective rear.

Currently, the roof of the main building is finished and I'm working on building the attic of the wing.



The Northern Crusades
By Eric Christiansen

This is a contemporary look at all the various crusades which were waged in the Baltic and northern European regions. It begins in the mid 1100's with the German and Danish crusades against the Celtic people of Northern Germany (called the Wends) and moves, chronologically through the Baltic and Finnish crusades to finally end with the ongoing struggles of the German order of Teutonic knights against the Russians and Poles. This book is said to be the best single source detailing the northern crusades and its a pretty decent read, if a little dry in places. Christiansen does a good job though and the whole sequence of campaigns falls neatly into place, along side the other great events of Crusadng history.