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5 hours ago, datiswous said:

Are these real?

Yes, In the world of mushrooms there are some of the most amazing specimens, there are even some species (Mycetozoa or Eumycetozoa) that actively hunt for food. It's really a world apart from fauna and flora, they're something in between.

 

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Not sure if this was posted before

A few pics of the Game The Unluckiest Man, a Free Short Mission created by the same guy in the post above. He's pretty good at creating cozy environments, good exterior atmosphere and lighting.

 

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Here's the Link for the game on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2140900/The_Unluckiest_Man/

 

It's free. 🙂

 

 

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Stokesay Castle, one of the best-preserved fortified manor houses in England and the British Isles in general.

Rather than remain an original castle or castle ruin, or completely converted into a mansion, manor house, chateau, or romantic folly, this older rural castle was converted into a traditional fortified manor house in the early modern era and hadn't really changed its nature throughout the centuries. I feel this is a very good inspiration for TDM, given the style of architecture in TDM's fictional universe. 😎
 

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https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Stokesay_Castle_(interior)

https://www.geograph.org.uk/snippet/6359

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Loads and loads of great photos behind these links, so don't think these are the only interesting ones I could share.

There's a huge amount of interesting details in this fortified manor house.

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Salter's Hall, Sudbury, Suffolk, England - 15th century

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The George Inn, near Norton St Philip, Somerset, England - 14th-15th century, upper storeys repaired in 16th century after fire

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The George and Dragon public house (now a former inn), Codicote, Hertfordshire, England - dates back to the 14th and 15th century, not used as a pub anymore since the late 2000s, but has a restaurant instead

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The Salisbury Arms Hotel, Hertford, Hertfordshire - the oldest parts date back to the 15th century, the inn was called The Bell until 1800, there had been some minor additions in the 17th, 19th and 20th century

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The Bell / Ye Olde Bell and Steelyard inn, New Street, Woodbridge, Suffolk, England - an inn constructed during the second half of the 16th century, its street then known as New Street. The latter of the two names is the contemporary name, the former name the original one. Disregard the Volkswagen Polo, please, LOL. Woodbridge has several old rural inns dating back to the early modern era, e.g. The Angel, also from the second half of the 16th century.

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The Stag Inn, Rockeford, Devon, England - the oldest parts are apparently 12th/13th century, the overall look solidified in the 17th century

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Ellesmere House, Whitchurch, Shropshire, England - early 18th century house, showing the transition from traditional vernacular timber-based construction to brick-based construction (I feel this could be used as inspiration for depicting townhouses reflecting TDM's socio-cultural tradition from a more medieval era to a tentative early industrial era)

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St Mary's Cottage, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England - I just found this a cute timber-framed house, so feel free to use it as inspiration for smaller TDM townhouses or taller rural houses in a market town, village, or something or other :)

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"Bayleaf House", an early 16th century farmhouse, originally from Chiddingstone, Kent, now at the Weald and Downland Living Museum, an open-air museum in Singleton, West Sussex, south England

3D tour of the "Bayleaf House" at this open-air museum

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Farmhouse built in 1609, originally in Midhurst, Sussex, now at the Weald and Downland Living Museum, an open-air museum in Singleton, West Sussex, south England

3D tour of the 1609 farmhouse at this open-air museum

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Poplar Cottage, originally from Washington, Sussex, England, now at the Weald and Downland Living Museum, an open-air museum in Singleton, West Sussex, south England

3D tour of the Poplar Cottage at this open-air museum

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A small house, originally from Boarhunt, Hampshire, now at the Weald and Downland Living Museum, an open-air museum in Singleton, West Sussex, south England

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Medieval stone cottage with thatched roof, originally from Hangleton, Sussex, England, now at the Weald and Downland Living Museum, an open-air museum in Singleton, West Sussex, south England

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A medieval house, originally from Sole Street (Cobham), Kent, England, now at the Weald and Downland Living Museum, an open-air museum in Singleton, West Sussex, south England

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A medieval house, originally from North Cray, Kent, England, now at the Weald and Downland Living Museum, an open-air museum in Singleton, West Sussex, south England 

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Rural market hall, originally from Titchfield, Hampshire, England, now at the Weald and Downland Living Museum, an open-air museum in Singleton, West Sussex, south England  

You can read more about the individual buildings at said open-air museum here.

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The Old Market Hall, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England - additional photos here and here

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Aberconwy House, one of the best-preserved medieval houses in Wales, originating in the 14th century. Includes a house museum.

If you happen to visit Wales, you can find it on 2 Castle Street in the town of Conwy.

 

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Conwy has several other preserved historical houses and buildings from earlier centuries. These include the later Tudor era Plas Mawr, which also has a house museum (and which I've already featured in this thread years earlier), and there's also the famous 'Smallest House in Great Britain' and plenty of preserved fortification monuments. Speaking of...


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The 'Smallest House in Great Britain', in Conwy, a tourist attraction that's more on the cheesy side due to its notoriety/record, but is still a nice example of a period house centuries old, that was built in the spirit of "How can our ingenuity provide us with a small house and lodgings even in a narrow, cramped part of the street ?" vernacular ingenuity.

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Various narrow houses from around the world

 

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Combine these photos with the medieval early modern housing and market hall photos from my previous post, and you'll have plenty of inspiration on how to furnish rural houses and townhouses in TDM's setting.

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I usually share other people's photos of historical and industrial architecture in this thread, but I've decided to finally share some of my own photos that I've accumulated over the years. Over the years, especially the last twenty or so years, I've wandered many of the old town quarters in cities and towns all around my country, taking snapshots. Wereas many of the main streets and major landmarks have long since had nice and beautiful restoration work done, many of the more obscure side streets, back alleys and occassional overlooked corners had interesting sights to behold. I've particularly been fond of old townhouses that show elements from different eras of history, as well as all the wear accumulated over the years and decades. As much as I like that many of these eventually also receive decent restoration work and look nice again, the sight of a well-worn, dilapidated or even ruined house or ocassional public building can prove really stimulating for the imagination. They've got a lot of proverbial "texture" (not just in the surface sense) and "character" that can hike one's imagination, especially with regards to lived-in environments with long histories.

 

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Throwing a few words people used to say long ago to help enrich those texts. Not sure if they all work in English since I'm just translating from Spanish but I think most should work well.

 

- Stratagem: Used by Nobles to describe a plan, course of action as in "Device a Stratagem" use instead of Strategy.

- Given Word (People used this one a lot, had weight). You can't betray the given word.

- Sophistry or Sophist (as in dirty sophistry). Play of words to deceive.

-Countenance (Please execute/exercise Countenance)

- Artifice: Plan or plot to deceive.

- Modesty (Lacking Modesty)

- Sylph: Slender woman.

- Cameo (As in compliment: "She's beautiful like a Cameo")

 

 

 

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I have visited Marienburg (Malbork Castle) in Poland this summer. It is the biggest brick building in Europe and was built and used by the German Tuetonic Order. It was later used by the Nazis and many parts were destroyed during the war, but it has been faithfully rebuilt.

Here are the pictures I took:

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/17Vd-2kJG6sLfBi0cCJ6-g9wBT733T5lZ?usp=sharing

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