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Creative => Customs Gallery => Dioramas & Buildings => Topic started by: Abbot Hamilton on December 02, 2008, 21:02:06

Title: Village of Elderslie, Renfrewshire circa 1175-1570.
Post by: Abbot Hamilton on December 02, 2008, 21:02:06: No real story to this one, still experimenting and the pictures are a bit naff. I need a better camera for close ups.

Abbot Hamilton says if you are on your way to Paisley Abbey for a pilgrimage, why not stop at The Saracen's Head Inn in the lovely village of Elderslie, just seven miles west of the Abbey. Stop off at the historic tiny village that was the birthplace of Sir William Wallace and don't listen to the rubbish from Ayrshire people that Wallace was born in their county. As a Renfrewshire man himself, Abbot Hamilton claims Braveheart as one of his own.

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I hope you enjoyed the pictures. Seriously though, there is no real record of where Wallace was born, but as a Renfrewshire lad the romantic in me hopes it was Elderslie. Paisley Abbey is the burial place of six Scottish kings and there is conjecture that Wallace may have been educated at the Abbey by Cluniac monks.

Abbot Hamilton.
Title: Re: Village of Elderslie, Renfrewshire circa 1175-1570.
Post by: Bill Blackhurst on December 02, 2008, 21:18:44: AAAAHHHHH :love:! I miss the steck days :(! Although I've gotten used to the SYSTEM X, I used to have some of the timber houses back in the later 90's. A true perfection ;D! Excellent photo story! It took me awhile to get the posting end of it ???, but it was worth it :P!
Title: Re: Village of Elderslie, Renfrewshire circa 1175-1570.
Post by: Abbot Hamilton on December 02, 2008, 21:51:36: Thanks Bill. I think the scroll may have been a tad too long! :lol: Maybe i will do seperate posts in future. Your stories actually motivated me to finally get going and start posting. :wow:
Title: Re: Village of Elderslie, Renfrewshire circa 1175-1570.
Post by: Martin Milner on December 02, 2008, 22:27:51: Beautiful pictures and set up, Father Abbot.

I like the boy chasing pigeons, and people are eating, drinking, and having a good time, not just killing each other as Playmobil seem to want them to do with the current Knights sets.

Also nice to see several women in the town, including a nun, and not the male domination we have in modern Knight sets. I wonder how many children today appreciate that monasteries, nunneries and priories were much more common before Henry VIII's cleansing.
Title: Re: Village of Elderslie, Renfrewshire circa 1175-1570.
Post by: Abbot Hamilton on December 02, 2008, 22:50:13: Thanks for the feedback Martin.

I know what you mean about the current medieval sets. There are no civillians, women, tradespeople, peasants etc. That's probably the main reason why i have never bought any of the newer sets. Even the newer knights, the heraldry doesn't look as good as the old stuff.
Title: Re: Village of Elderslie, Renfrewshire circa 1175-1570.
Post by: Bill Blackhurst on December 02, 2008, 23:32:06: Quote from: Abbot Hamilton on December 02, 2008, 21:51:36
Thanks Bill. I think the scroll may have been a tad too long! :lol: Maybe i will do seperate posts in future. Your stories actually motivated me to finally get going and start posting. :wow:

I wrestle with the say dilema about making stories too long, but it seems difficult knowing where to stop! I'm glad you are doing these stories! Even though I don't collect these themes :-[, I enjoy watching how other people use all of the detail Playmobil provides in all series! There are so many small things in the pictures, it's just like looking at the big silver screen, but having to remember this is all based on 2 3/4" scale figures :lol:! Excellent venture :wow:! What ever you do, continue doing them! BTW thank you for using my stories as inspiration in your endeavor :), it was my pleasure!
Title: Re: Village of Elderslie, Renfrewshire circa 1175-1570.
Post by: Richard on December 02, 2008, 23:45:38: Quote from: Abbot Hamilton on December 02, 2008, 21:02:06

No real story to this one, still experimenting and the pictures are a bit naff. I need a better camera for close ups.

Actually, IMHO, your photos are GREAT! They seem to capture the real flavour and colour of what I had always imagined Medieval times to be. Not bright and shiny, but a bit tarnished.

Life must have been quite difficult in those days. And, to be full of good cheer probably took some real effort on the part of the townspeople and the local brewery ... :klickygrin:

Well done, Abbot!
Title: Re: Village of Elderslie, Renfrewshire circa 1175-1570.
Post by: highlandcattle on December 03, 2008, 07:06:20: Very Pretty pictures. I hope playmobil never ceases the production of these houses (in one form or another). Next to the trains they are my favorite playmo things.
Title: Re: Village of Elderslie, Renfrewshire circa 1175-1570.
Post by: Justindo on December 03, 2008, 07:09:54: You've captured a lovely, peaceful medieval scene here. Bravo! You've got a lot of parts that many of us, myself included, would love to have.
Title: Re: Village of Elderslie, Renfrewshire circa 1175-1570.
Post by: Abbot Hamilton on December 03, 2008, 07:56:34: Thanks Richard, highlandcattle and Justindo. I'm glad that you enjoyed the pictures and will be posting more soon.
Title: Re: Village of Elderslie, Renfrewshire circa 1175-1570.
Post by: macgayver on December 03, 2008, 12:15:36: Nice pics again

thanks for making the effort to post them and we know how much time it takes to make a decend story with good pics

we Love playmo pics

Macgayver & Rapunzel
Title: Re: Village of Elderslie, Renfrewshire circa 1175-1570.
Post by: playmofire on December 03, 2008, 19:44:09: That's a very good view of mediaeval life, Abbot, and great pics. I especially like the little details, the dog trying to get at the food on the table, the goat tied to the cart. A nice piece of detail, too, from Playmobil in that hunting set with the ropes for tying the dead boar's feet together for carrying.
Title: Re: Village of Elderslie, Renfrewshire circa 1175-1570.
Post by: Abbot Hamilton on December 03, 2008, 20:39:21: Thanks Macgayver and playmofire for the comments. I'm glad you like the pictures. More to come soon.
Title: Re: Village of Elderslie, Renfrewshire circa 1175-1570.
Post by: Rasputin on December 03, 2008, 21:23:33: Those are some great pictures you took Abbot . I missed the years of the civilian medieval life and i am scrambling to find some . Your pictures bring to life such great sets and the other aspects of medieval life away from war .

Thanks for showing your set ups and beautiful pictures :wow:
Title: Re: Village of Elderslie, Renfrewshire circa 1175-1570.
Post by: Abbot Hamilton on December 03, 2008, 22:00:45: Thanks Rasputin for the kind words. Did you see the travelling bear act at the start? They brought some vodka with them from mother Russia for the innkeeper. :lol:
Title: Re: Village of Elderslie, Renfrewshire circa 1175-1570.
Post by: customan on December 04, 2008, 06:41:20: great !!! I love the middle age in playmobil !!!
Title: Re: Village of Elderslie, Renfrewshire circa 1175-1570.
Post by: Abbot Hamilton on December 04, 2008, 06:58:50: Thanks customan, i love the middle ages too. It's the only thing i collect, because i cannot afford any other themes. :lol: