Viking longhouse - Part 4 and finish including little garden and a pen

The longhouse for my Vikings is completed now.

I have also built a small garden and a pen for animals like pigs or goats, so that the residents can also provide some foof for themselfs - you can not always go on raids, even as a Viking ;-)

Naturally, all good farms also have a few chickens and a dung heap.

And a cat to hold the mice at bay.

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Viking longhouse - Part 3

The interior is completed for now - what would a Viking household be without any weapons and shields?

Next step is to build a little outdoor part containing a little garden for herns and vegetables and a pen for pigs and maybe other livestock. And a good farm of course needs a proper dunghill.

Some of the future inhabitants of my littleViking farm.

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Viking Longhouse - Part 2

Here are the details for the interior of the long house - some chests to stow the possessions of the inhabitants, table and stools and not least a bed.
Everything is self-made except for the small box.

The fur on the bed and the pillows are made of Greenstuff - for the first attempt reasonably ok, I definitely need a lot more practice for this stuff.

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Viking Longhouse - Part 1

My Gotland Vikings of course need some shelter for the harsh winters in Scandinavia, so I decided to build them some homes to defend.

Building itself is made from Styrodur, the roof from wood.

The thatched roof will be made from coconut fibres.

First detail - the door and the 2 windows so that the smoke can better pull out of the house.

Door and the windows installed, the first details of the inside of the loghouse.

The roof almost done.

There is still a lot to do, as far as the details for the interior of the house are concerned, and of course there is still a garden and an outlet for the pigs ;-)

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