Really awesome model, you did an outstanding job! Camera is a bit shaky though which is a shame really because it doesn't let us appreciate amount of details and finesse you acheived here! Especially impressive regarding the scale! Thanks for in infos on the ship practicalities aswell!
Thank you, thoroughly appeciate both the kind compliments and critical feedback. A tripod and a proper camera (with post-edit function) are definitely on my immediate wishlist , i have some left-field creative ideas i'd love to share with the wider crafting communities. On the flipside, steadily focused footage would also show up some of the more 'free-form organic' aspects of my construction methods. The dromon was initially intended more as an experiment in possible practical layout than a polished display model. There were details included below deck (eg miliput oarsmen) that ended up completely buried. The main thing is how much I learned about Byzantine warboats in trying to build one. Ps, had i built the Lakedaemon after watching your longship build, fine details like the rigging might've turned out much tidier.
Yes and no. Byzantine dromons certainly existed as a type of warship, and are both referenced in historical texts and depicted in illustrations. The 'Lakedaemon', however, is a purely fictitious construct. Since there are no detailed diagrams or extant finds detailing exactly how historical dromons were arranged and arrayed, my model is a rough approximation at best
I found my "notebook of memories" from the Armidale Easter gathering and it reminded me to watch this youtube video... I love it!!!
Really awesome model, you did an outstanding job! Camera is a bit shaky though which is a shame really because it doesn't let us appreciate amount of details and finesse you acheived here! Especially impressive regarding the scale! Thanks for in infos on the ship practicalities aswell!
Thank you, thoroughly appeciate both the kind compliments and critical feedback.
A tripod and a proper camera (with post-edit function) are definitely on my immediate wishlist , i have some left-field creative ideas i'd love to share with the wider crafting communities.
On the flipside, steadily focused footage would also show up some of the more 'free-form organic' aspects of my construction methods.
The dromon was initially intended more as an experiment in possible practical layout than a polished display model.
There were details included below deck (eg miliput oarsmen) that ended up completely buried.
The main thing is how much I learned about Byzantine warboats in trying to build one.
Ps, had i built the Lakedaemon after watching your longship build, fine details like the rigging might've turned out much tidier.
So is this historical? I cannot find any references to such a ship
Yes and no.
Byzantine dromons certainly existed as a type of warship, and are both referenced in historical texts and depicted in illustrations.
The 'Lakedaemon', however, is a purely fictitious construct.
Since there are no detailed diagrams or extant finds detailing exactly how historical dromons were arranged and arrayed, my model is a rough approximation at best