18th Century Wargaming - the ongoing saga of the conflicts between Wittenberg and neighbouring countries..
Saturday, 30 July 2011
A horseless carriage ?
The King has left the museum and met Brother James who invites him down to the workshop of the court inventor Georg Cantor to see his latest invention ...a horseless carriage
Madame Givenchy studies the drawings on the workshop desk ...
While Cantor explains the how the carriage works to the King and Brother James - apparently an application of a perpetual motion device to power the front wheel drive.
seconding the previous comments. That's an unusual vehicle, but looks like the kind of horseless carriage (if such a thing existed) one might expect to find in the 18th century. I like all the extra touches in your scenes, too; such as the various drawings, and the small table with goblets and bottles.
An amazing combination of originality, 'realism' and the eye for details! I second the suggestion of some form of 'evolved' (dirigible) montgolfiere / charliere... The 'rococo' decoration of the gondola would probably be the harder part.
Re. 18th C. Dirigibles, as a first modeling project, this one should probably be over-ambitious -so much the more as to look 'Lace Wars' it would need exuberant rococo decoration, just like a royal coach :) Now, another possible source of Lacepunk inspiration...
"Cantor is indeed planning a hot air balloon of some form." Cheers! Maybe at first a prototype like these, then a fully developed dirigible airship? The Aether Winds, Orgone, Vril... are so much more elegant sources of power than this dirty, noisy, nauseating 'steam engines'!
Great use of this model. Can we hope to see a balloon soon?
ReplyDeleteYou always amaze and please...
ReplyDeleteseconding the previous comments. That's an unusual vehicle, but looks like the kind of horseless carriage (if such a thing existed) one might expect to find in the 18th century.
ReplyDeleteI like all the extra touches in your scenes, too; such as the various drawings, and the small table with goblets and bottles.
Fascinating stuff - can't wait for more...
ReplyDeleteAnother brilliant little post!
ReplyDeleteAn amazing combination of originality, 'realism' and the eye for details!
ReplyDeleteI second the suggestion of some form of 'evolved' (dirigible) montgolfiere / charliere... The 'rococo' decoration of the gondola would probably be the harder part.
Re. 18th C. Dirigibles, as a first modeling project, this one should probably be over-ambitious -so much the more as to look 'Lace Wars' it would need exuberant rococo decoration, just like a royal coach :)
ReplyDeleteNow, another possible source of Lacepunk inspiration...
You responded admirably to the challenge, lets see what I can find next.
ReplyDeleteThe word around the palace is that Cantor is indeed planning a hot air balloon of some form.
ReplyDelete-- Allan
"Cantor is indeed planning a hot air balloon of some form."
ReplyDeleteCheers!
Maybe at first a prototype like these, then a fully developed dirigible airship?
The Aether Winds, Orgone, Vril... are so much more elegant sources of power than this dirty, noisy, nauseating 'steam engines'!
'tis withcraft methinks
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