To ensure continuity I ve decided to paint all my buildings of similar age and construction at once, so the 1st town hosue which is nearing completion will be painted with 3 or 4 others in weeks to come. As the building of the 1st town house comes to a close (just the roof to finish), my mind has turned to the next building in the fictional Dutch town, the church. The church is going to be a central part of the town , and also important for game play as the tower will have a commanding view and will no doubt become home to a sniper or a MG42 at some point.
After looking around the net I realied that Northern European churches are very similar, although those in the Netherlands often have distinctive fat bottomed spires as opposed to the typical British Tower. I am going to plump for using a combination of photos of English churches and borrowed bits from the web to come up with my ideal church and graveyard.
I'm lucky i live less than 2 miles from a very interestig typical English c16th village church, so I nipped up there at lunchtime yesterday and took a few photos to get a feel for the structure. This weekend I am working on some drawings and plans to see if I can come up with something I am happy with. The pics above shows my initial thoughts about the West side, both with and without the all important tower & spire. Below pics of my local church, and the last 2 St Severinus in Grathem, copyright http://www.archimon.nl/, a very interesting site and useful resource on religious architecture in the Netherlands:
