Avalonia Task 4 Blacksmith in Oros

[MiloNelsiano]

In the land of Oros in Northern Avalonia, the lords Farwind believe that to lead his people, a lord should partake in the work he expects his followers to do. The current lord, Orys works on a local farm, while his son and heir Osric works as a blacksmith in the town of Osgard which lies below their seat at Valley View Hall. The smithy belongs to a young woman named Christine, who paints the shields, breastplates, and other armour as ordered. She inherited the shop when her father died, as both her brothers were already dead, killed by Revolword's elementals.

Although a blacksmith's work is typically repairing farming and other equipment, with so much hostility happening in the lands, and especially with rumors of rising tensions in Mitgardia, many people are seeking talented blacksmiths to make armour and weapons. Today Osric is working on a commissioned sword for Lord Cassius of Burnby.

Osryc starts at the smelter. Once there is enough coal in the smelter and it is burning hot enough he adds some fine quality iron ore, which was mined from an abandoned dwarvish mine running under Oros, and was discovered while hunting a group of Drow underground. (I forgot to get a picture in here of working the bellows in the smelter. )

Soon when the ore is heated with the coal, purified iron begins to run down the chute and into the bar mould.

Once it has hardened, Osric picks it up from the mold to heat it once more, this time using an open furnace, with his apprentice working the bellows.

Once it gets to a workable temperature Osric begins to hammer on it.

Reheating often and hammering more, the sword begins to take shape.

And after several hours of reheating and hammering, the sword begins to take its final form.

When finished it is plunged into a barrel of water to harden the metal.

The sword is then worked on the grinding wheel until razor sharp.

The result is a weapon powerful enough to make even a small boy feel like a bold warrior.

I had a lot of fun building this. I had a lot of challenges that I feel I was able to overcome. The pictures are not the best, as I was continually moving pieces to get better angles at the different equipment. I'm not completely satisfied with the base, but feel like it serves its purpose for the time being. The upstairs is also furnished, but unfinished (pictures below). I hope you guys enjoyed!

Bonus pictures:

One last note, I'm neither a historian nor a blacksmith. If I got any part of this process wrong let me know! Thanks!

Edited September 29, 2014 by MiloNelsiano

[Scaevola]

Nice build, good roof design and tools

[Alfadas]

Nice! Really like it! Always love blacksmiths. Only thing I think is not that good, is the fleshies. But overall, great build!

[-Carson Haupt-]

This is super! The process was really cool to see! Bravo!

[Lord Vladivus]

Really cool how you've shown the process! Great build too!

[cesbrick]

Great build. Lots of small details as I like it.

The roof is very good, the first floor is really really well done (beautiful texture).

Maybe the floor could use a little more texture, but it´s a great build.

[Gunman]

I like that you show the whole procedure of making a sword :) Beautiful and clean build. Nice one mate.

Edited September 22, 2014 by Gunman

[mccoyed]

Great idea for a sequenced build. Everything is nice here except the base. The blocky, studs-up only texture distracts from how good the rest is.

[SarahJoy]

Those brick-built smithing tools turned out great, and I love how you show the whole process from start to finish. I don't know if you're interested in the University of Petraea Doctorate of Historica program, but this looks like a good candidate for a Trade and Law: Manufacturing credit.

I love how shiny and clean the building itself is, clearly showing that it's newly constructed. Nice interiors, too. Overall, a beautifully-thought-out build.

[Gideon]

Nice roof technique! Maybe some color variation could have broken up the repetitive pattern somewhat however.

I also like how you show the process step by step

[MiloNelsiano]

Thank you all for the feedback!

Great build. Lots of small details as I like it.

The roof is very good, the first floor is really really well done (beautiful texture).

Maybe the floor could use a little more texture, but it´s a great build.

Great idea for a sequenced build. Everything is nice here except the base. The blocky, studs-up only texture distracts from how good the rest is.

I agree the base needs a little more. I was originally trying to keep it simple, as the focus of this was on the equipment, but this is probably too simple.

Those brick-built smithing tools turned out great, and I love how you show the whole process from start to finish. I don't know if you're interested in the University of Petraea Doctorate of Historica program, but this looks like a good candidate for a Trade and Law: Manufacturing credit.

I love how shiny and clean the building itself is, clearly showing that it's newly constructed. Nice interiors, too. Overall, a beautifully-thought-out build.

I considered UoP but being overwhelmed coming in I thought I'd skip it for now, work on avalonian tasks and developing my characters storyline a little without getting too concerned about the rest. I will give it more consideration in the future however.

Nice roof technique! Maybe some color variation could have broken up the repetitive pattern somewhat however.

I also like how you show the process step by step

I did consider this but decided not to at the last minute. I might play with it later and see how it looks.

[LordDan]

Great build, I really like the buildings, they looks very nice. The ground looks slightly plain, I would add a little detail there :)