Quintain

 If you ever wondered what this strangely named item was called, well, now you know.

Used for horse training by jousters in medieval times. It was also used by foot soldiers for practice, and later it was played from boats as a game on the river Thames (England).

You can find this 3D Model here on CGTrader

A sandbag or other heavy item was hooked to one side and a shield, wooden board etc on the other. The object was to hit the wooden board with a jousting pole.

The counterweight would give the hit some feeling and prevent it from spinning out of control.

Great video below gives an example of the quintain in use;

Model and DIY?

I was asked today to model an Inkle Loom, as I had never heard of it (but didn't let on), I had to google it.

I not only came across several places actually still selling this medieval "belt maker", but I also found a Youtube video of a simple DIY project to make your own!

The "Inkle loom" was patented in the 1930s but...I found references to the same tabletop weaving "machine" dating back to Ancient Rome and Persia. Way to steal an existing item, Mr Gilmore.

I will stick to just making the 3D version, but if you really want to make one of these for fun I will post the video below.

Castle Tower

 I can't deny it, I always loved medieval stuff and always end up returning to it. Even if it is only a quick model here and there.

Available on CGTrader - This link opens a new window.

Medieval Tower with stone Dragon motif

Low-poly, Game-ready, PBR, AR/ VR.

Textures; 2048 x 2048, 8-pixel padding, dilation + single background colour, OpenGL

Unity, Unreal Engine 4, Android and Google Friendly.

2 x texture sets available as separate zip files

PBR metal-rough & Unreal Engine (Packed)

Welsh Dragon

 Because...who wouldn't want their own 3D Printable Welsh dragon flag?

Can be found here on CGTrader

Where's Rapunzel when you need her?

 Quick tower modelling using Wings3D and hand-painted with Substance Painter.

(Can be found here on CGTrader)

Market Cart

 

Quick PBR cart to go with the market stall I recently modelled.

Victorian toiletry

 This is a quick model of a Victorian-style chamber pot. 

I may have glazed this one a little too much.

Quick Sci-Fi

 Another quickie!

A little potion

 Training myself back into modelling but it's taking its time I can tell you that much. Anyway, here's a nice little potion bottle I saw in ... something, can't remember what, probably had witches or wizards or something?