Graveyard

[Mannfreds Minion]

I am currently moddeling a church with a graveyard. The idea was to have a church with lots of gravestones surrounded by a wall. So far I have 2 gravestones and was thinking I would need more but have had a thought. Only the rich would be able to afford stone gravestones, most of the people of the village, if not all of them would be too poor. My dilemma is what would they have done? Would they have a wooden post say in the shape of a hammer (for Empire) or would they just have a mass burial ground that is unmarked?:grave:

 

[German]

probually get away with wooden posts i.e. painted spures stuck into the ground made into crosses and other little stuff :skull:

 

[Sanai]

Crosses kinda look out of place in the warhammer world. It would be just a wooden gravestone (a roughly rectangular set of planks)

 

[Mannfreds Minion]

Was thinking perhaps a post with another across the top like a T to represent the hammer of Sigmar, or, as I frequently play Bretonians, a cup to represent the Grail. Does anyone know what is the symbol of Ulrik?

 

[Burnanation]

I can't remember who gave me the idea, but it was here on CN. If you cut the long outer edges of the sprew, for your skeletons, zombies, or anything else, they can fit together to make planks to create extra head stones.

 

[Santawraith]

Order of morr
Crosses are not out of place in warhammer as they are morr's symbol which is the god of death.

Now onto graves some graves could be warriors or soilder's graves which are simple a weapon planted in the ground with a sheild on top. Part of my own graveyard wip. check out the graveyard scene in king aurther moive as it was my inspiration.

 

[Nikos]

I agree with Sanai, wooden planks for the peasants. I would mix it up thought with some stone graves for those who could it afford it, maybe celtic crosses? And if they were a soldier in life, what about their rusting sword stuck in the ground as a marker of their resting place?

 

[Dark Rose]

I've even seen really old grave pictures where the grave is simply marked with a single upright fieldstone and the grave itself was nothing more than a pile of rocks roughly 6 feet long laid out in front of it. Heck, many couldn't even afford that effort and simply levered a long flat-ish stone over the grave to keep out animals (or graverobbers not equipped with a block & tackle).

Depending upon the wealth of the community at large, almost any mix... usually segregated by social class... is probably acceptable.

As for crosses.... well, they might not be strictly true to the backstory of the Warhammer world, but what's a graveyard without a few? I say, whatever gives you a suitably gothic vibe is good.

 

[Mannfreds Minion]

Thanks for all the ideas. I've found a post with a crow on top and a cross section "nailed" on. Think it's a signpost from my walls and fences kit but would make a great grave marker. Like the idea of rusting weapons as grave markers so will mix a few in with some being a simple post and others being boards.

 

[uglybug]

most of your cheap graves are found on fields of battle or in wilderness, A church grave yard would have stone markers. chances are if the people had the money to buy the plot near the church they had the money to put up a stone. the rich put up the large monument type of markers

 

[TedStriker]

here's a little kit for your graveyard.

Hirst Arts Graveyard Casting

 

[boreas]

here's a little kit for your graveyard.

Hirst Arts Graveyard Casting

There's this one I ordered:

http://www.beastsofwar.com/warhammer-fantasy/renadra-plastic-gravestones/

Phil

 

[Cuzzy]

What about putting a sword in the ground, representing fallen soldiers. Or maybe a hammer standing upright. If youre lookin at the really poor villagers, some even had no stone, sign or anything like that, just soil above them.
Last but not least a simple inscribed flat stone laying on the ground, thats also still used these days

 

[Duke Danse Macabre]

Just want to point out here.
The closer to the church you are the more desirable the land is, you will not find poor folks right next to a church, thats why they have stone gravestones around it, the people Could afford them, you think they want the outside of the church surrounded by commoners when the inside of the building is covered in gold leaf and what not, after all for the most part the church is Very Very Rich.

 

[Adam_Barrow]

I've got those beast of war stones. I'm pretty happy with them, and they come with a couple crows. The backs of some of them aren't molded, but a little knife wrong to rough them up made it look great.

 

[Adam_Barrow]

*knife work

 

[Cuzzy]

Just noticed this thread is a little old, like 22nd of december 2010 old!
Oh well if anyone planns to make a graveyard at least we´ve got some good tips summed up here.

 

[Brahm Tazoul]

Did this project not get completed? I'd love to see it if it has...

or has the graveyard been relegated to...the graveyard?

This is a conundrum; it's like asking "how do I throw out my trash can?"

Brahm

 

[Unanswered]

you are probably sitting on 20+ gravestones! if you ever bought some spare bases they come with 4 square bases connected with a cross shaped sprue, if you clip off the bottom it easily glues to the graveyard ground and alas you get a traditional looking cross, mix those in with some zombie gravestones and you have a full cemetery

the crosses i am describing are the "throwaway" parts on the left side of the picture

 

[Kaptain Von]

The answer to the whole 'where would the poor be buried' question depends on how historical your take on the Warhammer World is. There's a lot that can be derived from real burial customs, but not all of it necessarily makes for good scenery (charnels and ossuaries tend to be indoors or underground).